WELCOME TO THE 2014-2015 PSYCHOLOGY MAJORS ORIENTATION
SESSION
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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 as preparation for
Graduate Studies Honours Program with a Specialization in Forensics
Honours Program with a Specialization in Forensics Calendar /
Degree Navigator General Question Period DR. JAN CIOE Agenda
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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.
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Program Advisors: Linda Hatt Advisor and Articulation Linda
Allan Senior Undergraduate Advisor
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Support Staff Initial contact person for Psychology.... Marla
MacDonald ASC 286 PHONE: 250-807-9528 EMAIL:
[email protected]
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Support Staff Initial contact person for Psychology Graduate
Program.... Marlis Wecels ASC 167A PHONE: 250-807-8241 EMAIL:
[email protected]
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THE PSYCHOLOGY FACULTY
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MICHAEL WOODWORTH Hon.B.A. (Victoria), M.Sc. (Dalhousie), Ph.D.
(Dalhousie), R.Psych. Office: ASC 205 Phone: (250) 807-8731 Email:
[email protected] Director of Clinical Training 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]
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SUSAN WELLS B.A. (Pennsylvania State), MSW (SUNY, Albany),
Ph.D. (Southern California) Office: ASC 453 Phone: (250) 807-8163
Email: [email protected] 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)]
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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: [email protected] RESEARCH: psychopathy;
substance abuse; addictions; borderline personality disorder;
criminal violence; intimate partner violence; socioeconomic status;
neighbourhood factors; normal personality; affective dysregulation;
attentional biases; 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]
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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: [email protected] 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 peoples 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
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JANICE SNYDER B.Sc. (Alberta, Lakehead), Ph.D. (Alberta)
Office: ART 318 Phone: (250) 807-8733 Email: [email protected]
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 world CURRENT
TEACHING: introductory psychology; cognition; visual
perception
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BARBARA RUTHERFORD B.P.E. (Alberta), M.Sc. (Alberta), Ph.D.
(Auckland) ACTING DEAN, IKBSAS Office: ASC Phone: (250) Email:
[email protected] 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]
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STEPHEN PORTER B.Sc. (Acadia), M.A. (UBC), PhD. (UBC), R.Psych.
Office: ASC 204 Phone: (250) 807-9129 Email: [email protected]
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]
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BRIAN OCONNOR H.B.Sc. (St. F.X.), M.Sc., Ph.D. (U. Victoria)
Office: ART 330 Phone: (250) 807-9636 Email: [email protected]
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
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CYNTHIA MATHIESON B.A. (MacMurray), M.A. (Northern Arizona),
B.A. Hon. (U. Ottawa), M.Sc. & Ph.D. (U. Calgary) PROVOST
Office: Phone: Email: [email protected] 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]
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MAYA LIBBEN B.Sc. (U of A), PhD (McGill) Office: ASC 284 Phone:
(250) 807- 9026 Email: [email protected] RESEARCH: cognitive
neuroscience; psychopathology; schizophrenia; psycholinguistics;
bilingualism; transitive inference; figurative language processing;
eating disorders; uses behavioural and neurophysiological methods
to examine language, attention and memory in clinical and
non-clinical populations CURRENT TEACHING: introductory psychology;
psychopathology
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MARVIN KRANK B.A. (Indiana), Ph.D. (McMaster) Office: ART 334
Phone: (250) 807-8773 Email: [email protected] 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
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SUSAN HOLTZMAN B.Sc. (McMaster), M.A. (UBC), Ph.D. (UBC),
R.Psych. Office: ASC 283 Phone: (250) 807-8730 Email:
[email protected] 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]
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MARK HOLDER B.A. (SFU), Ph.D. (Berkeley) [on leave from
2014.01-07] Office: ART 320 Phone: (250) 807-8728 Email:
[email protected] 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]
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LINDA HATT B.Sc. (Oklahoma), M.Sc. (Alberta), Ph.D. (Alberta)
Office: ART 327 Phone: (250) 807-9323 Email: [email protected]
RESEARCH: health psychology; pain management; experimental analysis
of behavior CURRENT TEACHING: health psychology; personality;
history and theories of Psychology / contemporary theories [g]
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LIANE GABORA Hon.B.Sc (UWO), M.Sc. (Queens), Ph.D. (Free
University of Brussels) Office: ART 336 Phone: (250) 807-9849
Email: [email protected] 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: CURRENTLY ON MEDICAL LEAVE - psychology of
creativity
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PAUL GABIAS B.A., Ph.D. (NYU), LL.D. (Victoria) Office: ART 228
Phone: (250) 807-9383 Email: [email protected] 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
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PAUL G. DAVIES B.A. (Simon Fraser), M.Sc. (Western Washington),
Ph.D. [Waterloo] Postdoctoral Work [Stanford] Office: ART 327
Phone: (250) 807-8727 Email: [email protected] 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 Introductory psychology;
social psychology
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LINDA ALLAN, B.A. (McMaster), M.A. (Guelph) Office: ART 328
Phone: (250) 807-8729 Email: [email protected] 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: child and adulthood & aging
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JAN CIOE Hon. B.A. (Toronto), M.A. (UWO), M.Phil. (Cantab)
Ph.D. (UWO), R.Psych. Office: ASC 285 Phone: (250) 807-8732 Home:
(250) 763-1225 Email: [email protected] UNIT HEAD, Psychology, IKBSAS
RESEARCH: human sexuality; forensic psychology; recovery of
function from cortical lesions CURRENT TEACHING: research methods
and statistics; human sexuality
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HARRY MILLER [Adjunct] B.A. (Alberta), MEd (Alberta), Ph.D.
