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Adjunct Professors

Eligible for all aspects of supervision of comprehensives and dissertation, and, depending upon affiliation and area of expertise/qualification, clinical practica and internships.


Backman, Joan BA (Dalhousie) MA, PhD (Carleton)
Erica Baker Psychological Services
Phone: (902) 429-8022
Email: joan@ericabaker.ca
learning and developmental disabilities, brain injury, neuropsychology

Barresi, John BSc (Brown), MA (S. Calif), PhD (Wisconsin)
Psychology and Neuroscience Department, Dalhousie University
Phone: (902) 494-2443
Email: John.Barresi@dal.ca
personology, social cognition, philosophical psychology, history of psychology

Chipman, Karen BA (UPEI), MA, PhD (Western)
Neuropsychology Service, Nova Scotia Hospital
Phone: (902) 464-6059
Email: Karen.Chipman@cdha.nshealth.ca
neuropsychology, cognitive rehabilitation, functional outcomes, aging, mild cognitive impairment (MCI), dementia and neurodegenerative disorders, schizophrenia, affective disorders, family/caregiver support

Church, Elizabeth BA (St.John's), MA, PhD (Toronto)
School Psychology, Mount Saint Vincent University
Phone: (902) 457-6721
Email: Elizabeth.Church@msvu.ca
stepfamilies, parenting, self help, rural mental health, interprofessional collaboration

Cohen, Annabel BA (McGill), MA, PhD (Queen's)
Psychology Department, University of Prince Edward Island
Phone: (902) 628-4325
Email: acohen@upei.ca
music cognition, audiovisual integration, film music perception, auditory spatial cognition, voice emotion

D'Arcy, Ryan C.N. BSc (Victoria), MSc, PhD (Dalhousie)
Medical Technologies, Engineering and Computing Science, Simon Fraser University
Phone: (778) 919-9215
Email: rdarcy@sfu.ca
Functional brain imaging, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI, fMRI), magneto- electro- encephalography (M/EEG), diagnostic imaging, neurology and neurosurgery

Ebert, Patricia BSc, MSc (Toronto), PhD (Victoria)
Seniors Memory Clinic, Ontario Shores Centre for Mental Health Sciences
Phone: (905) 430-4055 ext. 6261
Email:  ebertp@ontarioshores.ca
neuropsychology, cognitive rehabilitation neuroscience, neuroimaging, aging, dementia and neurogenerative disorders:  assessment, intervention (memory, attention, executive functions, language), treatment effectiveness, health policy, knowledge translations

Ellsworth, Christine BA (McMaster), MA, PhD (Queen's)
Psychology Department, IWK Health Centre
Phone: (902) 470-8454
Email: Christine.Ellsworth@iwk.nshealth.ca
neurodevelopmental disorders (infants and preschoolers), early identification, parent education and support

Fisk, John BSc, MA, PhD (Western)
Psychology Department, QEII Health Sciences Centre
Phone: (902) 473-2581
Email: John.Fisk@dal.ca
neuropsychology, cognitive neuroscience and neuroimaging; aging, multiple sclerosis, dementia and neurodegenerative neuroimaging disorders: assessment, diagnosis, epidemiology, risk factors, health-related quality of life, treatment effectiveness, health policy

Frankland, Bradley BSc (McMaster) MSc, PhD (Dalhousie)
Email: Brad.Frankland@dal.ca
computational modelling, statistics, cognition

Gilin Oore, Debra BSc (Northern Michigan), MA, PhD (Missouri-St. Louis)
Psychology Department, Saint Mary's University
Phone: (902) 420-5846
Email: Debra.Gilin@smu.ca
managerial decision making, conflict escalation and resolution, interpersonal and organizational change

Hauf, Petra PhD (Frankfurt)
Psychology Department, St. Francis Xavier University
Phone: (902) 867-5041
Email: phauf@stfx.ca
early development of action understanding, infant action control, cognitive and motor development during infancy

Ivanoff, Jason BSc, MA (Guelph), PhD (Dalhousie)
Psychology Department, Saint Mary’s University
Phone: (902) 491-6345
Email: jason.ivanoff@smu.ca
attention, decision-making, executive control, response preparation, cognitive neuroscience, functional magnetic resonance imaging, event-related potentials

MacDonald, Wayne BA (St. FX), MA, PhD (Windsor)
Private Practice
Phone: (902) 455-6600
Email: drwayne@bellaliant.com
learning disabilities, developmental reading disorders, pediatric and adult neuropsychology
** Dr. MacDonald is not accepting any new students at this time.**

