Faculty members
Full-time Faculty
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Shimon Amir
- Affiliate Professor, Department of Health, Kinesiology & Applied Physiology
- Affiliate Professor , Biology
- Professor, Psychology
- Affiliate Professor , Chemistry and Biochemistry
Research areas: Behavioral and molecular neuroscience of circadian biology -
Andreas Arvanitogiannis
- Associate Professor, Psychology
Research areas: Animal models of motivation and reward -
Erin Barker
- Associate Professor, Psychology
- Undergraduate Program Director, Psychology
Research areas: Lifespan Developmental Psychology; Transition to Adulthood; Well_Being and Mental Health; Stress and Coping -
William Michael Bukowski
- Professor and Research Chair in Early Adolescent Development , Psychology
- Principal, Loyola College for Diversity and Sustainability
Research areas: Peer Relations, Social Development, Origins of Psychopathology, Culture, Economic Inequality, Early Adolescence, Studying Change -
Krista Byers-Heinlein
- Professor, Psychology
- Concordia University Research Chair in Bilingualism and Open Science
Research areas: language acquisition; bilingualism; infancy & childhood; language disorders; development -
Andrew Chapman
- Professor, Psychology
- PhD Program Director, Psychology
Research areas: Analysis of synaptic mechanisms of learning and memory using electrophysiological and pharmacological techniques. -
Emily B.J. Coffey
- Associate Professor, Psychology
Research areas: sleep, plasticity, auditory neuroscience, aging, complex task learning, auditory-motor system, neuroimaging, closed-loop brain stimulation, human performance, portable neuroscience, exploration, spaceflight, misophonia, hearing-in-noise -
Michael Conway
- Professor, Psychology
Research areas: social perception; nonverbal behaviour; anger, assertiveness, and interpersonal warmth -
Roberto G. de Almeida
- Professor, Psychology
Status: For details check https://psycholinguistics.weebly.comResearch areas: Cognitive science, concepts, verb meaning, metaphors, compositionality, language comprehension, language-vision interface, semantic deficits in Alzheimer's, cognitive neuroscience -
Mickael L.D. Deroche
- Associate Professor, Psychology
Research areas: hearing, cognition, language, development, emotion, auditory prostheses, cochlear implants, stuttering, neurosciences -
Kristen Dunfield
- Associate Professor, Psychology
- Associate Chair, Psychology
Research areas: cognitive development, social cognition, comparative cognition, prosocial behaviour, trust, cooperation -
Mark A. Ellenbogen
- Professor, Psychology
- Director, Centre for Research in Human Development
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Guillem Esber
- Associate Professor, Psychology
Research areas: Neural bases of learning and memory, reward learning, associative learning, animal models of psychiatric disorders, in-vivo electrophysiological recording, optogenetics -
Constantina Giannopoulos
- Associate Professor and Director of the Applied Psychology Centre, Psychology
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Jean-Philippe Gouin
- Professor, Psychology
Research areas: Stress, depression, insomnia, social support, dyadic coping, health behaviour change, autonomic functioning, psychoneuroendocrinology, psychoneuroimmunology -
Mihaela D. Iordanova
- Associate Professor, Psychology
Research areas: learning and memory, prediction error, extinction and behavioural modification, high-density neuronal recording during behaviour, optogenetics, chemogenetics, fear, reward -
Aaron Johnson
- Associate Vice President Research (Strategic Institutional Initiatives & Innovation), General Administration
- Associate Professor, Psychology
Research areas: Vision, Attention, Eye movements, Low vision, Macular degeneration, vision rehabilitation,EEG, dyslexia, Aviation, Pilots, Marketing. -
Karen Li
- Professor, Psychology
- Graduate Program Director (MA), Psychology
Research areas: Healthy aging, Executive functions, Motor control, Cognitive training, Multi-task performance, Gait and Balance, Hearing loss, Cognitive impairment, Cognitive reserve -
Joyce H. L. Lui
- Co-Director, Centre for Clinical Research in Health (CCRH)
- Director, Spark Lab
- Assistant Professor, Psychology
Status: I will be reviewing applications for a new graduate student for the 2025-2026 academic year.Research areas: child mental health, externalizing behaviours (disruptive behaviours, ADHD), interventions, dissemination & implementation, data science, mental health disparities -
Jennifer J. McGrath
- Principal Member, Centre for Clinical Research in Health (CCRH)
- FRQS Senior Chercheur-boursier, Santé et Société
- Director, Pediatric Public Health Psychology Laboratory (PPHP)
- CIHR University Delegate, Executive Committee
- Associate Professor, Psychology
