A Panel for BIPOC and 1st-Generation Students

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Registration is now closed. A recording of the panel presentations and Q & A can be watched here: EDI Psychology Graduate Applications Event - Oct 14th 2021

Thinking about applying to graduate school in psychology? Join us over Zoom on Thursday, October 14th at 2pm for a free interactive information session on how to construct a successful application and what to expect in graduate school.

PANELISTS:

Lydia Muyingo

Lydia Muyingo is a 5th year PhD student in Dalhousie University’s Clinical Psychology program (supervised by Drs. Sherry Stewart & Sean Mackinnon). She has published research on the partner influences on alcohol use and is currently preparing a dissertation on the healthy immigrant effect on substance use. She aspires to be a child psychologist and has experience working with children and adolescents in community mental health and inpatient settings. She completed her Honours BA in Psychology (French Immersion) at the University of Ottawa. Her hobbies include playing volleyball, reading, and mentoring.

Hannah Teja

Hannah recently defended her MA thesis in Industrial-Organizational Psychology at the University of Guelph. Her Master’s thesis examined gender differences in impression management during employment interviews. Prior to attending graduate school, Hannah completed her BSc in Biology and PNB (Psychology, Neuroscience and Behaviour) at McMaster University. She is passionate about diversity, equity, and inclusion in the workplace, employee wellbeing, and organizational climate and culture. Hannah is the first in her immediate family to attend graduate school, and in her free time she enjoys crocheting and baking cakes with her younger sister.

Rashelle Litchmore 

Dr. Rashelle Litchmore is an Assistant Professor of Human Development at Connecticut College in New London, Connecticut in the United States. She graduated from the Applied Social Psychology program at the University of Guelph in June 2019. Her research is in the areas of cultural psychology, education policy, Black and racialized adolescent identities, and systems transformation. She currently teaches courses in human development across the lifespan, and child and family social policy. Dr. Litchmore was previously a Senior Policy Advisor with the Government of Ontario in Toronto, Canada, where she supported government decision making in addressing disparities faced by racialized and Indigenous people in Ontario. She is an anti-racism and anti-oppression trainer, and has published research on Black Canadian adolescent identities and Muslim Canadian experiences.