People in the Lab
Lab Director: Andrea Howard
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Andrea earned her Ph.D. in Developmental Science at the University of Alberta in 2010. She then worked as a Postdoctoral Scholar and Research Assistant Professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. In July, 2013 she joined the Department of Psychology at Carleton University as a Developmental and Quantitative Psychologist. Her research focuses on mental health and health-related behavioural development through adolescence and the transition to adulthood, with a focus on developing and applying innovative statistical methods for measurement and longitudinal data analysis.
Click here to view Andrea’s Carleton faculty profile
Click here to view Andrea’s CV (January 2024)
Contact Andrea: andrea.howard@carleton.ca
Graduate Students:
Korina Kaye Taguba
M.A. student, September 2023-present
My name is Korina Taguba and I received my bachelor’s degree in Psychology at York University. My research interests are broadly related to the determinants and consequences of substance use among adolescents and young adults. Specifically, I am interested in examining the risk and protective factors related to substance use and how it affects developmental trajectories. I am also interested in exploring misconceptions regarding substance use and how it affects the development of stigma among people who develop substance use disorders.
Research Staff:
Abby Bradley
Lab Manager, September 2021-present
I attained my second undergraduate degree in Psychology from Carleton University in 2021 and my MA from Carleton in 2023. My research interests include community mental health (aligning with my passion for equality and societal fairness), substance use dynamics, and innovative approaches to treating mental illnesses.
Lab Alumni:
Former Graduate Students
Sean Alexander (Ph.D., August 2023) Now Senior Research Associate, University of Calgary
Megan Lamb (Postdoctoral Fellow, 2021-2023) Now at IWK Health
Abby Bradley (M.A., April 2023) Now Research Associate, Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario
Kendra Carnrite (M.A., August 2022) Now at Statistics Canada
Leigh Dunn (M.A., August 2020) Now at Memorial University of Newfoundland, Psy.D. program in Clinical Psychology
Erin Macdonald (M.A., August 2019) Now at McGill University, Ph.D. program in Clinical Psychology
Tyler Pritchard (M.A., August 2017) Clinical Ph.D. Graduate, University of Guelph; now Faculty member, Memorial University of Newfoundland (Grenfell).
Noelle Strickland (M.A., August 2016) Clinical Ph.D. Graduate, Dalhousie University; now at MacGillivray Psychologists, Halifax NS.
Former Honours Thesis Students
Syed Jafar Hasan (Honours thesis student, 2022-2023)
Amy Heaslip (Honours thesis student, 2022-2023)
Zoe Meloff (Honours thesis student, 2022-2023)
Millie McNeill-McKinnell (Honours thesis student, 2021-2022)
Priscilla Panton (Honours thesis student, 2021-2022)
Sydney Bota (Honours thesis student, 2020-2021) Fall 2021: M.A. Student, Counseling Psychology, Western University
Abby Bradley (Honours thesis student, 2020-2021) Fall 2021: M.A. Student, Carleton University Psychology
Tyler Kydd (Honours thesis student, 2020-2021) Fall 2022: M.A. Student, Carleton University Psychology
Julianne Dumont (Honours thesis student, 2018-2019) Current: Clinical Intern, Jewish General Hospital. Ph.D. candidate, Concordia University Clinical Psychology
Andy Ma (Honours thesis student, 2018-2019) M.Ed (UBC, 2021); Current: Project Coordinator, University of British Columbia
Justin Somerville (Honours thesis student, 2018-2019)
Emily Low (Honours thesis student, 2017-2018) Fall 2018: B.Ed. Student, University of Ottawa Teacher Education Program
Christie Maclaren (Honours thesis student, 2017-2018) Fall 2018: MD Student, Queen’s University School of Medicine
Emily Beaudoin (Honours thesis student, 2015-2016) Current: Child in Mind Psychological Services; Ph.D. candidate, McGill University School Psychology
Kelsey Marshall (Honours thesis student, 2015-2016) M.Ed. (UOttawa, 2019); Current: Psychotherapist, Centre for Cognitive Therapy
Ruth Mussar (Honours thesis student, 2015-2016) M.A. (Carleton, 2019)
Casandra Boushey (Honours thesis student, 2014-2015) M.Sc. (Queen’s, 2017); Current: Occupational Therapist, Queensway-Carleton Hospital; M.H.A. Resident, Perley Health
Alana Spadaccini (Honours thesis student, 2014-2015) M.Ed. (UOttawa, 2017); Current: Ottawa Lifestyle and Nutrition Coach
Kimberly Parsons (Honours thesis student, 2013-2014) Current: Marketing Manager, Conference Board of Canada