Who We Are

Dr. Elina Birmingham

Director, Autism in Education Lab
Associate Professor in the Faculty of Education at Simon Fraser University

Understanding and supporting children, youth and adults on the Autism Spectrum.

Dr. Emily Cameron

Director, Family Foundations Lab
Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Education at Simon Fraser University

Researching child socioemotional development to inform the creation of scalable prevention and intervention programs to promote child development and family wellbeing.

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Dr. Ashley Farris-Trimble

Director, Phonological Processing Lab
Associate Professor in Linguistics and Cognitive Science at Simon Fraser University

Researching the role of phonological knowledge in speech processing; first-language phonological acquisition; online processing and word recognition.

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Dr. Grace Iarocci

Director, Autism & Developmental Disabilities Lab
Professor in the Department of Psychology at Simon Fraser University

Investigating Autism and other developmental disabilities in order to maximize quality of life and social development for all children.

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Dr. Hali Kil

Director, All Families Lab
Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology at Simon Fraser University

Researching parenting, mindfulness, child well-being and mental health, and multicultural families.

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Dr. Tanya MacGillivray

Director, Culture and Development Lab
Professor in the Department of Psychology at Simon Fraser University

Studying early social-cognitive development in children living in diverse social contexts.

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Dr. Joanna Peplak

Director, Grow to Care Lab
Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology at Simon Fraser University

Researching the development of children’s emotions in moral contexts, and the ways in which peers, parents, and teachers socialize children’s kind emotions and behaviours.

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