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WELCOME TO THE 2013-2014 PSYCHOLOGY MAJORS ORIENTATION SESSION

WELCOME TO THE 2013-2014 PSYCHOLOGY MAJORS ORIENTATION SESSION. • Welcome by the Head, Dr. Jan Cioe Introduction of Program Advisors & Unit Assistant Introduction of Faculty members Opportunities to volunteer for psychological research Introduction of Psychology Course Union

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WELCOME TO THE 2013-2014 PSYCHOLOGY MAJORS ORIENTATION SESSION

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  1. WELCOME TO THE 2013-2014PSYCHOLOGY MAJORS ORIENTATION SESSION

  2. •Welcome by the Head, Dr. Jan Cioe Introduction of Program Advisors & Unit Assistant Introduction of Faculty members Opportunities to volunteer for psychological research Introduction of Psychology Course Union Information about CPA Nature of program B.A. / B.Sc. Course Prerequisites Majors / Honours Honours as preparation for Graduate Studies Honours Program with a Specialization in Forensics •Degree Navigator General Question Period Agenda DR. JAN CIOE

  3. Welcome from the Head A few words of welcome from the current leader of the Psychology Department, who exemplifies the concept of a smaller campus where more personal contact is possible between students and faculty through an intimate learning environment.

  4. Program Advisors: Linda Hatt Advisor and Articulation Linda Allan Senior Undergraduate Advisor

  5. Support Staff Initial contact person for Psychology.... Marla MacDonald ASC 286 PHONE: 250-807-9528 EMAIL: psychology.okanagan@ubc.ca

  6. Support Staff Initial contact person for Psychology Graduate Program.... Marlis Wecels ASC 167A PHONE: 250-807-8241 EMAIL: psych.gradstudies.ok@ubc.ca

  7. THE PSYCHOLOGY FACULTY

  8. LINDA ALLAN, B.A. (McMaster), M.A. (Guelph) Office: ART 328 Phone: (250) 807-8729 Email: linda.allan@ubc.ca RESEARCH: ageist attitudes and beliefs in different populations; the mitigation of ageist attitudes and behaviour; ageist treatment of the elderly; cognitive ageing; a cross sectional comparison of adults’ and university undergraduates’ attitudes and knowledge about elderly persons CURRENT TEACHING: human development from a lifespan perspective including child and adulthood & aging

  9. JAN CIOE Hon. B.A. (Toronto), M.A. (UWO), M.Phil. (Cantab) Ph.D. (UWO), R.Psych. UNIT HEAD, Psychology, IKBSAS Office: ASC 285 Phone: (250) 807-8732 Home: (250) 763-1225 Email: jan.cioe@ubc.ca RESEARCH: human sexuality; forensic psychology; recovery of function from cortical lesions CURRENT TEACHING: research methods and statistics; human sexuality

  10. Paul G. Davies [on leave until Fall 2014] B.A. (Simon Fraser), M.Sc. (Western Washington), Ph.D. [Waterloo] Postdoctoral Work [Stanford] Office: ART 327 Phone: (250) 807-8727 Email: paul.g.davies@ubc.ca RESEARCH: The focus of my research is intergroup relations; specifically, stereotypes, prejudice, and discrimination. One program of research examines diverse forms of social identity threat, and a second examines how perceived stereotypicality can influence the levels of prejudice and discrimination that target stigmatized individuals. The majority of my research is applied to business and law enforcement contexts. CURRENT TEACHING – NONE [introductory psychology; social]

  11. PAUL GABIAS B.A., Ph.D. (NYU), LL.D. (Victoria) Office: ART 228 Phone: (250) 807-9383 Email: paul.gabias@ubc.ca RESEARCH: interface between visual and haptic perception; the comprehension and production of haptic pictures by the blind; health and adjustment; increases our understanding of perceptual, cognitive, and social aspects blindness CURRENT TEACHING: introductory psychology; non-visual perception; psychology of touch; psychological aspects of advocacy

