Previous Honours Thesis Students

2018-2019

Hailey Collins, B.Sc. (Trent University)

Thesis: Little problem solvers: Social problem solving and executive function in preschoolers

Currently: M.S.W., University of Toronto

Daniel McAdam-Wong, B.Sc. (Trent University)

Thesis: Theory of mind and social anxiety

Paige Pascoe, B.Sc. (Trent University)

Thesis: Pretend play and early academic skills

Currently: M.Sc. (Developmental Psychology), Trent University

2017-2018

Taylor Crawford, B.Sc., B.Ed. (Trent University/Queen's University)

Thesis: Preschool narrative ability predicting early school achievement

Currently: M.A., (Clinical Psychology), Queen's University

Jerrica Mulgrew, B.Sc. (Trent University)

Thesis: The link between early language and later numeracy skills

Currently: M.Sc. (Psychology), Western University

Kayla Peel-Smith, B.Sc. (Trent University)

Thesis: Executive function in the world of pretend play

2016-2017

Kaitlyn Parks, B.Sc. (Trent University)

Thesis: Language, working memory, and figurative language in children with and without language problems

Currently: M.Sc. (Psychology), Western University

2015-2016

Kathleen Wilson, B.Sc. (Trent University)

Thesis: Social competence: Implications for children's mental health

Currently: M.A. (Clinical Psychology), University of Windsor

2014-2015

Cassandra Aked, M.Sc. (Developmental Psychology, Trent University)

Thesis: Narrative coherence in clinically and non-clinically referred children

Currently: Workshop Leader, Child and Youth Studies, Trent University Durham GTA

Karri-Lynn Cooper, M.S.W. (University of Toronto)

Thesis: Individual differences in theory of mind and reading comprehension ability

Raheleh Saryazdi, M.A. (Psychology, University of Toronto)

Thesis: Learning a new language: A meta-analysis of the effectiveness of immersion education

Currently: Ph.D. (Psychology), University of Toronto

2013-2014

Krista Ross, M.A. (Health Care Administration, Dalhousie University)

Thesis: Mother-child story telling in clinic-referred and nonclinic-referred dyads

2012-2013

Crystal Schultz, M.HSc (Occupational Therapy, McMaster University)

Thesis: Figurative language and social problem solving in children with and without language impairment

2011-2012

Thesis: Theory of mind and language in children with and without psychiatric disorder

Currently: Ph.D. (School and Applied Child Psychology), Western University

2010-2011

Thesis: Theory of mind and social problem solving in children with and without language-based learning disabilities

Currently: Ph.D. (Developmental Psychology), Trent-Queen's Program

Janine Lisowski, B.A. (Trent University)

Thesis: An investigation of theory of mind in students enrolled in French immersion and English elementary schools

Kyla McDonald, Ph.D. (Psychological Sciences, Ryerson University)

Thesis: Social cognition and language in children with high-functioning autism and Asperger's syndrome

Currently: Ph.D. (Clinical Developmental Psychology), York University

(left to right: Katharine Bailey, Austin Sye, Daphne Ling, Janine Lisowski, Kyla McDonald)

2009-2010

Joanne Ayotte, B.Sc. (Trent University)

Thesis: Theory of mind development in middle childhood

2007-2008

Keely Owens, M.A. (Applied Modeling and Quantitative Methods, Trent University)

Thesis: Theory of mind and specific language impairment

Currently: Ph.D. (Developmental Psychology), Trent-Queen's Program

2006-2007

Jan Lobban-Shymko, M.Sc.(Developmental Psychology, Trent University)

Thesis: Sleep in individuals with autism spectrum disorder

Currently: Psychometrist at the Ontario Shores Centre for Mental Health Sciences

2005-2006

Ruby Nadler, Ph.D. (Psychology, University of Western Ontario)

Thesis: Reading and language in children with specific language impairment and reading disability

Currently: Mitacs Postdoctoral Research Fellow (sponsored by Research Psychologists' Press Inc.)