Dr. Katie Gunnell (She/Her)

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Director of BEA-WELL Lab

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS

• Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Carleton University
• Affiliate Investigator, the Healthy Active Living and Obesity Research Group (HALO) at the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute (CHEO-RI)

EDUCATION

• Post-Doctoral Fellowship, School of Psychology and School of Human Kinetics, the University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada (2014)
• PhD, School of Kinesiology, sub-specialization in Measurement, Evaluation, and Research Methodology, the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada (2013)
• MA, Applied Health Sciences, Brock University, St. Catharines Ontario, Canada (2009)
• BKIN, Department of Physical Education and Kinesiology, Brock University, St. Catharines Ontario, Canada (2007)

RESEARCH INTERESTS
Dr. Gunnell examines the psychological antecedents of behaviours and mental health in various populations including children and youth, adults, and people diagnosed with chronic illness. Specific interests include:
Mental Health (e.g., hedonic and eudaimonic well-being; symptoms of mental disorders) Behaviours (e.g., physical activity, screen time, and sedentary time) Correlates and Mechanisms (e.g., psychological need satisfaction and frustration, motivational regulations, and goal contents) Disentangling complex reciprocal relationships between behaviours and psychological variables using longitudinal research designs Psychometrics

RESEARCH SERVICE
Associate Editor for International Review of Sport and Exercise Psychology and Psychology of Sport and Exercise

Reviewer for many scholarly journals including the Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology, Sport, Exercise and Performance Psychology

MEMBERSHIPS

• The Canadian Society for Psychomotor Learning and Sport Psychology (SCAPPS) North American Society for Psychology of Sport and Physical Activity (NASPSPA) Canadian Psychological Association (CPA) European Congress of Sport Psychology Sedentary Behaviour Research Network