  12. LIANE GABORA [on leave until 2014.01] Hon.B.Sc (UWO), M.Sc. (Queens), Ph.D. (Free University of Brussels) Office: ART 336 Phone: (250) 807-9849 Email: liane.gabora@ubc.ca RESEARCH: creativity; concepts, especially how they combine and adapt to new contexts; origins of modern cognition; cultural evolution; computer models of the above CURRENT TEACHING: psychology of creativity; language; introductory psychology

  13. LINDA HATT B.Sc. (Oklahoma), M.Sc. (Alberta), Ph.D. (Alberta) Office: ART 327 Phone: (250) 807-9323 Email: linda.hatt@ubc.ca RESEARCH: health psychology; pain management; experimental analysis of behavior CURRENT TEACHING: health psychology; personality; history and theories of Psychology / contemporary theories [g]

  14. MARK HOLDER B.A. (SFU), Ph.D. (Berkeley) [on leave from 2014.01-07] Office: ART 320 Phone: (250) 807-8728 Email: mark.holder@ubc.ca RESEARCH: positive psychology and the science of happiness; research has four main thrusts: 1) the predictors (e.g., temperament, spirituality, and social) of happiness in children; 2) strategies and programs to promote well-being; 3) the biological basis of happiness; and 4) developing new measures of happiness CURRENT TEACHING: introductory psychology; behavioural neuroscience; positive psychology]

  15. SUSAN HOLTZMAN B.Sc. (McMaster), M.A. (UBC), Ph.D. (UBC), R.Psych. Office: ASC 283 Phone: (250) 807-8730 Email: susan.holtzman@ubc.ca RESEARCH: health psychology; adjustment to chronic illness; stress and coping; close relationships; caregiving; depression; chronic pain; organ transplantation; daily process methodologies; pathways through which the social environment can influence physical and emotional well-being in healthy and chronically ill populations CURRENT TEACHING: introductory psychology; health psychology; psychological assessment [g]

  16. MARVIN KRANK B.A. (Indiana), Ph.D. (McMaster) Office: ART 334 Phone: (250) 807-8773 Email: marvin.krank@ubc.ca RESEARCH: development of substance abuse in adolescence; vulnerabilities related to social learning; cognitive models that differentiate implicit (unconscious) from explicit memories; the relative role of automatic associations versus executive control;social experiences, dispositions, memories, and thoughts that predict transitions to substance use and to substance abuse. CURRENT TEACHING: learning; psychometrics & test evaluation [also g]; addiction; biopsychology

  17. Maya Libben B.Sc. (U of A), PhD (McGill) Office: ASC 284 Phone: (250) 807- 9026 Email: maya.libben@ubc.ca RESEARCH: cognitive neuroscience; psychopathology; schizophrenia; psycholinguistics; bilingualism; transitive inference; figurative language processing; eating disorders; uses behavioural and neurophysiological methods to examinelanguage, attention and memory in clinical and non-clinical populations CURRENT TEACHING: introductory psychology; psychopathology

  18. CYNTHIA MATHIESON B.A. (MacMurray), M.A. (Northern Arizona), B.A. Hon. (U. Ottawa), M.Sc. & Ph.D. (U. Calgary) Acting Provost Office: Phone: Email: cynthia.mathieson@ubc.ca RESEARCH: identity theory; narrative and thematic analyses; health psychology; women's health; provide an understanding of identity and its narrative as well as the barriers to health care NOT CURRENTLY TEACHING: [community psychology; history of psychology; health psychology]

  19. BRIAN O’CONNOR H.B.Sc. (St. F.X.), M.Sc., Ph.D. (U. Victoria) Office: ART 330 Phone: (250) 807-9636 Email: brian.oconnor@ubc.ca RESEARCH: statistics; methods; normal and abnormal personality; interpersonal behaviour; psychopathology; writes software for statistical procedures CURRENT TEACHING: advanced statistics & research methods [also g]; interpersonal behaviour & psychopathology

