Current research fellows
CFYS is glad to work with a variety of UVic faculty members who share an interest in youth and family well-being. Our Research Fellows include members from the faculties of Social Sciences, Education, and Human and Social Development.
Katelin Albert
Assistant Professor
sociology of health & medicine; genders & sexualities; sexual health & experiences; sex-ed; vaccination & health decision-making; subjectivities & biotechnology; mental health; linked lives; mixed methods & advanced qualitative methods
Megan Ames
Assistant Professor
depression and mental health in young people; health behaviours and health promotion; postsecondary students with ASD; longitudinal research design and statistical analyses
Jean Buckler
Assistant Professor
Fred Chou
Assistant Professor
youth participatory action research; narrative research; youth mental health literacy and suicide prevention; collaborative practices in mental health; intergenerational trauma; Chinese-Canadian mental health
Catherine Costigan
Professor
family psychology; immigration and acculturation; developmental disabilities; children, youth, and family therapy
Sandra Gibbons
Professor
curriculum and instruction in physical education; evaluation of student achievement; pedagogical issues in physical activity and health; girls and physical education; inclusive pedagogy
Frederick Grouzet
Associate Professor
personal goals and values (as the core of self-identity); psychological well-being
Gina Harrison
Associate Professor
cognitive and linguistic aspects of reading and writing; spelling and writing difficulties: writing disorders; learning disabilities: Assessment and intervention; school psychology: professional practice; special education service delivery
Myer Horowitz
Adjunct Professor
early childhood development, education, policy
Tamara Humphrey
Assistant Professor
criminology, developmental and life-course theories of crime, qualitative methods, domestic violence, bullying, gender and crime
Chris Lalonde
Professor
social-cognitive development; indigenous health; indigenous epistemologies and post-secondary education; identity development
Bonnie Leadbeater
Professor Emeritus
adolescent parenting; emerging adulthood; adolescent depression; resilience in high-risk youth; prevention of peer victimization in elementary school children
Sam Liu
Associate Professor
eHealth/mHealth; chronic disease prevention and management; big data; health promotion; impact of technology on well-being
Nigel Mantou Lou
Assistant Professor
immigration and acculturation; ESL and language learning; motivation and emotion; mental health and well-being; racial and sexual minorities; diversity and equity; advanced quantitative methods
Sarah Macoun
Associate Professor
attention and executive function; assessment in school psychology and neuropsychology; intervention and rehabilitation of cognitive processes; special education
Anne Marshall
Professor Emeritus
life-career development and counselling for children, youth and adult; developmental transitions and Adolescent identity development; counselling for Indigenous and other cultural groups; counsellor training and supervision; counsellor skill & identity development
Farah Mawani
Assistant Professor
Catherine McGregor
Associate Professor
social justice leadership, including democratic, distributed, and teacher leadership; civic and social justice learning, including situated- and/or place-based learning; women and gender in leadership; educational leaders as allies and advocates
Todd Milford
Associate Professor
measurement and evaluation; using data analysis to help teachers and students in the classroom
Mandeep Kaur Mucina
Associate Professor
research and community-based initiatives that work towards ending violence against women
Ulrich Mueller
Professor
development of executive function and self-regulation; contribution of communication to the development of executive function; development of embodied cognition; nature-based education and self-regulation
Patti-Jean Naylor
Professor Emeritus
socio-ecological and setting-based approaches to health promotion; obesity and chronic disease prevention; dissemination, knowledge translation/exchange; implementation and organizational capacity
Anita Prest
Associate Professor
music education, rural education, social capital, place-based and place-conscious education, praxial music education philosophy, critical pragmatism, integrating Indigenous knowledge and perspectives in music education
Jodi Streelasky
Associate Professor
early childhood education, Indigenous ways of knowing, multimodality, family and community literacies, international education, early literacy, UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, play, outdoor and environmental education
Paweena Sukhawathanakul
Assistant Professor
Positive Youth Development; Peer victimization, violence, and injury prevention; Community Psychology; School-based social-emotional learning program; Youth activism and social responsibility; Mixed-method designs
Viviene Temple
Professor
promoting health among people with special needs and children through physical activity; motor skills in young children; electronic portfolios
Brianna Turner
Associate Professor
suicide and self-harming behaviours; behavioural psychology; eating disorders; substance abuse; aggression
Jennifer H. White
Professor
youth suicide prevention; critically informed, relational approaches to inquiry; youth perspectives; alternatives to the standardized, expert-driven, one-size-fits-all, risk factor-based approach to youth suicide prevention