Faculty Listing (APHD)
Our faculty have multi-disciplinary teaching and research expertise in a wide range of fields, including but not limited to:
Jeffrey Ansloos, Associate Professor, CCP MA & PhD Program Chair
jeffrey.ansloos@utoronto.ca
Suicide; suicide prevention and postvention; social determinants of mental health; Indigenous peoples health; the effects of criminalization and incarceration on mental health; qualitative methodologies; trauma and violence-informed community-based interventions.
Brendan Andrade, Associate Professor
brendan.andrade@utoronto.ca
Mahshid Azimi-Bolourian, Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream, CLTA
m.azimi.bolourian@utoronto.ca
Anne-Claude Bedard, Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream, DPE MEd Program Coordinator
ac.bedard@utoronto.ca
Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD); pharmacological and non-pharmacological interventions; cognitive function; neurodevelopment.
Stephanie Buono, Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream
stephanie.buono@utoronto.ca
Cynthia Maya Beristain, Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream, & Co-Director, OISE Psychology Clinic, Child and Adolescent Services
cynthia.mayaberistain@utoronto.ca
School psychology; neurodevelopmental differences (ASD, IDD, LD, ADHD); trauma-informed practice; inclusion and diversity; clinical training and supervision; self-care.
Julie Comay, Assistant Professor, CSE Program Co-Chair
j.comay@utoronto.ca
Charles Chen, Professor
cp.chen@utoronto.ca
Vocational and career psychology; post-modern career psychology; humanistic psychology; life-career development; career theories; Morita therapy.
Xi Becky Chen, Professor & Associate Dean, Research
xi.chen.bumgardner@utoronto.ca
Language, literacy, bilingualism, reading difficulties, French immersion, and refugees.
Jody Chong, Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream
jody.chong@utoronto.ca
Language, literacy, learning disabilities, inclusive education, teacher professional development
Yiola Cleovoulou, Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream
y.cleovoulou@utoronto.ca
Elementary school pedagogy and teacher education; critical literacy and inquiry pedagogy.
Todd Cunningham, Assistant Professor, SCCP Program Chair
todd.cunningham@utoronto.ca
Learning disability, assistive technology, psychological assessment, ADHD, reading disability, dyslexia, reading intervention, school psychology, and education psychology.
Deone Curling, Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream
deone.curling@utoronto.ca
Lisa Dack, Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream
lisa.dack@utoronto.ca
Child and adolescent development, teacher inquiry, and ongoing teacher professional learning.
Laurie Faith, Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream, Student Success Coordinator
laurie.faith@utoronto.ca
Executive function in the classroom; teacher practice; self-regulated learning and socially shared learning regulation; emotion regulation pedagogy.
Michel Ferrari, Professor, DPE MEd Admission Coordinator
michel.ferrari@utoronto.ca
Explores the personal meaning of wisdom in people at different ages (from children to the elderly) from different nations.
Patricia Ganea, Professor, DPE Program Chair
patricia.ganea@utoronto.ca
Cognitive development, language development, and scientific reasoning.
Esther Geva, Professor
esther.geva@utoronto.ca
Literacy development in children learning to read in a second language (L2); cognitive and linguistic processes and predictors for L2 learners; relations between oral and written language skills in L2 learners; and cross-cultural psychology pertaining to L2 children's well-being.
J. Roy Gillis, Associate Professor
roy.gillis@utoronto.ca
LGBTQI2S+ psychology, stigma, discrimination and hate crimes against LGBTQI2S+ communities, stigma and misinformation related to COVID-19, HIV sexual risk behaviour and prevention, bullying behaviour and prevention.
Julie Goldenson, Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream
j.goldenson@utoronto.ca
Adverse Childhood Experiences; Adult Attachment; Female Offenders; Intimate Partner Violence; Trauma-Informed Legal Practice; Forensic Psychological Assessment; Remote Assessment; Historical Sexual Abuse; Psychological Injury; Vicarious Trauma; Resilience.
Abby Goldstein, Associate Professor & Department Chair
abbyl.goldstein@utoronto.ca
Risk and wellness behaviours during emerging adulthood; influence of distal and proximal factors on risk and wellness, and critical developmental from ages 18-25.
Ellen Gutowski, Assistant Professor
e.gutowski@utoronto.ca
Psychosocial factors in the well-being of underserved populations; women’s experiences with poverty and intimate partner violence; effect of systems-level responses to women affected by these stressors.
Chloe Hamza, Associate Professor
chloe.hamza@utoronto.ca
Adolescence and emerging adulthood; lifespan development; stress and coping; risk and resiliency; self-injurious behaviors.