- Chair, Childhood Preventive Health and Data Science, PERFORM Centre
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Alexandre J.S. Morin
- Professor, Psychology
Research areas: Substantive methodological synergies, statistics (EFA, CFA, SEM, ESEM, latent profile analyses, mixture models, longitudinal models, growth mixture models), multidimensional self-conceptions, workplace commitment, wellbeing, intellectual disabilities -
Roisin M. O'Connor
- Professor, Psychology
- Core Member, Centre for Clinical Research in Health (CCRH)
Research areas: alcohol misuse, alcohol use disorder, anxiety, personality, cognition, cognitive behaviour therapy, young adult transitions, Indigenous youth well-being and resilience -
Virginia Penhune
- Professor, Psychology
Research areas: Brain plasticity related to motor learning. Emphasis on musical expertise and development. Structural and functional brain imaging. Auditory-motor integration and timing. -
Natalie Phillips
- Professor, Concordia University Research Chair (Tier 1) in in Sensory-Cognitive Health in Aging and Dementia, Psychology
Research areas: Neuropsychology, Cognition, Aging, Dementia, Speech and Language, Sensory function -
Diane Poulin-Dubois
- Professor, Concordia University Research Chair in Developmental Cybernetics, Psychology
Status: Full ProfessorResearch areas: Cognitive Development (categorization, selective trust, theory of mind) Language Development (bilingualism); -
Adam S. Radomsky
- Professor, Psychology
- Core Member, Centre for Clinical Research in Health (CCRH)
Status: NOT considering graduate students for 2025 admission - see laboratory websiteResearch areas: Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Anxiety Disorders, Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, Experimental Psychopathology -
Andrew G. Ryder
- Professor & Chair, Psychology
- Core Member, Centre for Clinical Research in Health (CCRH)
Research areas: Cultural-Clinical Psychology (acculturation, anxiety, assessment, China, culture, depression, emotion, Korea, language, meaning, personality, psychotherapy, religion, somatization, Russia) -
Norman Segalowitz
- Professor, Psychology
Research areas: Applied Linguistics, Assessment, Bilingualism, Cognitive Learning Strategies, Cognitive Psychology, Language Acquisition, Learning Strategies, Memory & Attention in Skill Acquisition -
Uri Shalev
- Professor, Psychology
Research areas: Behavioural Neurobiology, Substance Use Disorders (SUD), Relapse
Affiliated Faculty
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Philip C. Abrami
- Professor Emeritus & Honorary Research Chair, Education
Research areas: Cognitive Psychology, Educational Psychology, Educational Technology, Quantitative Synthesis -
Simon L Bacon
- CIHR-SPOR Chair in Innovative, Patient-Oriented, Behavioural Clinical Trials, Department of Health, Kinesiology & Applied Physiology
- FRQS co-Chair in AI and Digital Health for Health Behaviour Change, Department of Health, Kinesiology & Applied Physiology
Research areas: Behavioural Medicine, Behaviour change interventions, Obesity and Bariatric care, Stress, Patient-Oriented Research, Evidence synthesis and systematic reviews -
Richard Courtemanche
- Professor, Department of Health, Kinesiology & Applied Physiology
Research areas: Neurophysiology, oscillatory activity, network coherence, connectivity, cerebellum, basal ganglia, motor control -
Thanh Dang-Vu
- Professor & Concordia University Research Chair in Sleep, Neuroimaging and Cognitive Health, Centre for Studies in Behavioral Neurobiology
Research areas: Sleep, Sleep Disorders, Insomnia, Hypersomnia, Neuroimaging, Electroencephalography, Cognition, Neurodegeneration, Preventive Health, Dementia, Clinical Trials, Biomarkers -
Nina Howe
- Professor , Education
Status: I am in the process of retiring and not taking on new graduate students.
Limited-term Appointments
Part-Time Faculty
| Rebecca Achtman | rebecca.achtman@concordia.ca |
| M. Dean Graham | m.dean.graham@concordia.ca |
| Brenda Harvey | brenda.harvey@concordia.ca |
| Jack Hirschberg | jack.hirschberg@concordia.ca |
| Elmira Ismaylova | elmira.ismaylova@concordia.ca |
| Elliott Morrice | elliott.morrice@concordia.ca |
| Erwin Neumark | erwin.neumark@concordia.ca |
| Laura Renteria Diaz | laura.renteriadiaz@concordia.ca |
| Elizaveta Solomonova | elizaveta.solomonova@concordia.ca |
| Dan Tao | dan.tao@concordia.ca |
Please note that part-time faculty members may be reachable at the above email addresses only during semesters when they are teaching classes.
Distinguished Professors Emeriti
| Peter Shizgal (2018) |
| Barbara Woodside (2013) |
| Dolores Pushkar (2013) |
| Anna-Beth Doyle (2010) |
| Jane Stewart (2009) |
| Alex Schwartzman (2004) |
| Zalman Amit (2003) |
| Tannis Arbuckle-Maag (2002) |
| Campbell Perry (1997) |