  20. STEPHEN PORTER B.Sc. (Acadia), M.A. (UBC), PhD. (UBC), R.Psych. Office: ASC 204 Phone: (250) 807-9129 Email: stephen.porter@ubc.ca RESEARCH: psychology and law; legal decision-making; forensic aspects of memory/PTSD; deception detection; criminal behaviour; psychopathic personality; examines the criminal activity of psychopathic offenders, the accuracy of memory for traumatic events and behavioural cues to deception CURRENT TEACHING: forensic psychology; psychopathy & violence [g]; psychopathology [g]

  21. BARBARA RUTHERFORD B.P.E. (Alberta), M.Sc. (Alberta), Ph.D. (Auckland) ACTING DEAN, IKBSAS Office: ASC Phone: (250) Email: barbara.rutherford@ubc.ca RESEARCH: communication between the hemispheres of the brain during reading in people with and without a reading disability such as dyslexia; developmental trends in hemispheric specialization for reading NOT CURRENTLY TEACHING: [memory; cognitive processes; biopsychology]

  22. JANICE SNYDER B.Sc. (Alberta, Lakehead), Ph.D. (Alberta) Office: ART 318 Phone: (250) 807-8733 Email: janice.snyder@ubc.ca RESEARCH: role of attentional orienting in navigation, visual search, and reading readiness with an emphasis on determining the neural correlates underlying these abilities; explores the mechanisms and neural substrates of "selective attention" that allow for coherent behaviour in a visually complex worldCURRENT TEACHING: introductory psychology; cognition; visual perception

  23. CAROLYN SZOSTAK, [on leave from 2014.01-07] Hon.B.A. (Carlton), M.A. (Carleton), Ph.D. (UBC) Office: ART 324 Phone: (250) 807-8736 Email: carolyn.szostak@ubc.ca RESEARCH: Media and mental health stigma; how mental health/disorders are portrayed in different genres of television (dramas, comedies, talk shows, etc.) and how these depictions influence people’s attitudes and behaviours; the role of media in combating stigmatizing attitudes about mental health disorders and suicide; adjustment to university. CURRENT TEACHING: psychopathology; counseling interviewing

  24. ZACH WALSH Hon.B.A. (U. of Winnipeg), M.S. (Rosalind Franklin U), Ph.D. (Rosalind Franklin U), R.Psych. Office: ASC 206 Phone: (250) 807-9373 Email: zachary.walsh@ubc.ca RESEARCH: psychopathy; substance abuse; addictions; borderline personality disorder; criminal violence; intimate partner violence; socioeconomic status; neighbourhood factors; normal personality; affective dysregulation; attentionalbiases; the interrelated roles of personality, substance use and sociodemographic factors in predicting different classes of violent behavior; the affective and cognitive factors that subserve antisocial behavior in general TEACHING: introduction to psychology; research methods and statistics; drugs and behaviour; psychological interventions [g]

  25. SUSAN WELLS B.A. (Pennsylvania State), MSW (SUNY, Albany), Ph.D. (Southern California) Office: ASC 453 Phone: (250) 807-8163 Email: susan.wells@ubc.ca RESEARCH: investigates the possible causes of overrepresentation of African American children in the United States’ out-of-home care; re-entry into out-of-home care after reunification with family; stability of out-of-home care placements; explores child welfare case types to identify characteristics that more closely represent the complexity of cases seen in the field CURRENT TEACHING:program evaluation [JOINT APPOINTMENT WITH SOCIAL WORK: child welfare services and policy; research methods (g)]

  26. MICHAEL WOODWORTH Hon.B.A. (Victoria), M.Sc. (Dalhousie), Ph.D. (Dalhousie), R.Psych. Director of Clinical Training Office: ASC 205 Phone: (250) 807-8731 Email: michael.woodworth@ubc.ca RESEARCH: psychopathy; violent offending; deception detection; computer-mediated communication; assessment and treatment of forensic populations; memory and psychiatric issues primarily within a legal context CURRENT TEACHING: forensic psychology; ethics and professional standards in clinical psychology [g]

