Peterborough Faculty
Karen Blair, Associate Professor
BA (Guelph), MSc (Acadia), PhD (Queen's)
Office: LHS C132
Email: kblair@trentu.ca (preferred method of contact)
Lab Instagram: @KLBResearch
Teaching Instagram: DrBlairPsych
Research interests: Director of the Trent Social Relations, Attitudes & Diversity Lab. We study LGBTQ+ Psychology, Close Relationships, Social Support, Femmephobia, Holocaust Education, Prejudice, and Hate Crimes.
***On sabbatical, 2024-2025
***Open to new PhD, MSc, Honours and Practicum students beginning Fall 2025 (please see admissions information for deadlines on applying to various graduate programs and the undergraduate calendar for deadlines to apply for the honours thesis program).
Liana E. Brown, Associate Professor
BSc, MSc (Waterloo), MS, PhD (Pennsylvania State)
Office: LHS C116
Phone: (705) 748-1011 Ext. 7238
Email: lianabrown@trentu.ca
Website: https://actlab.squarespace.com/
Research interests: Perception and Motor Control
***No more spaces for Honours Thesis students for the 2024-25 term. Thank you.
***During 2025-26, I will take:
- 1 graduate student
- up to 2 honours thesis students
- up to 2 practicum students
Michael Chan-Reynolds, Associate Professor and Chair, Department of Psychology
BSc (Trent), MA, PhD (Waterloo)
Office: LHS C119
Phone: (705) 748-1011 Ext. 7534
Email: michaelchanreynolds@trentu.ca
Research interests: Cognitive Psychology, visual search, reading, mathematics, embodiment, self-control, task switching, dual task, replication-crisis
Liliane Dableh, Assistant Professor
BSc (University of Toronto), MSc (McGill), PhD (McMaster)
Office: DNA C106
Email: lilianedableh@trentu.ca
Research Interests: Mechanisms, prevention, and treatment of chronic pain, particularly neuropathic pain, and its relationship to comorbidities including depression, anxiety, and sleep disturbances.
Neil M. Fournier, Associate Professor
BSc (Laurentian), MSc (Dalhousie), PhD (Saskatchewan), PostDoc (Yale School of Medicine)
Office: LHS C135
Phone: (705) 748-1011 Ext. 7339
Email: neilfournier@trentu.ca
Research interests: mechanisms of brain plasticity; epilepsy and associated cognitive dysfunction; neurogenesis; stress; mood disorders; memory; pain; impact of psychotropics on cognition and behaviour.
Taylor Kohut, Assistant Professor
BSc (U of T), MSc & PhD (Western)
Office: LHS C128
Phone: (705) 748-1011 Ext. 7855
Email: taylorkohut@trentu.ca
Gentleman-scholar, hobo-scientist, and lover of cats. I study health, close-relationships, and sexuality, specializing in pornography use.
***Open to accepting Practicum students for WI 2025.
Terry Humphreys, Professor, Psychology Graduate Program Director
BA (Waterloo), MA (Wilfrid Laurier), PhD (Guelph)
Office: LHS C114
Phone: (705) 748-1011 Ext. 7773
Email: terryhumphreys@trentu.ca
Instagram: scc_lab
Research interests: sexual consent/ negotiating sexual interactions, cognitive and behavioral aspects of first sexual experiences, and technology-mediated sexual communication
***Open to accepting MSc Graduate students for 2025-2026.
***I will not be accepting undergraduate honours thesis/reading or practicum students for 2025-26.
Mira Kapetanovic, Assistant Professor
Office: LHS C112
Phone: (705) 748-1011
Email: mirakapetanovic@trentu.ca
My area of expertise is in forensic and legal psychology, criminology and artificial intelligence in forensic psychology/criminology. My lectures and seminars focus on bringing the world of forensic psychology to life with exploratory exercises and simulations.
***Open to accepting Reading/Practicum students for WI 2025.
Kateryna Keefer, Associate Professor, Teaching Intensive
BSc, MSc (Trent), PhD (Queen's)
Office: LHS C136
Phone: (705) 748-1011 Ext. 7658
Email: katerynakeefer@trentu.ca
Research interests: Emotions and wellbeing, psychometrics.
