Mackenzie Smith (Doctoral student Sep 2024 - ). Master's thesis: The Influence of Dispositions and Everyday Social Factors on the Hostile Attribution Bias. Continuing research on hostile attribution and trust.
Rui (Rita) Sun (Doctoral student Sep 2024 - ). Master's thesis: Academic Motivation Dimensions and Achievement in University Students. Continuing research on academic achievement and social factors that influence shame.
Malvika DCosta (Doctoral student, 2021 – co-supervised with Don Saklofske). Completing her dissertation on the post trauma trajectories of women in vulnerable populations who experienced intimate partner violence.
Cassidy Trahair (Doctoral student, 2022 - co-supervised with Don Saklofske). Dissertation research on the interaction between narcissism and situational factors in negative affect and behavioral responses. Google Scholar page
Lital Yosopov (Doctoral student, started co-supervising in 2022 with Don Saklofske). Dissertation research on the assessment of strategies that people use to recover from experiences of shame based on B. Brown's Shame Resilience Theory.
Carolyna Patryluk (Doctoral student, 2017- co-supervised with Rachel Calogero). Research on the roles of self-awareness and critical self-regard in suicidality.
Evgenia (Jane) Milman, PhD. SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellowship (2022-2024), CIHR Postdoctoral Fellowship (2025). Faculty position in Psychology at Wilfrid Laurier University (August 2025). Research in complicated grief, trajectories of grief, and meaning making in grief. Google Scholar page
Colleen Cutler (Completed Ph.D. July 2021; co-supervised with Richard J. W. Neufeld). Cognitive Neuroscience of Schizophrenia: Stochastic Modelling of Cognitive-Process Latencies and Nonlinear Dynamics of Neuro-signals.
Michal Bak (Completed Ph.D. August 2023; co-supervised with Lynne Zarbatany). Using an Evolutionary Framework to Test the Social Functions of Risky Behavior in Emerging Adulthood. Research Coordinator at Family and Children's Services of the Waterloo Region.
Zahra Manouchehri (Completed MSc, July 2025). Master's thesis: Progress in the Doctoral Dissertation: Connections with Commitment, Loneliness, Sources of Meaning, Personality Traits, and Academic Resources. Pursuing a Master of Social Work at King's in Sep 2025
Michelle Schwier (Completed MSc, July 2024). Master's thesis: A Cross-Classified Multilevel Study Investigating Perceptions of Misogyny in Popular Music Presented in the Format of Lyrics. Research Analyst at Waypoint Centre for Mental Health Care.
Parisa Chavoshi (MSc, August 2022). Master's thesis: The Relationship between the Big-Five personality traits and depressive symptoms: A Meta-analysis. Currently in the Master of Psychology in Clinical Psychology (MPsy) program at Adler Graduate Professional School
Daniel Kharlas (Completed MSc, 2018; co-supervised with Richard J. W. Neufeld). Master's thesis: The Development and Validation of a Preliminary Meditation Intentions Questionnaire.
Jessica Padgett (Completed MSc, 2017). Master's thesis: Mapping Alternative Masculinities: Development, Validation and Latent Profile Analysis of a New Masculinity Measure. Jessica obtained her PhD in Psychology at York University (2023) and is a Lecturer at Bath Spa University, UK. Google Scholar page