(Ohio State University) Office: TBA Phone: 250-862-4220 Email:
[email protected] 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
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TARA CARPENTER [Sessional] Hon. BA [Dalhousie], MA [UBCO]
Danica Patton [Sessional] Biopsychology of Behaviour & Sleep
and Rhythms Andrea Klassen [Sessional] Abnormal Child Psychology
Office: ART323 Phone: 250-807-9507 Email:
[email protected]
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Opportunities to volunteer for psychological research
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Psychology Course Union Helping students make the most of their
UBC Okanagan Campus experience...
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INTRODUCTION/BACKGROUND -Dakota and Shirley -CPA Campus
Representatives -Email: [email protected][email protected] -UBC Okanagan Informational Page:
http://web.ubc.ca/okanagan/psyo/welcome.html -Facebook Group Page:
Canadian Psychological Association (CPA) at UBCO
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OVERVIEW OF THE CPA Objectives of the CPA: 1)Improve the health
and wealth of Canadians 2)Promote excellence and innovation in
psychological research, education and practice 3)Promote the
advancement, development, dissemination, and application of
psychological knowledge 4)Provide high quality services to members
of the CPA
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UBC (OKANAGAN CAMPUS) AND THE CPA Faculty Representative Dr.
Jan Cioe Undergraduate Campus Representative Dakota Broadfoot
Graduate Campus Representative Shirley Hutchinson
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BECOMING INVOLVED WITH THE CPA What 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
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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)
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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
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Course prerequisites for Psychology Courses
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DR. MICHAEL WOODWORTH
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KEY RESOURCE: ACADEMIC CALENDAR calendar.ubc.ca/okanagan All
the details about the University rules and regulations including
the specific requirements for our degrees and programs
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Degree Navigator Simple Step-by-Step Instructions
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Log onto your CWL
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Logging on: Student Services Centre
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Start Page
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Select the Degree
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Select Report / BA: Completed[ ], Not yet [] Select UBC Report
for BSc & Arts report for BA
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BSc / Completed[ ], Not yet []
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BA requirements
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BSc requirements
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BSC REQUIREMENTS Arts Requirement: Student must complete at
least 18 credits of Arts course credits, including 6 credits of
first-year English and at least 12 other credits in Arts courses
that are recognized for credit toward the B.A. degree. Note: PSYO
courses are NOT Arts courses for B.Sc. Psychology students.
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Psych requirements
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The second-year courses are often prerequisites for upper-level
(third- and fourth-year) courses in the discipline. Students are
strongly advised to consider what upper-level courses are of
interest to ensure that they have the proper prerequisites.
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Unused / Invalid
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Search degrees
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- your transferred courses will NOT show up on this version
unless your permanent record has been changed
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Arts Report
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In the Arts Report you will see the details of Lists A &
B
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Degree Navigator Demos to get to the Demos in your SSC account
click on Need Help? / Video Tutorials / Degree Navigator
Tutorials+
PSYCHOLOGY MEET AND GREET . Meet the faculty, students, and
staff from the Psychology Department Tuesday, September 23 rd, 2014
4:00 p.m. ARTS ATRIUM Refreshments and conversation provided!!