***I will be on sabbatical during the 2025-2026 academic year and will not be accepting students.
Hugo Lehmann, Associate Professor
BA (Concordia), MSc (Alberta), PhD (Concordia)
Office: LHS C137
Phone: (705) 748-1011 Ext. 7238
Email: hugolehmann@trentu.ca
Research interests: Neurobiology of learning and memory.
Mowei Liu, Associate Professor
MEd (Shanghai Normal), MA, PhD (Western Ontario)
Office: LHS C121
Phone: (705) 748-1011 Ext. 7472
Email: moweiliu@trentu.ca
Research interests: Social Development from a Cultural Perspective,
Geoffrey Navara, Professor
MA (Wilfrid Laurier), PhD (Guelph)
Office: LHS C129
Phone: (705) 748-1011 Ext. 7539
Email: geoffnavara@trentu.ca
Research interests: Family Dynamics/ Psychology of Religion.
Fergal O’Hagan, Associate Professor, Teaching Intensive; Acting Director of Trent Online
BSc (Saskatchewan), MSc, PhD (McMaster)
Office: DNA C134
Phone: (705) 748-1011 Ext. 7086
Email: fergalohagan@trentu.ca
Research interests: work and health and, more specifically factors influencing occupational adaptation following the onset of chronic illness.
Sebastien Paquette, Assistant Professor
BSc, MSc, PhD (Montreal), Post-docs (Harvard, McGill)
Office: SC206
Phone: (705) 748-1011 Ext. 6427
Email: sebastienpaquette@trentu.ca
Research interests: Auditory Cognitive Neuroscience, Music and Voice Perception, Emotions, Hearing Aids, Cochlear Implants.
***Open to accepting Graduate Students, Honours Thesis students, and Practicum/Reading course students for 2025-2026.
James Parker, Professor
BA (Simon Fraser), MA, PhD (York)
Office: LHS C249
Email: jparker@trentu.ca
Research interests: alexithymia and emotional intelligence and various outcome variables
***Open to accepting practicum students for winter 2024
***Open to accepting Thesis students for 2024-2025
***Open to accepting Graduate students for 2024-2025
Kevin Peters, Associate Professor and Associate Chair of Undergraduate Studies- Peterborough
MA, PhD (British Columbia)
Office: LHS C117
Phone: (705) 748-1011 Ext. 7795
Email: kevinpeters@trentu.ca
Research interests: Meta-science; Effect size reporting, interpretation, and use; Neuroethics
***I am open to accepting Graduate students for the 2025-26 academic year
***I am open to accepting Honours Thesis students for the 2025-26 academic year
***I am open to accepting practicum students for the 2025-26 academic year (but not the WI2025 term)
Elizabeth Russell, Associate Professor
BA, MSc, PhD (Memorial)
Office: LHS C115
Phone: (705) 748-1011 Ext. 7867
Email: elizabethrussell@trentu.ca
Research interests: Rural aging, housing alternatives for older rural adults, rural age-friendly sustainability, intergenerational learning and connectivity.
***Elizabeth will be on sabbatical in the 2024-25 academic year and will not be taking on new students.
***Open to accepting Graduate, Honours Thesis and Reading/Practicum students for the 2025-2026 academic year. (Subject to change.)
Kristina Safar, Assistant Professor
MA and PhD (Toronto Metropolitan University), Postdoc (The Hospital for Sick Children)
Office: DNA C106
Email: kristinasafar@trentu.ca
Research Interests: Developmental cognitive neuroscience, Socio-emotional processing, Emotional face processing, Infancy, Children, Autism spectrum disorder, Neurodevelopmental disorders, Electroencephalography, Magnetoencephalography.
My research primarily focuses on the development of emotion processing and broader socio-emotional abilities in typical development and autism spectrum disorder using behavioural and neurophysiological approaches.
