Faculty Listing (APHD)

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. 

Anne-Claude Bedard, Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream & DPE MEd Program Coordinator 
ac.bedard@utoronto.ca
Attention-Deficit/Hyperacticity Disorder (ADHD); pharmacological and non-pharmacological interventions; cognitive function; neurodevelopment.

Cynthia Maya Beristain, Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream, & 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.

Mary Caravias, Director, OISE Psychology Clinic & Director of Clinical Training, SCCP (on sabbatical)
m.caravias@utoronto.ca
Clinical training and supervision practices; Self-awareness development in psychotherapy training; Therapeutic relationships and the process of therapy; Ethical, diversity & relational issues in clinical supervision; Developing Self-Care Practices.

Beverly Caswell
beverly.caswell@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 Chair, Student Experience of APHD
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 & MA CSE Program Chair
y.cleovoulou@utoronto.ca
Elementary school pedagogy and teacher education; critical literacy and inquiry pedagogy.

Todd Cunningham, Assistant Professor and SCCP Program Chair
todd.cunningham@utoronto.ca
Learning disability, assistive technology, psychological assessment, ADHD, reading disability, dyslexia, reading intervention, school psychology, education psychology.

Lisa Dack, Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream
lisa.dack@utoronto.ca
Child and adolescent development, teacher inquiry, ongoing teacher professional learning.

Laurie Faith, Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream
laurie.faith@utoronto.ca
Executive function in the classroom; teacher practise; self-regulated learning and socially shared learning regulation; emotion regulation pedagogy.  

Michel Ferrari, Professor, DPE MEd Program Advisor
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
patricia.ganea@utoronto.ca
Cognitive development; language development; 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
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, Assistant 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

Nina Josefowitz, Lecturer 
n.josefowitz@utoronto.ca  
Cognitive behaviour therapy, using imagery in therapy, fostering a therapeutic relationship within a CBT framework, global mental health, cross cultural issues in CBT, international teaching, forensic assessment of historical abuse, the mental health and educational impact of residential schools.

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.

Clare Kosnik, Professor, cross-appointed to the Department of Curriculum, Teaching and Learning
clare.kosnik@utoronto.ca

Archie Kwan, Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream & Graduate Program Coordinator and 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
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.

Olga Ulanova, Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream
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.

Janette Pelletier, Professor
janette.pelletier@utoronto.ca
Early child development and education; impact of of full-day kindergarten; integrated early childhood services; parent involvement and family literacy in children's learning in kindergarten and primary classes; cognitive development and children's theory of mind.

Michal Perlman, Professor & DPE Program Chair
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 & Associate Dean, Research, International & Innovation, OISE
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, MA CSE & EdD CSE Program Chair
angela.pyle@utoronto.ca
Play-based learning in the classroom; early literacy development; assessment in play-based classrooms; kindergarten; teacher practice.

Judith Silver, Associate Professor, Teaching Stream, Director of Clinical Training CCP & CP, & OISE Psychology Clinic Director, Adult Services
judy.silver@utoronto.ca
Clinical training and supervision in counselling, psychotherapy & clinical psychology; psychotherapy process; use of self in psychotherapy practice. (On sabbatical January – June 2025)

Naomi Slonim, Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream, Acting 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.

Lana Stermac, Professor (Retired, July 2024)
l.stermac@utoronto.ca
Gendered and sexual violence in post-secondary education; trauma and women’s mental health; sexual violence and women’s education; feminism and violence.

Suzanne Stewart, Cross-Appointed from Dalla Lana School of Public Health
suzanne.stewart@utoronto.ca

Natalie Vilhena-Churchill, Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream
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, Assistant 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 (on sabbatical)
earl.woodruff@utoronto.ca
Computer supported learning environments and flexible modes of education; technology, play and gaming; emotion and cognitive engagement.

Debby Zweig, Director of Training, TARC , Assistant Professor Teaching Stream
debby.zweig@utoronto.ca
Anxiety Disorders, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy.