The Personality and Emotion Research Lab
Simon Fraser University

Graduate Students


Katie Dixon-Gordon

Katherine Dixon-Gordon, M.A.

Katie is a third year doctoral student. Her Master's thesis examined the moderating role of borderline personality features on the association between emotional state and social problem solving. Her dissertation examines the effects of different emotion regulation strategies on distress tolerance and psychophysical indices. She is also interested in examining mechanisms of treatment change.
Email: kdixongo@sfu.ca


Brianne LaydenBrianne Layden

Brianne is a first year Master's student at PERL. Her research interests involve examining mediators of the association of early experiences and non-suicidal self-injury among persons with BPD, particularly within forensic contexts.

Email: blayden@sfu.ca

 

Charlotte McGinnis

Charlotte is a first year Master's student at PERL. Her research interests involve treatment development and evaluation, particularly for emotion regulation or self-injury.

Email: cmcginnis84@gmail.com


Brianna TurnerBrianna Turner, B.A. Hon.

Brianna is a first year doctoral student. Her current research involves a longitudinal examination of the barriers to engaging in non-suicidal self-injury.

Email: briannat@sfu.ca

Kris WaltersKris Nichelle Walters, M.A.

Kris is a third year doctoral student. Her Master's thesis examined the specificity of shame and anger emotional reactivity associated with borderline personality disorder. Her dissertation involves understanding which factors lead people to engage in non-suicidal self-injury.

Email: kwalters@sfu.ca


If you are interested in becoming a graduate student in Dr. Chapman's lab, please go to the Psychology Department website for information. Also, you may contact Dr. Chapman by email.

 

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