{"id":90128,"date":"2023-12-12T10:18:41","date_gmt":"2023-12-12T15:18:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsroom.carleton.ca\/?p=90128"},"modified":"2025-08-19T09:36:15","modified_gmt":"2025-08-19T13:36:15","slug":"carleton-experts-available-the-holidays-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/2023\/carleton-experts-available-the-holidays-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Carleton Experts Available: The Holidays"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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\n Carleton Experts Available: The Holidays\n <\/h1>\n \n \n <\/header>\n\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n

The holiday season is quickly approaching and Carleton experts are available to discuss related topics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you are interested in speaking with the experts below, please feel free to reach out to them directly. If you require other assistance, please email Steven Reid, Media Relations Officer, at steven.reid3@carleton.ca<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For other experts, please visit the Carleton Experts Database: https:\/\/experts.carleton.ca\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alfonso Abizaid<\/strong>
\nProfessor, Neuroscience at Carleton University<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Email<\/strong>: Alfonso_Abizaid@carleton.ca<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Abizaid is available to discuss topics related to stress and food, as well as spending time with family and loneliness during the holidays.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For more information on Abizaid, please visit: https:\/\/carleton.ca\/neuroscience\/profile\/alfonso-abizaid\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rebecca Jaremko Bromwich<\/strong>
\nProfessor, Department of Law and Legal Studies at Carleton University<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Email<\/strong>: rebecca.bromwich@carleton.ca<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jaremko Bromwich is available to talk about holiday co-parenting after separation or divorce. She recently wrote on this topic in the Conversation<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She was the manager, Diversity and Inclusion, at Gowling WLG for their offices in Canada and Russia. Prior to taking that position, she served as program director for the Graduate Diploma in Conflict Resolution program at Carleton.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For more on Bromwich, please visit: https:\/\/experts.carleton.ca\/rebecca-jaremko-bromwich<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Zeba Crook<\/strong>
\nProfessor, Religion at Carleton University<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Email<\/strong>: Zeba.Crook@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Crook is available to discuss the origins of Christmas, Christian controversies about Christmas, the war on Christmas, and the creation of the earliest Christian narratives about the birth of Jesus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

More information on Crook, please visit: https:\/\/experts.carleton.ca\/zeba-crook<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jim Davies<\/strong>
\nProfessor, Institute of Cognitive Science and School of Computer Science at Carleton University<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Email<\/strong>:  Jim.Davies@carleton.ca<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Davies is available to discuss the psychology of Santa Claus, willpower and New Year\u2019s resolutions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As Director of the Science of Imagination Laboratory, Davies explores computational modelling and artificial intelligence applied to human visual imagination. His work has shown how people use visual thinking to solve problems and how they visualize imagined situations and worlds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

More on Davies, please visit: https:\/\/experts.carleton.ca\/jim-davies<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

For a list of related articles featuring Davies visit: https:\/\/bit.ly\/3PsgKOY<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ian Lee<\/strong>
\nProfessor, Sprott School of Business at Carleton University<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Email<\/strong>: Ian.Lee@carleton.ca<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lee is available to discuss the importance of the holiday season for retailers, and how inflation and interest rates may impact holiday spending. He is also available to give his outlook for 2024<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lee has appeared multiple times before the House of Commons and Senate finance, banking, industry and trade committees. He has been in every Government of Canada budget lockup since 2008. He attended pre-budget consultations with the Minister of Finance in 2009 and 2011.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For more information on Lee, please visit: https:\/\/experts.carleton.ca\/ian-lee<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Marina Milyavskaya<\/strong>
\nProfessor, Department of Psychology at Carleton University<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Email<\/strong>: Marina.Milyavskaya@carleton.ca<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Milyavskaya is available to discuss goal setting and New Year\u2019s resolutions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Milyavskaya\u2019s research examines why people are successful in the pursuit of certain goals, but not others. Her work looks at the factors that promote successful goal pursuit and attainment, as well as self-regulatory mechanisms. Her other research interests include autonomy support, health behaviours, attachment, and well-being across a person\u2019s lifespan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Milyavskaya is available for English and French interviews. She is unavailable from Dec. 17 to 20.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For more information on Milyavskaya, please visit: https:\/\/carleton.ca\/psychology\/people\/marina-milyavskaya\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Farzam Sepanta
\n<\/strong>PhD Candidate, Building Engineering at Carleton University<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Email<\/strong>: Farzam.Sepanta@carleton.ca<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sepanta has written in The Conversation discussing how architecture influences our shopping experiences<\/a>. Sepanta is also available to discuss how to reduce home energy costs while away travelling this holiday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For more information on Sepanta, please visit: https:\/\/experts.carleton.ca\/farzam-sepanta<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kimberly Stratton<\/strong>
\nProfessor, College of the Humanities at Carleton University<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Email<\/strong>: Kim.Stratton@carleton.ca<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stratton is available to discuss the historical authenticity of the Christmas story in the Bible, the true origins of Hanukkah and Wiccan Yule.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For more information on Stratton, please visit: https:\/\/experts.carleton.ca\/kimberly-stratton<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Media Contact
\n<\/strong>Steven Reid (he\/him)
\nMedia Relations Officer
\nCarleton University
\n613-265-6613
\nSteven.Reid3@carleton.ca<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Looking for a Carleton expert?
\nVisit: https:\/\/experts.carleton.ca\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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