The Dedicated and Enthusiastic Faculty in Psychology
Dr. Paula Marentette, Professor
B.A. Hon., Queen's University
M.A., McGill University
PhD., McGill University
Paula Marentette teaches courses in cognitive and developmental psychology with a focus on psycholinguistics. Her research focuses on the use of gesture in storytelling situations as well as children's acquisition of American Sign Language as a first language. Both gesture and signed languages are tools that psycholinguists use to understand the functions of the human mind.
Dr. Timothy Parker, Professor
BSc., Trinity College, University of Toronto
MSc, University of Alberta
PhD, University of Alberta
Dr. Parker teaches courses in memory, learning, experimental design, human neuropsychology, and the neurobiology of learning, memory and addiction. His research interests include the neural basis of memory, addiction and other mental disorders, including schizophrenia. Currently he is under contract to write an introductory textbook in the area of biological psychology.
Sean E. Moore, Assistant Professor of Psychology
B.A., Wilfrid Laurier
Ph.D., University of Alberta
Dr. Sean Moore teaches in the areas of social/personality psychology, cultural psychology and research methodology. He also really enjoys teaching introductory-level psychology courses and getting to meet the fresh new faces on campus. Sean's research deals with the people's emotions & moods affect attitude formation and belief change, and on understanding how people form judgments and make decisions.
Dr. Rebecca Purc-Stephenson, Assistant Professor of Psychology
B.A. Honours, Psychology, University of Guelph, 2001
Post-Graduate Dipl., Human Resources, Conestoga College, 2002
M.A., Psychology, University of Windsor, 2004
Ph.D., Psychology, University of Windsor, 2008
Dr. Purc-Stephenson is an Applied Social Psychologist whose research interests are in the area of health psychology, and overlap to some extent, with organizational psychology. Her current research involves the social and cognitive adaptation to chronic illness, post-traumatic growth, workplace diversity and perceived employment barriers, and medical care-seeking. She also has an interest in qualitative research methodology and latent variable modeling.
Jason Goertzen, Assistant Professor of Psychology
B.A. Hon., University of Regina
M.A., York University
Ph.D., York University
Jason Goertzen’s teaching interests are in the areas of the history and systems of psychology, quantitative and qualitative research methodology, as well as special topics related to his research, such as theoretical and philosophical psychology. His current research primarily focuses on the history and theory of the unity-disunity debate in psychology. In particular, he is currently developing intercontextualism as a process-driven approach to the evaluation and integration of specialized psychological knowledge.
Keith Carlson, Adjunct Professor of Psychology
Keith is currently a psychologist in the geriatric psychiatry program at Rosehaven Care Centre in Camrose. In addition, Keith is in private practise working primarily with adults and families.
His research interests include health psychology, assessment of functioning status, quality of life of institutionalized residents, pain management in cognitively impaired people and non-pharmocological interventions for problematic behaviours in institutional and community environments. He is available to supervise students interested in conducting research.
Dr. James Horley, Adjunct Professor of Psychology
B.A (Honours) Carleton University
M.A. Carleton University
Ph.D. Queen's University
Jim’s focus within psychology is the assessment and treatment of criminal offenders. His current research includes a number of projects relevant to forensic psychology (e.g., a program evaluation of a new mental health court in Ontario) and he is completing a book on human sexuality. He can be reached at