About
I am passionate about student advocacy and making university life better for all graduate students. I currently represent Lang Graduate students on Senate, serve as a Student Senate Caucus Co-Chair, represent student interests on several University of Guelph committees and Senate Sub-committees, and am the current Student Representative on the PhD in Management Program Committee. I am also a founding member of the Lang Graduate Student Association.
About
I was born in Yellowknife, NWT; but, spent most of my formative years growing up in northern British Columbia. As a member of Girl Guides of Canada for the last 20 years, my passions for nature and travel were fostered at a young age. In my free time I still enjoy exploring the outdoors, climbing mountains, and traveling. I also appreciate visual arts, and often spend my free time painting, crocheting, embroidering, or photographing nature.
“The price of anything is the amount of life you exchange for it.”
― Henry David Thoreau
"Education is not just about going to school and getting a degree. It's about widening your knowledge and absorbing the truth about life."
― Shakuntala Devi
Education
PhD Management, 2020 - present
Gordon S. Lang School of Business
University of Guelph
Advisor: Sandeep Mishra
Dissertation: My Doctoral dissertation focuses on understanding the adaptive value of schemas in the workplace, and investigating the relationship between schemas, workplace performance, and mental health.
*Funding: SSHRC Canada Graduate Scholarship, value: $105,000; Department of Management Graduate Scholarship, value: $40,000; Lang Doctoral Entrance Scholarship, value: $20,000.
PhD Experimental and Applied Psychology, 2019 - 2020 (transferred)
Department of Psychology
University of Regina
Co-Advisors: Sandeep Mishra and Shadi Beshai
Dissertation: My Doctoral dissertation focuses on understanding the adaptive value of schemas in the workplace, and investigating the relationship between schemas, workplace performance, and mental health.
*Funding: UR Graduate Scholarship, value: $10,000; Saskatchewan Innovation & Excellence Award, value: $5,000; FGSR Travel Award, value: $750; FGSR Scholarly Award, value $500; Graduate Teaching Assistantship, value $2,500.
MA Experimental and Applied Psychology, 2019
Department of Psychology
University of Regina
Co-Advisors: Sandeep Mishra and Shadi Beshai
Dissertation: My Master’s dissertation focuses on understanding how proximate and distal mechanisms contribute to the experience of need-based risk-taking.
*Funding: SSHRC Canada Graduate Scholarship, value: $17,500; SSHRC Enhancement Award, value: $3,000; UR Graduate Scholarship, value: $9,000; U of R International Experience Travel Fund, value: $1,000; Saskatchewan Innovation and Excellence Award, value: $5,000; Graduate Teaching Assistantship, value $2,500 (x2); FGSR Graduate Travel Award, value $750.
HBSc Forensic Psychology- High Distinction, 2017
Departments of Forensic Science & Psychology
University of Toronto Mississauga
Psychology Thesis Advisor: Erika Carlson
Honours Thesis: My undergraduate honours thesis investigated the association between different forms of perceiver effects and psychopathy factors within a subclinical community sample.
Forensic Science Internship Supervisor: Christopher Koegl
Internship Final Report: My forensic science internship focused on evaluating the effectiveness of an education program, and understanding mediators of educational attainment within a correctional treatment facility.
*Awards and Honours: Gordon Cressey Leadership Award; Principal's Involvement Award; Student Engagement in the Arts Award; Dean's Honour List for Academic Achievement (x3); University of Toronto National Book Award.
*Funding: University of Toronto Scholar, value: $5,000; Erindale College Admission Scholarship, value: $3,000; Dare Foods Limited National Scholarship, value: $2,000.