***Open to accepting Reading/Practicum students for WI 2025
Elaine Scharfe, Professor
BA (Western Ontario), MA, PhD (Simon Fraser)
Office: LHS C130
Phone: (705) 748-1011 Ext. 7354
Email: escharfe@trentu.ca
Research interests: Influence of relationships on health emotional development across the lifespan.
***Currently on sabbatical 2024-2025.
***Please note, I will not be accepting honours thesis, practicum/reading students or graduate students for the 2025-26 school year.
Laura J. Summerfeldt, Professor
MA, PhD (York)
Office: DNA C120
Phone: (705) 748-1011 Ext. 7526
Email: lsummerfeldt@trentu.ca
Research interests: Personality dimensions and psychopathology in clinical and nonclinical populations, Points of continuity, Models of heterogeneity of obsessive-compulsive disorders, and Diathesis stress models of cause and perpetuation.
Mengyang Qiu, Assistant Professor
BA, MA, MS, PhD (University at Buffalo)
Office: LHS C112
Phone: (705) 748-1011
Email: mengyangqiu@trentu.ca
Website: https://mengyang.dev
My research intersects psychology, linguistics, speech-language pathology, and computer science, employing a big data approach to explore language and cognition. Through computational modeling (e.g., distributional semantics, network science) and empirical data collection, I investigate how linguistic experience influences language representation and processing across aging.
Durham GTA Faculty
Jeff Adams, Associate Professor, Teaching Intensive
BA (Concordia), MA (Guelph), PhD (York)
Phone: (905) 435-5102 Ext. 5029
Email: jadams@trentu.ca
Research interests: Human Cerebral Laterality and Dreams.
***Open to accepting Practicum students for 2025-2026.
***Honours Thesis: Students interested in working with Dr. Adams must have completed at least one course in dreams and dreaming. Acceptance will depend on an interview and other criteria.
Ben Bauer, Associate Professor
MA, PhD (Waterloo)
Office: Durham GTA A177
Phone: (905) 435-5102 Ext. 5037
Email: benbauer@trentu.ca
Research interests: Human Vision and Attention.
Korri Bickle, Assistant Professor
BSc, MSc (Trent), MA, (TMU), PhD (Ontario Tech)
Office: Durham GTA A179
Phone: (905) 435-5102 ext. 5069
Email: korribickle@trentu.ca
Research Interests: Helping professionals; Interpersonal Relationships; Conceptualization of work; Criminal Justice Work
***Open to taking on Thesis students 2024-2025
Jennifer Eastabrook, Assistant Professor
BSc, MSc (Trent), PhD (Queen's)
Office: Durham GTA A179
Phone: (905) 435-5102 ext. 5069
Email: jennifereastabrook@trentu.ca
Research Interest: adolescent development; emotional processing and regulation; mental health.
***Reading/Practicum space is full for WI 2025
***Open to taking on Honours Thesis students and Reading/Practicum students 2025-2026
***Open to taking on Graduate students 2025-2026
Nancie Im-Bolter, Associate Professor and Associate Chair of Undergraduate Studies- Durham GTA
B.Sc. (UofT), MA, PhD (York)
Phone: (905) 435-5102 Ext. 5033
Email: nimbolter@trentu.ca
Research Interests: Intersection between language and cognition, Communication, Language and psychopathology, Social cognitive processes, Higher order language, Autism.
***Open to taking on practicum students (winter and summer 2025) and practicum/reading, honours thesis, and graduate students (2025-2026)
Raheleh Saryazdi, Assistant Professor
BSc (Trent), MA, PhD (University of Toronto)
Office: Durham GTA B218
Phone: (905) 435-5102 x5160
Email: rahelehsaryazdi@trentu.ca
Research interests: Cognitive Aging, Dementia, Language and Memory, Multisensory Integration, Human-Computer Interaction, Technology-Based Interventions.
***Open to accepting practicum and research students for Winter 2025, Summer 2025, Fall 2025
***Open to accepting graduate students 2025-2026
Brenda Smith-Chant, Associate Professor
BA (Trent), MA, PhD (Carleton)
Phone: (905) 435-5102 Ext. 5069
Email: bresmith@trentu.ca
Research interests: Cognitive Development and Acquisition of Skills.