Faculty and Staff Listing | Psychology, University of Regina

Jeff Loucks

Head; Associate Professor

Office: AH 345.1
E-mail: jeff.loucks@uregina.ca
Phone: 306-585-4033
Website: http://uregina.ca/~loucks5j

Current classes
Winter 2023 - PSYC 415AF, 900AA

Research interests

development of social cognition
infant, child, and adult action perception
infant social cognition
relation between motor experience and action understanding.

Gordon Asmundson

SOM, Professor; FRSC, FCAHS, Registered Doctoral Psychologist; Fellow, Royal Society of Canada; Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Anxiety Disorders, and Clinical Psychology Review

Office: AH 352
E-mail: gordon.asmundson@uregina.ca
Phone: 306-337-2415
Website: http://www.aibl.ca

Current classes
Winter 2023 - PSYC 388AK

Research interests

Anxiety Disorders
Posttraumatic stress disorder
Health anxiety and illness behaviour
Chronic pain (e.g., fear of pain, assessment)
Psychopathology
Alzhiemer's Disease

Shadi Beshai

Associate Professor

Office: AH 335
E-mail: Shadi.Beshai@uregina.ca
Phone: (306) 585-4026

Current classes
Winter 2023 - PSYC 333

Research interests

major depression (both episodic and recurrent adult Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
moderators (e.g., culture and diversity factors)
mediators (e.g., cognition) of outcome in evidence-based psychotherapy for adults.
areas of adult Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
evidence-based transdiagnostic treatment for anxiety and depression
adult clinical assessment.

Kaila Bruer

Assistant Professor (Luther College) (on leave)
Ph.D (University of Regina)

Office: LC 223
E-mail: Kaila.Bruer@uregina.ca
Website: https://uregina.ca/~bruer20k/

Research interests

children as witnesses
children’s honesty
recognition and recall memory
eyewitness identification
reliability of witness testimony

Nicholas Carleton

Professor
Ph.D (University of Regina)

Office: AH 351
E-mail: Nick.Carleton@uregina.ca
Phone: 306-337-2287
Website: https://www.cipsrt-icrtsp.ca/

Research interests

Anxiety Disorders
First Responders and Other Public Safety Personnel
Potentially Psychologically Traumatic Events
Traumatic Stress
Fundamental Cognitions
Psychometrics and Statistics
Transdiagnostics

Kim Dorsch

Associate Member; Professor, Faculty of Kinesiology and Health Studies, Sport Psychology

Office: Centre for Kinesiology, Health and Sport Room 164.12
E-mail: Kim.Dorsch@uregina.ca
Phone: 306-585-4742

Research interests

sport psychology
health psychology
athletic performance; officiating performance
perceptual-cognitive training
group dynamics in sport

Natasha Gallant

Assistant Professor
Ph.D (University of Regina)

Office: AH 335
E-mail: Natasha.Gallant@uregina.ca
Phone: 306-585-4219
Website: https://www.arcresearch.ca/

Current classes
Winter 2023 - PSYC 102

Research interests

the influence of psychosocial factors in the experience of chronic diseases
the role of adversity & resilience in the aging process
the development of policy recommendations aimed at improving the lived experiences of aging populations
psychological assessments and interventions for adults living with chronic diseases or acute illnesses

Jennifer Gordon

Associate Professor; Director, Women's Mental Health Research Unit; CIHR Canada Research Chair in Women's Mental Health; SHRF Patient-Oriented Research Leader (on leave)
Ph.D (McGill University)

Office: AH 334
E-mail: Jennifer.Gordon@uregina.ca
Phone: 306-585-4389
Website: https://www.wmhresearch.ca/

Research interests

women's mental health
premenstrual syndrome
postpartum depression
infertility
perimenopausal depression
effects of female reproductive hormones on mood

Heather Hadjistavropoulos

Professor
Ph.D (University of British Columbia)

Office: AH 332
E-mail: heather.hadjistavropoulos@uregina.ca
Phone: 306-585-5133
Website: https://www.wellbeinginnovationlab.ca/

Research interests

cognitive behaviour therapy
digital mental health
anxiety
depression
trauma
health anxiety
chronic pain
chronic health conditions
alcohol misuse
clinical supervision and training

Thomas Hadjistavropoulos

Professor; Research Chair in Aging and Health; Registered Doctoral Psychologist

Office: AH 345.3
E-mail: hadjistt@uregina.ca
Phone: 306-585-4457
Website: https://www2.uregina.ca/hpl

Current classes
Winter 2023 - PSYC 860

Research interests

Health Psychology
Pain
Aging
Fear and Anxiety in Older Persons
Professional Ethics and Standards
Clinical Psychology

Bridget Klest

Associate Professor

Office: AH 343
E-mail: bridget.klest@uregina.ca
Phone: 306-585-4214
Website: http://uregina.ca/~schtlab

