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Upcoming Thesis Defences
Everyone is welcome to attend the thesis defences below. Please RSVP by emailing psycgrad@sfu.ca.
Kristina Castaneto’s MA Thesis Defence |
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Date: |
Wednesday, June 11th, 2025 |
Location: |
Via Zoom / RCB 6152 (Hybrid) |
Time: |
11:00 am - 2:00 pm (PDT) |
Thesis Title: |
Reaching Out to Old Friends: Who Does It, What Do They Say and How Do They Feel Afterward? |
Defence Chair: |
Dr. Alyssa Croft |
Supervisor(s): |
Dr. Lara Aknin |
Committee Member(s): |
Dr. Yuthika Girme |
Examiner: |
Dr. Kelci Harris, Assistant professor, University of Victoria, Department of Psychology |
Julia Vernon’s PhD Thesis Defence |
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Date: |
Monday, June 23rd, 2025 |
Location: |
Via Zoom |
Time: |
12:00pm – 3:00pm (PST) |
Thesis Title: |
Parent Emotion Regulation as a Mechanism for the Reduction of Child and Adolescent Psychopathology |
Defence Chair: |
Pending |
Supervisor(s): |
Dr. Marlene Moretti |
Committee Member(s): |
Dr. Yuthika Girme; Dr. Hali Kil |
Examiner: |
Dr. Nicole Racine, Assistant Professor, University of Ottawa, Department of Psychology |
Jade Stobbart’s MA Thesis Defence |
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Date: |
Wednesday, June 25th, 2025 |
Location: |
Via Zoom |
Time: |
9:00 am – 12:00 pm (PST) |
Thesis Title: |
Gaze Patterns of Autistic and Non-Autistic Children Across Social and Non-Social Dynamic Scenes |
Defence Chair: |
Dr. Yuthika Girme |
Supervisor(s): |
Dr. Grace Iarocci |
Committee Member(s): |
Dr. Richard Wright; Dr. Elina Birmingham |
Examiner: |
Dr. Jelena Ristic, Professor, McGill University, Department of Psychology |