Zachary Hawes, Assistant Professor, CSE Program Co-Chair
Zack.hawes@utoronto.ca
Cognitive Development, Mathematical Cognition; Mathematics Education; Spatial Thinking; Numerical Cognition; Teacher Professional Development; Math Anxiety.
Linda Iwenofu, Assistant Professor
linda.iwenofu@utoronto.ca
Anti-black racism; race-related stress and trauma; equity, diversity and inclusion issues in clinical child psychology; risk and resilience; clinical training and supervision in school and clinical child psychology.
Eunice Eunhee Jang, Professor & Associate Chair, Programs of APHD
eun.jang@utoronto.ca
Language assessment, educational measurement, and program evaluation.
Kaja Jasinska, Associate Professor
kaja.jasinska@utoronto.ca
Cognitive development, language development, reading, bilingualism, biliteracy, global child development, fNIRS, neuroimaging.
Jennifer Jenkins, Professor & JICS Director
jenny.jenkins@utoronto.ca
Child development, family systems and developmental psychopathology.
Feng Ji, Assistant Professor
f.ji@utoronto.ca
Psychometrics, AI and applied machine learning in psychological and educational research, Quantitative and computational methods, Applied statistics, Psychological and educational measurement
Steven Katz, Associate Professor, Teaching Stream
steven.katz@utoronto.ca
Professional learning; Networked learning; Evidence-informed decision-making; Organizational learning; Leadership in schools and school districts.
Bhisham Kinha, Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream
b.kinha@utoronto.ca
Archie Kwan, Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream, Graduate Program Coordinator, Director of Clinical Training, EdD Counselling Psychology - School Psychology Field
archie.kwan@utoronto.ca
School psychology, Clinical Supervision practices in School Psychology, FASD, ASD, ADHD, SLD, professional practice standards and ethics.
Kang Lee, Professor
kang.lee@utoronto.ca
Moral behavior and cognition. Keywords: deception, lying, cheating, honesty/dishonesty
Alexandra Makos, Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream
alexandra.makos@utoronto.ca
Online teaching and learning across the lifespan and the design of learning experiences on student engagement.
Rhonda Martinussen, Associate Professor (on leave)
rhonda.martinussen@utoronto.ca
Inattention and achievement; Executive function; Cognition and instruction.
Roy Moodley, Associate Professor, CP MEd Global Mental Health & CP EdD (Counselling & Psychotherapy) Program Chair
roy.moodley@utoronto.ca
Critical multicultural & diversity counselling & psychotherapy; race & culture in psychoanalysis; global south psychologies; mixed race relationships.
Michal Perlman, Professor
michal.perlman@utoronto.ca
The impact of early environments on children’s wellbeing with a focus on the effects of child care quality and family characteristics.
Michele Peterson-Badali, Professor
m.petersonbadali@utoronto.ca
Effective assessment and intervention for justice system-involved youth; mental health in the context of the youth justice system.
Angela Pyle, Associate Professor, EdD CSE Program Graduate Program Coordinator
angela.pyle@utoronto.ca
Play-based learning in the classroom; early literacy development; assessment in play-based classrooms; kindergarten; teacher practice.
Naomi Slonim, Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream, Director of Clinical Training SCCP
n.slonim@utoronto.ca
Areas of expertise: Psychotherapy; Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy; Psychodynamic Psychotherapies; Relational Play Therapy; Process and Therapeutic Relationship in Psychotherapy; Clinical Training
Tracy Solomon, Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream
tracyl.solomon@utoronto.ca
Math Learning, Numerical Cognition, Approaches to Math Instruction, Research to Practice, Evidence Based Education.
Olga Ulanova, Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream, CP MEd Graduate Program Coordinator
olga.oulanova@utoronto.ca
Suicide bereavement and suicide postvention; integration of Indigenous traditional healing practices with Western mental health; therapeutic elements of Martial Arts practice; qualitative research methods.
Natalie Vilhena-Churchill, Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream, Co-Director, OISE Psychology Clinic, Child and Adolescent Services
natalie.vilhena@utoronto.ca
Emerging adulthood, addictions, teaching and supervision
Richard Volpe, Professor
richard.volpe@utoronto.ca
Life Span Development, Primary Prevention, Life History, and Injury Prevention.
Mark Wade, Associate Professor
m.wade@utoronto.ca
Early life stress; childhood adversity; mental health; risk and resilience; cognitive mechanisms; executive functioning; social cognition.
Jeanne Watson, Professor
jeanne.watson@utoronto.ca
Psychotherapy research process and outcome; empathy; therapeutic relationship; emotion-focused psychotherapy; experiential; humanistic.
Earl Woodruff, Associate Professor
earl.woodruff@utoronto.ca
Computer supported learning environments and flexible modes of education; technology, play and gaming; emotion and cognitive engagement.