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Colin Scott
Cultural Ethnicity: Newfoundlander (Irish/British ancestry) Education: MA (2015), Applied Social Psychology, University of Guelph; MA Political Science, Memorial University of Newfoundland (expected completion, Fall, 2013). Previous: BA Psychology, Political Science, Memorial University of Newfoundland. Research Interests: My research interests are in the field of Political Psychology. Broadly, I study citizen security and political behaviour in Latin America. Specifically, my research focuses on how perceptions of violence affect political attitudes, and the social identification of youth gang members and indigenous groups. Ultimately, I am interested in how these phenomena influence social and political development. I am also interested in organized crime in the Americas, particularly as it relates to refugeeism and stress. For my Master's thesis, I investigated how perceptions of violence influence political attitudes in Guatemala, El Salvador, and Honduras. Sample Publications: Scott, C., Safdar, S., Desai Trilokekar, R., & El Masri, A. (2015). International Students as ‘Ideal Immigrants’ in Canada: A disconnect between policy makers’ assumptions and the lived experiences of international students. Comparative and International Education. Vol. 43(3), Article 5. Available at: http://ir.lib.uwo.ca/cie-eci/vol43/iss3/5
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Darcy R. Dupuis![]() Education: MA (2008), Ph.D. (2012), Applied Social Psychology, University of Guelph Research Interests: Darcy is is interested in the unconscious activation of thoughts and behaviour. Darcy's interests include developing an understanding of money's unconscious effects on behaviour and the application of unconscious goals to environmentally responsible behaviour (learn more about Darcy's research at darcydupuis.ca). Sample publications: Safdar, S., & Dupuis, D. (2011). Review of D. Matsumoto & F. van de Vijver ‘s “Cross-cultural research methods in psychology.” Journal of Canadian Psychology, 52(4), 325-326. Doi: 10.1037/a0025496 Dupuis, D. R. & Safdar, S. (2010). Terror management and acculturation: Do thoughts of death affect the acculturation attitudes of receiving society members? International Journal of Intercultural Relations, 34, 436-451. Safdar, S., Rasmi, S., Dupuis, D. & Lewis, J.R. (2009). An investigation into the cross-cultural adaptation of immigrants to urban and rural Canada using the multidimensional individual difference acculturation (MIDA) model (22-41). In A. Chybicka, S. Safdar, & A. Kwiatkowska (Eds.). Culture and Gender: An Intimate Relations. Gdansk, Poland: Gdanskie Wydawnictwo Psychologiczne. Safdar, S., Dupuis D. R., Lewis R., El-Geledi S, & Bourhis, R. Y. (2008). Social axioms and acculturation orientations of English Canadians toward British and Arab Muslim immigrants. International Journal of Intercultural Relations, 32, 415-426.
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Sarah Rasmi
Research Interests: My research interests lie within the area of cross-cultural psychology, with an emphasis on the psychological and sociocultural adaptation of immigrant youth and families in their new cultural milieu. For my Master's Thesis, I examined the adjustment of first-generation Arab Canadian and Arab youth in the Middle East under the supervision of Prof. Safdar. My results stressed the importance of examining Arab youth to further delineate cultural and acculturation influences, as well as challenging our current assumptions of Arab families. My focus on Arab families stems not only from my personal experiences (having lived in the Middle East for 8 years), but also because of the rapid population growth of Arab Canadians (sevenfold the general population, the cultural divergence between Arab and Canadian culture, and the pervasiveness of group misunderstanding misrepresentation that has been exacerbated post 9/11. Sample publications: Rasmi, S., Safdar, S., Chuang, S. (2012). The relationship between perceived parental rejection and adjustment for Arab, Canadian, and Arab Canadian youth. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 43, 84-90. Doi: 10.1177/0022022111428172 Safdar, S., Rasmi, S., Dupuis, D. & Lewis, J.R. (2009). An investigation into the cross-cultural adaptation of immigrants to urban and rural Canada using the multidimensional individual difference acculturation (MIDA) model (22-41). In A. Chybicka, S. Safdar, & A. Kwiatkowska (Eds.). Culture and Gender: An Intimate Relations. Gdansk, Poland: Gdanskie Wydawnictwo Psychologiczne. Rasmi, S., Safdar, S. & Lewis, J.R. (2009). A longitudinal examination of the MIDA Model with international students (42-57). In A. Chybicka, S. Safdar, & A. Kwiatkowska (Eds.). Culture and Gender an Intimate Relations. Gdansk, Poland: Gdanskie Wydawnictwo Psychologiczne.
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