Marchand, Yannick MCS (Univ. of Paris), PhD (Compiegne, France)
Email: Yannick.Marchand@dal.ca
Computational modeling of reading, dyslexia, speech technology, event-related brain potentials

McLeod, Peter BSc (Mount Allison), MSc (Memorial), PhD (Dalhousie)
Psychology Department, Acadia University
Phone: (902) 585-1078
Email:  Peter.McLeod@acadiau.ca
risk assessment, communication and medical decision making, student sexual and emotional health, stress

Mitchell, Donald E. BSc, MASc (Melbourne), PhD (Berkeley)
Psychology and Neuroscience Department, Dalhousie University
Phone: (902) 494-6419
Email: D.E.Mitchell@dal.ca
visual system development, visual perception

Omisade, Antonina BA (York), PhD (Dalhousie)
Neuropsychology (Epilepsy Services), QEII Health Sciences Centre
Phone: (902) 473-4799
Email:akuznetsova@dal.ca
clinical neuropsychology, cognitive neuroscience and neuroimaging, epilepsy, neurodegenerative disorders, assessment: early detection of cognitive impairment and lateralization of cognitive functions

O'Neill, Patrick MSc, PhD (Yale)
Professor Emeritus, Acadia University
Email: poneill@accesswave.ca
ethical decision making, community psychology

Porter, Steve BSc (Acadia), MA, PhD (UBC)
Psychology Department, University of British Columbia--Okanagan
Phone: (250) 807-9129
Email: stephen.porter@ubc.ca
forensic aspects of memory, credibility assessment, psychology of criminal behaviour and victimization

Rodger, R.S. MA (Edin), PhD (Queen's University, Belfast)
Email:  swann@eastlink.ca
statistical methodology; especially the evaluation of the multiple, null contrasts against their alternatives (parametric and non-parametric), using decision-based error and detection rates

Saint-Aubin, Jean BA (Sherbrooke), MP/PhD (Laval)
École de psychologie, Université de Moncton
Phone: (506) 858-4768
Email:  jean.saint-aubin@umoncton.ca
missing-letter effect, working memory, eye movements, shared book reading

Shaw, Stephen R. BSc (London), PhD (St. Andrews)
Psychology and Neuroscience Department, Dalhousie University
Phone: (902) 494-2886
Email: Stephen.Shaw@dal.ca
sensory neurobiology, neural evolution and plasticity

Smith, Steven M. BA (Bishop's), MA, PhD (Queen’s)
Psychology Department, Saint Mary’s University
Phone: (902) 420-5493
Email: steven.smith@smu.ca
attitudes and persuasion, attitude change, behaviour change, health promotion, psychology and law, eyewitness identification, confession evidence, media and persuasion, media and the legal system

Song, Cai BSc (East China Normal Univ.), MD in Chinese Medicine (Hu Nan Medical Univ.), MSc (East China Normal University and  Chinese Academy of Science), PhD (Nat. Univ. of Ireland)
Department of Psychiatry, Guangxi Medical University
Phone: 011-86-771-5610229
Email: cai.song2010@gmail.com
neurodegeneration, neuroinflammation, neurotrophic factors, microglia, neurons, neurotransmissions, memory, lipids, natural products

Vallis, T. Michael BSc (Dalhousie) MA, PhD (Western)
Psychology Department, QEII Health Sciences Centre
Phone: (902) 473-4799
Email: Michael.Vallis@cdha.nshealth.ca
health psychology, diabetes, gastroenterology, cardiovascular risk reduction, obesity, motivational readiness to change, cognitive therapy

Veitch Wolfe, Vicki BA (Auburn), MA (Southern Illinois), PhD (West Virginia)
Psychology Department, IWK Health Centre
Phone:  902-470-8458
Email: Vicky.Wolfe@iwk.nshealth.ca
childhood trauma and maltreatment, prevention and early intervention for adolescent depression

Wassersug, Richard BA (Tufts) PhD (Chicago)
Urologic Sciences, University of British Columbia
Phone: (604) 875-4111, ext. 62338
Email: richard.wassersug@ubc.ca
testosterone, androgen deprivation, libido, sexuality, gender theory

Watt, Margo BA (St. FX), PhD (Dalhousie)
Psychology Department, St. Francis Xavier University
Phone: (902) 867-5215
Email: mwatt@stfx.ca
anxiety, cognitive-behavioural interventions, health-related behaviour, forensic psychology

Yoon, Myong BS (Seoul), PhD (Berkeley)
Email: yoon@dal.ca
development of nervous systems and language