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 

Graduate students
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. 

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Seleste Beaulieu

M.A. 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.

Research Assistants

Cameron Hines
 
Lab Coordinator
Honours Thesis, 2021-2022
Investigation of the reliability, validity and factor structure of the Childhood Prosocial Assessment questionnaire.

NSERC Undergraduate Student Research Award recipient (2021)
Concordia Undergraduate Research Award recipient (2020)






Sarah Kalaouze

Honours Thesis, 2021-2022
The Correlation between Parental Mindsets and their Failure Feedback to children
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Dean's list (2020-2021)






Radu Urian

Honours Thesis, 2021-2022
​The Role of Cultural Context in Prosocial Development
Dean's List (2019-2020)
CUSRA 2022









Sabrina Gallant Monette

Specialization Thesis, 2021-2022
The development of growth and fixed intelligence mindsets in children.
 
Centre for Research in Human Development Annual Conference Undergraduate Poster Competition Winner (2022)

Recipient of the Francie Beresford Memorial Bursary (2021)

Dean's list (2020-2021)

Current Volunteers


Nour Haddad













​Sarah Psihogios
 
Eva Sutera

Cristina Romero Gallegos

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
Maryam Nemati            Ph.D. Selective Trust in Children: When evidential and interpersonal factors conflict

Thesis Students
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 Behaviours

Graduation - June 2016