Meet the Team
Dr. Kristen DunfieldEducation:
B.A., (Hon), University of Calgary, 2004 M.A., Queen’s University, 2006 Ph.D., Queen's University, 2010 Employment: Associate Professor, Concordia University, 2018 - present Assistant Professor, Concordia University, 2013 - 2018 Post Doctoral fellow, the Ohio State University, 2012-2013 Awards & Recognitions: Concordia University Research Award (Category A), Strategic Research Cluster: The Person and Society, 2017 |
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THE RESEARCH TEAM
Graduate students
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Maxine Iannuccilli
Ph.D. Student Leading SSHRC-funded research examining the influence of children's early social experiences on their cognitive development. Maxine is particularly interested in the developmental origins of gender stereotypes about ability. Maxine Iannuccilli is a SSHRC Storytellers Top 25 Finalist & Concordia University’s 2022 3 Minute Thesis (3MT) PhD Winner. Take a look at her winning presentation here!. You can reach Maxine on Twitter and LinkedIn. Seleste Beaulieu Ph.D. Student Involved in a multi-institutional Open Research Area (ORA) project exploring the early development of prosocial behaviour. Examining the existence of a knowledge-behaviour gap across the varieties of prosocial behaviour in young children. GRIN Grant Recipient (2022) Master's Program SSHRC Award Recipient (2021) Cole Dougherty Ph.D. Student Researching early social cognition, the development of prosocial behavior, and prosocial expectations. Cole is particularly interested in the help-seeking behaviors of children, and why some children may or may not reach out for help when they need it. Nadia Chaudhri Wingspan Award (2022) Goldberg Award for Child Development Radu Urian M.A. Student Concordia Undergraduate Student Research Award recipient (2022) Honours (2021-2022). The Role of Cultural Context in Prosocial Development: A Mexico-Canada Cross-Cultural Comparison Dean's List (2021-2022) Dean's List (2019-2020) |
Research Assistants
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Stef Netto Honours Thesis 2023-2024 Ephrathah Hadgu Honours Thesis 2023-2024 Concordia Undergraduate Student Research Award recipient (2023) Dean's List (2021-2022) AnS Scholar Award (2021-2022) Dean's List (2022-2023) Julianna Bressan Honours Thesis 2023-2024 Dean's list (2021-2022) Tiffany James Honours Thesis 2023-2024 Celia Sciortino Specialization Project 2023-2024 Dean’s list (2020-2021) Dean’s list (2022-2023) AnS Scholar Award (2022-2023) Zoë-Sophia Plourde Honours Thesis 2023-2024 Dean’s list (2020-2021) |
Current Volunteers
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Cassandra Didical Research Assistant Concordia Undergraduate Student Research Award recipient (2023) Dean's List (2021-2022) Dean's List (2022-2023) Nour Haddad Research Assistant Kelly Mazzocca
Research assistant Dean's List (2020-2021) Honours (2022-2023) |
Friends of the CSCD
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Tara Karasewich
Ph.D. student, Queen's University. Tara's research looks at social cognitive development in early childhood, with a focus on how shyness affects children's prosocial behaviour. You can reach Tara by email. |
Alumni
Graduate / Postdoctoral
Heather M. Maranges Horizon Postdoctoral Fellow (2020-2022) . Led SSHRC-funded research programme, Brilliant
Thinkers, Empathetic Therapists: What explains the Gender Gap in Philosophy vs Psychology?
https://www.heathermaranges.com/
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
Thesis Students
Gardenia D. Sorroche Honours (2023). Parental feedback & its influence on children's acquisition of intelligence mindsets.
Elspeth McConell Fine Arts Award recipient (2022).
Jordan Sheen Honours (2023).
Cameron Hines Lab Coordinator & Honours (2022). Investigation of the reliability, validity, and factor structure of
the Childhood Prosocial Assessment Questionnaire.
NSERC Undergraduate Student Research Award recipient (2021)
Concordia Undergraduate Student Research Award recipient (2020)
Sarah Kalaouze Honours (2022). The correlation between parental mindsets and their failure feedback to children.
Sabrina G. Monette Specialization (2022). The development of growth and fixed intelligence mindsets in children.
Francie Beresford Memorial Bursary recipient (2021).
CRDH Annual Conference Undergraduate Poster Competition Winner (2022)
Marie-Anick Savard Honours (2019). The Influence of Language Experience on Adult's Evaluations of Rule Transgressions
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 Behaviour
Graduation - June 2016
