Dr. Kristen Dunfield 

Education:
B.A., (Hon), University of Calgary, 2004
M.A., Queen’s University, 2006
Ph.D., Queen's University, 2010

Employment:
Post Doctoral fellow, the Ohio State University, 2012-2013
Assistant Professor, Concordia University, 2013 - present  
 
Awards & Recognitions:
Concordia University Research Award (Category A), Strategic Research Cluster: The Person and Society, 2017

THE RESEARCH TEAM 

Postdoctoral fellows

Heather M. Maranges

Horizon Postdoctoral Fellow 
Leading SSHRC-funded research programme, Brilliant Thinkers, Empathic Therapists: What Explains the Gender Gap in Philosophy versus Psychology?
   
​https://www.heathermaranges.com/

Graduate students
Maxine Iannuccilli

Ph.D. Student
Concordia Social Justice Fellow
Leading FRQSC-funded research examining the influence of children's early social experiences on their cognitive development.

Research Assistants

Seleste Beaulieu
 
Specialization Thesis, 2019-2020
Intention-Mediated Selective Helping in Infancy After a Delay
Laura Pareja
 
Honours Thesis, 2019-2020
Adolescents’ Reasoning About Intergroup Conflict with Peers in Colombian Schools: Associations with Institutional and Social Trust

Current Volunteers


Anna-Francesca Boatswain Jacques











Cameron Hines
 










Melina Longo

Mikaela Wasserman

Simrat Malhotra
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Sandra Silva

Alumni

Graduate / Postdoctoral
Astrid Kleis               Postdoctoral research (2018) . Examining the influence of parent's socialization goals, beliefs, and                                              practices on the development of prosocial behavior in Mexico and Montreal
Xiao Min Chang      M.A. (2017). Helpers or Halos: Examining social evaluation within the domain of prosocial behaviour
Maryam Nemati     Ph.D. Selective Trust in Children: When evidential and interpersonal factors conflict

Thesis Students
Yasmina Bayoun     Specialization (2019). 
Kayla Eisenberg      Honours (2019).  Helpers or Halos: Examining social evaluation within prosocial behaviour
Melissa Synnott      Honours (2018). Social Evaluations Within the Domain of Prosociality
Una Jojich-White    Specialization (2017). Examining the Development of Prosocial Behaviour in Mayan Children using 
                                    the Childhood Prosocial Assessment
Alexis Leroux           Honours (2017). The Development of Prosocial Behaviours: An Examination of Mayan Children
Julia Renauld            Honours co-supervision with Dr. H Recchia (2017). Parental Interventions Eliciting Prosocial                                                        Behaviours between Siblings
Tovah Cowan           Honours (2016). Examining Early Prosocial Behaviour through Parent Report
                                    Concordia University Research Award recipient (2016)
Michela Martinello  Honours (2016). Examining the effect of Bilingualism on Moral and Conventional judgments
Sharon Scimeca       Specialization (2016). What's in a prime? Examining the effects of Attachment Priming 
Dita Kubin                 Concordia University Research Award recipient (2016)  
Xiao Min Chang        Specialization (2015). Examining Social Evaluation through the Production of Prosocial Behaviour
Caroline Hoskin        Specialization (2015). The Relation between Empathic Behaviours and Prosocial Behaviours

Graduation - June 2016