  27. HARRY MILLER [Adjunct] B.A. (Alberta), MEd (Alberta), Ph.D. (Ohio State University) Office: TBA Phone: 250-862-4220 Email: dr.harry.miller@interiorhealth.ca RESEARCH: assessment of memory with traumatic brain injury; peripheral vascular disease and cognition; emotional function post stroke; effects of alcohol use on recovery from brain injury. CURRENT TEACHING: neuroscience of cognition

  28. JODI MORRIS [Adjunct] B.A. (UBC), MA (UBC), Ph.D. (Boston College) Office: ART 323 Phone: Email: jodi.morris@ubc.ca RESEARCH: Global mental health and child development. My program of research addresses the social determinants of mental health and focuses on the promotion of maternal and child mental health at the population level as well as targeted preventative interventions centering on the child-caregiver relationship. Other areas of interest include child assessment and mental health system assessment CURRENT TEACHING: abnormal child; community psychology; child mental health from a global perspective

  29. TARA CARPENTER [Sessional] Hon. B.Sc. (Dalhousie), MA (UBCO) Office: ART 332 Phone: Email: tara.carpenter@ubc.ca CURRENT TEACHING: introductory psychology; social psychology

  30. APARA RANJAN [Sessional] B.A. (University of Allahabad), MA (University of Allahabad, Doctoral Candidate (UBCO) Office : ART 336 Phone: Email: apara.ranjan@gmail.com CURRENT TEACHING: memory

  31. Opportunities to volunteer for psychological research

  32. Psychology Course Union Helping students make the most of their UBC Okanagan Campus experience...

  33. INTRODUCTION/BACKGROUND • Jaeda and Shirley • CPA Campus Representatives • Email: • jaedamacpherson@gmail.com • shirley.hutchinson@ubc.ca • UBC Okanagan Informational Page: • http://web.ubc.ca/okanagan/psyo/welcome.html • Facebook Group Page: • Canadian Psychological Association (CPA) at UBCO

  34. OVERVIEW OF THE CPA • Objectives of the CPA: • Improve the health and wealth of Canadians • Promote excellence and innovation in psychological research, education and practice • Promote the advancement, development, dissemination, and application of psychological knowledge • Provide high quality services to members of the CPA

  35. UBC (OKANAGAN CAMPUS) AND THE CPA Faculty Representative Dr. Jan Cioe Undergraduate Campus Representative Jaeda MacPherson Graduate Campus Representative Shirley Hutchinson

  36. BECOMING INVOLVED WITH THE CPAWhat are the benefits? • Great volunteering opportunity • Many opportunities to become involved in specialized areas (e.g., Criminal Justice Psychology, Clinical Psychology) • Opportunity to either present at, or attend the annual CPA convention • Access to CPA Journals/Newspapers/Publications • Student Price Card • Annual Convention (e.g., presentations, networking, workshops, student awards, job opportunities and travel) – Vancouver 2014

  37. BECOMING INVOLVED WITH THE CPA For Students: - Must be a psychology student with proof of enrolment - Membership: $62.00* (subject to rate change each year) - All members can purchase access to a variety of CPA Special Interest Groups (for an additional cost)

  38. Nature of the Program • Bachelor of Arts Major in Psychology • Bachelor of Arts Honours in Psychology • General B.A. with a concentration in Psychology • Bachelor of Arts Honours with a Specialization in Forensic Psychology • Bachelor of Science Major in Psychology • Bachelor of Science Honours in Psychology • Bachelor of Science Honours with a Specialization in Forensic Psychology A minor in Psychology can be taken in combination with any B.A. or B.Sc. Major or Honours Degree

  39. Course prerequisites for Psychology Courses

  40. Honours as a preparation to Graduate Studies

  41. Honours Program with a Specialization in Forensics DR. MICHAEL WOODWORTH

  42. Using Degree Navigator

  43. Degree Navigator Simple Step-by-Step Instructions

  44. Log onto your CWL

  45. Logging on: Student Services Centre

  46. Start Page

  47. Select the Degree

  48. Select Report / BA: Completed[✔], Not yet [×] Select UBC Report for BSc & Arts report for BA

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