Psychology News

A great learning experience of presenting posters at the Conference of the Society for Scientific Exploration earned three Psychology alumnae numerous accolades. The Society's education chair said that "she could not have  been more pleased with the calibre of the students." 

Dr. Wendy Ellis, Associate Professor of Psychology, spoke to The Catholic Register on a recent publication from the Vatican’s Dicastery for Communications titled Towards Full Presence: A Pastoral Reflection on Engagement with Social Media. From a psychologist’s perspective, Dr. Ellis looks at social media, both in terms of what it adds to a person’s life and what it takes away. “You can have this online community,” she said. “But not at the expense of the in-person.”

Ayla Lyons was awarded the 2022 Psychology Thesis Award for her thesis “We’re in This Together: Spirituality, Interconnectedness, and Concern for Global Crises.”

Dr. Cathy Chovaz, Chair & Associate Professor, Dept of Psychology, was recently interviewed by Deaf Dots about the challenges of diagnosing ADHD in Deaf children. Dr. Chovaz's segment begins at 10:14.

As part of CityStudio’s HUBBUB on April 21, King’s Psychology students will be displaying research on three different projects, each designed to make London more liveable, sustainable and joyful.

The King’s Job Shadow program offers students the opportunity to see what their future career might look like and gain experience to complement the skills they have learned in class.

Angela Core, King’s ASL Interpreter, encourages anyone planning an event to include her services to provide a more inclusive environment for members of the Deaf community.

Dr. Loretta Norton, Assistant Professor of Psychology, discusses her work exploring electroencephalogram, or EEG, recordings of the human brain in the transition to death as part of a Vice article about research into a surge gamma wave activity at death.

Two student-led projects, one creating a road map to mental health resources for youth in the London-Middlesex Area and another using social media to reduce stigma towards individuals experiencing homelessness and substance use competed for this year’s Agnes Penner Prize.

In an article for CBC, Dr. Wendy Ellis, Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology, discusses her research showing a decrease in COVID-19-related stress among teens between April and August. 

Work by two recent King's Psychology alumni was presented at CogSci 2020, the Cognitive Science Society conference – the top international conference in the field of cognitive science.

Dr. Ellis examines psychological stress and substance abuse among youth during the initial phase of COVID-19.

Psychological stress and substance abuse among youth during the initial phase of COVID-19 examined by Huron and King’s faculty.

King’s alumni have been named on two prestigious lists.

Dr. Thomas Tieku, Dr. Krista Lysack and Dr. Tracy Smith-Carrier have won research grants from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC).

As part of the 2019 Mustang Athletic Gala, held on April 2, 2019 King’s student-athletes receive team MVP awards, Purple Blanket, and F.W.P. Jones Trophy.

The Centre for the Multidisciplinary Applied Research at King’s (MARK) will be hosting a networking event designed to promote community-university partnerships.

There is a chance your first memory is false. Department chair of Psychology, Dr. Laura Melnyk Gribble, speaks with CBC Radio about our first childhood memories. 

Dr. Wendy Ellis has been awarded the SSHRC Insight Development Grant for her research on adolescents and social media.

Kristin Legault-Donkers is recognized for a series of children’s books she published on depression, anxiety and bipolar disorder.

Gregoire Bouchard and Cedric Joseph are two King’s students out of six Mustangs who will play at the 2018 U SPORTS Valero East-West Bowl.

Dr. Cathy Chovaz has been elected as the vice-chair on the Status of women and equity committee for the Ontario Confederation of University Faculty Associations.

King’s students, Caleb Rutner and Michalia Walls, each brought home bronze medals from the OUA Wrestling Championships.

A new youth workshop promoting mental health is based on PEARS, an undergraduate psychology research project created by King's students in 2015. 

Dr. Chovas, Associate Professor of Psychology, is the Director of the Centre of Deaf Education and Accessibility Forum at King’s.

Caleb Rutner will be competing at the U23 World Championships, November 21 to 26, 2017 in Poland.

King’s professor travels to Singapore to present on Mental Health and Deaf People.

Two King’s students present their fourth year thesis research in Chicago.

King’s celebrates the academic accomplishments of ten graduating students who have been honoured the SSHRC award, OGS awards.

King's fourth year Honors Thesis students had the opportunity to showcase their latest findings in Psychology research.