Department of Psychology
August 1, 2010
New Psychology Faculty Arrive on Campus
by Jean-Paul Boudreau
On behalf of Psychology, I am pleased to welcome Dr. Janice Kuo and Dr. Lili Ma to our department. We are very excited to have them and I hope you'll take a read of their biographical sketches provided in the links below. I also hope that you all will join me in welcoming Janice and Lili.
I am also proud to report that Janice and Lili represent the 20th and 21st permanent hires since 2005 for a full-time faculty complement of 31 today, further evidence of the department's ascent.
To learn more about our entire faculty team, please click on the Faculty link.
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Dr. Janice KuoThe Department of Psychology is pleased to announce that DR. JANICE KUO will be joining the department as an Assistant Professor (tenure-track) on August 1, 2010.
Dr. Kuo completed her BA at the University of California (Los Angeles) and her MA and PhD at the University of Washington in 2007, specializing in Clinical Psychology. Since completing her APA-accredited internship at the Department of Veteran Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System in 2007, she has held a Postdoctoral Fellowship at Stanford University School of Medicine and the National Center for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.
Dr. Kuo's research program explores emotion reactivity and regulation in borderline personality disorder (BPD), post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and non-clinical samples. Her treatment-based research is in the area of Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Prolonged Exposure (PE), and Cognitive-Processing Therapy (CPT). Committed to translating basic science research to clinical applications, Dr. Kuo has published 10 scholarly articles, many of which appeared in the top journals in the field including Journal of Abnormal Psychology; Brain, Behaviour, and Immunity; Depression and Anxiety; Psychological Medicine; Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease; International Journal of Eating Disorders and others. She also has 2 new manuscripts currently under review and has disseminated her research widely in the US and Europe. Her unique focus on Dialectical Behavior Therapy, a field pioneered by Dr. Kuo's supervisor, Dr. Marsha Linehan, adds an important new dimension to the department's development of an Institute for Stress, Health, and Intervention. As a Principal Investigator, Dr. Kuo has already received research funding from the prestigious National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH).
Janice is keen to be joining our Psychology department and to begin building her emotion regulation lab in the PRTC. As she sums it up: "I am so excited to be part the Ryerson faculty. I feel incredibly lucky to be joining a group of such talented - and kind - scientists and am I looking forward to the upcoming years of collaboration!"
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Dr. Lili MaThe Department of Psychology is pleased to announce that DR. LILI MA will be joining the department as an Assistant Professor (tenure-track) on August 1, 2010.
In 2007, Dr. Ma completed her PhD in Developmental Psychology at the University of Virginia, where she worked with the renowned Dr. Judy DeLoache. She held a Postdoctoral Fellowship at the University of Texas (Austin) and has been a Teaching Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of British Columbia since 2008.
Dr. Ma’s research program explores cognitive and social-cognitive development in infancy and early childhood. Her current studies investigate the roots of rational learning, social reasoning in the context of others’ behaviour, and children's credulity and skepticism regarding the testimony of others. She has published 5 scholarly articles in top journals in the field including Child Development, Infancy, Developmental Science, and in more specialized journals such as the Journal of Research in Social Psychology. Additionally, she has 5 new manuscripts currently under review and has disseminated her research at numerous (inter)national meetings. This spring she presented her recent findings at the International Society on Infant Studies in Baltimore. She has received training and presentation awards from the Society for Research in Child Development, the Cognitive Development Society, and the Huskey Research Exhibition.
Lili Ma is keen to be joining the department and to begin building her developmental lab in the PRTC. “I am particularly impressed by the energy and congeniality within the department”, says Lili and continues: “I have been wishing really hard since my visit that I could be the lucky one to join the great team, and I am so thrilled that this day has finally arrived!”
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