Current classes
Winter 2023 - PSYC 333

Research interests

interrelations among trauma/negative event exposure
social context (including interpersonal relationships and institutional affiliations of perpetrators)
well-being
institutional responses to trauma exposure
negative healthcare experiences
overt discrimination
microaggressions

Lynn Loutzenhiser

Professor; Director of Clinical Training

Office: AH 327
E-mail: lynn.loutzenhiser@uregina.ca
Phone: 306-585-4078
Website: http://uregina.ca/~loutzlyn/

Current classes
Winter 2023 - PSYC 850

Research interests

transition to parenthood
infant sleep
fatigue
autism spectrum disorders
father involvement in families

Richard MacLennan

Professor

Office: AH 328
E-mail: richard.maclennan@uregina.ca
Phone: 306-585-4157

Current classes
Winter 2023 - PSYC 400, & 823

Research interests

Psychometrics and statistics.
Traditional trait approaches to psychology including: personality, intelligence, and creativity.
Applied psychology including: industrial-organizational psychology, aviation psychology, military psychology, police psychology, and computer applications in psychology.
Editor: Canadian Journal of Police and Security Services.

Chris Oriet

Professor; Associate Dean, Planning and Programs, Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research
Ph.D (Waterloo)

Office: AH 331
E-mail: chris.oriet@uregina.ca
Phone: 306-585-4193
Website: https://www.cs.uregina.ca/Research/rice.html

Current classes
Winter 2023 - PSYC 807

Research interests

Attentional limitations in human information processing
Effects of attention and experience on perception

Gordon Pennycook

Associate Member; Assistant Professor, Hill/Levene Schools of Business, Behavioural Science

Office: ED 540.1
E-mail: gordon.pennycook@uregina.ca
Phone: 306-585-4717
Website: https://gordonpennycook.net

Research interests

reasoning
decision-making
distinction between intuition (“gut feelings”) and analytic thinking
conflict detection
base-rate neglect
religious belief
morality
creativity
smartphone use
science beliefs
political ideology
misinformation.

Tom Phenix

Associate Professor; Dean (Campion College)
Ph.D; MA (University of Saskatchewan); BA Hons (University of Regina)

Office: CM 408
E-mail: tom.phenix@uregina.ca
Phone: 306-359-1257
Website: https://campioncollege.ca/resources/dr-tom-phenix/

Current classes
Winter 2023 - PSYC 102

Research interests

mathematical cognition
arithmetic knowledge representation
memory retrieval processes

Heather Price

Adjunct Professor (Thompson Rivers University)
Ph.D (Simon Fraser University)

E-mail: heather.price@uregina.ca
Website: http://child-law-research.sites.tru.ca/

Research interests

Children as witnesses
Autobiographical and event memory
Effects of stress/emotional arousal on memory
Forensic interviewing

Katherine Robinson

Professor (Campion College); Experimental and Applied Psychology Graduate Program Coordinator

Office: CM 511
E-mail: katherine.robinson@uregina.ca
Phone: 306-359-1248
Website: https://campioncollege.ca/resources/dr-katherine-robinson/

Current classes
Winter 2023 - PSYC 490CJ

Research interests

Cognitive development with special emphases on the development of conceptual and strategic understanding in arithmetic in both children and adults.

Sarah Sangster

Assistant Professor
Ph.D (University of Saskatchewan)

Office: AH 340
E-mail: sarahlsangster@gmail.com
Phone: 306-337-2911

Current classes
Winter 2023 PSYC 101, 204,

Research interests

experiences in the reproductive health care system
informed reproductive decision making in the contexts of fertility control and infertility
prenatal screening and diagnostic testing
pregnancy and birth
pregnancy termination
transition to parenting

Donald Sharpe

Professor

Office: AH 341
E-mail: sharped@uregina.ca
Phone: 306-585-4312

Current classes
Winter 2023 - PSYC 305, PSYC 820

Research interests

applications of quantitative approaches (e.g. meta-analysis; structural equation modeling)
research methodology.

Austen Smith

Assistant Professor

Office: AH 339
E-mail: austen.smith@uregina.ca
Phone: 306-585-4297

Current classes
Winter 2023 - PSYC 255, PSYC 455AB

Research interests

visuospatial attention
cerebral lateralization
aesthetics and art
driving and navigation
perceptual asymmetries
multisensory integration
eye tracking

William Smythe

Adjunt Professor (University of Regina)

E-mail: william.smythe@uregina.ca

Research interests

Theoretical psychology.
Narrative and Discursive Psychology
Research Ethics

Laurie Sykes Tottenham

Associate Professor

Office: AH 338
E-mail: laurie.sykestottenham@uregina.ca
Phone: 306-585-4194
Website: http://www2.uregina.ca/bnr-spit-labs/

Current classes
Winter 2023 - PSYC 255

Research interests

neuropsychological basis of individual differences in cognitive and emotion processing, with particular emphasis on stress and sex hormone effects
functional lateralization
behavioural testing and salivary and urinary enzyme immunoassays (conducted on-site, to assess circulating hormone concentrations)