The faculty and staff of the Psychology Department at UNBC are committed to student learning by promoting excellence in teaching, research, and service. Our members have received a number of awards over the years:
- Dr. Bill Owen - Teaching Excellence Award (2006)
- Dr. Ken Prkachin - Research Excellence Award (2008)
- Dr. Paul Siakaluk - Teaching Excellence Award (2008)
- Dr. Sherry Beaumont - Teaching Excellence Award (2009)
- Dr. Loraine Lavallee - University Achievement Award for Teaching (2019, 2012)
- Dr. John Sherry - Excellence in Teaching Award (2013)
- Dr. Paul Madak - University Achievement Award for Teaching (2015)
- Brian Duffels, PhD Candidate - University Achievement Award for Teaching (2017)
- Dr. John Sherry - Professional Practice Mentorship and Stewardship Award (2019)
Psychology
Faculty
Beaumont, Dr. Sherry
PhD (University of Waterloo), DVATI, RCC
Biography
Dr. Beaumont has been a faculty member in the UNBC Department of Psychology since 1994 and is currently a Full Professor with expertise in developmental, positive, and existential psychology.
Duchesne, Dr. Annie
PhD (McGill University)
Howard, Julie
MSc (University of Northern British Columbia)
Biography
Mrs. Howard received her MSc from UNBC in 2001, and started teaching there in 2002. She teaches material in research methods and statistics, and conducts research on emotional expression in music.
Lavallee, Dr. Loraine
PhD (University of British Columbia)
Biography
Dr. Lavallee received her PhD in social psychology from UBC in 2000 and took a faculty position at UNBC that same year. She has an interdisciplinary background having completed a BA in history and a research fellowship in the Faculty of Forestry at UBC.
Li, Dr. Han
PhD (University of Victoria), MA (University of Victoria), MPH (University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, U.S.A.)
Biography
Dr. Li obtained a master’s degree in Health Behavior and Health Education from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, a PhD and a Master’s degree in Psychology, from the University of Victoria, Canada. Her undergraduate studies were in English language and literature.
Owen, Dr. Bill
BSc (Augustana University College), MA, PhD (University of Saskatchewan)
Biography
Exposure to learning different languages as a child, teen, and then young adult, lead Dr. Owen to be curious about how people acquire languages, and how they learn to read written language.
O’Neill, Dr. Linda
PhD, Educational Psychology, MEd Counselling, BA Child and Youth Care, University of Victoria
Biography
Linda is a long-time northerner from the far northwest corner of BC who practiced in that area for many years.
Reid, Dr. Nick
PhD
Biography
Nick has a great deal of experience in the area of cognitive psychology with an emphasis on computational methods to understand language, concepts, and memory.
Shaw, Dr. Anita
PhD, MA (University of Northern British Columbia), BSc Honours (University of Victoria)
Biography
Having grown up in beautiful northwestern B.C., Anita considers herself a northerner. Anita's teaching and research interests are informed and inspired by her previous work in women's shelters and feminist organizations on northern Vancouver Island and in the west Kootenays.
Sherry, Dr. John
PhD, MS (Fordham University), BA (San Diego State University)
Biography
Dr. John Sherry has over 20 years of experience as a clinician and his academic and clinical work has focused on couples, family, and group therapy. Dr. O’Neill and Dr.
Siakaluk, Dr. Paul
PhD (University of Alberta)
Biography
Dr. Siakaluk started on faculty at UNBC in the summer of 2004.
Professors Emeritus
Cronshaw, Dr. Steven
Phone: 250-960-6785
Email: steven.cronshaw@unbc.ca
Website: http://web.unbc.ca/~cronshaw
Harder, Dr. Henry
RPsych, EdD (University of British Columbia)
Email: henry.harder@unbc.ca
Prkachin, Dr. Ken
PhD (University of British Columbia)
Adjunct Faculty
Climenhage, James, BA (SFU), MA (SFU), PhD (SFU)
Klassen-Ross, Tammy, BA (UBC), MSc (UNBC), PhD (UNBC)
Rocha, Elizabeth, BA (British Columbia), MSc (Northern British Columbia), PhD (Saskatchewan)