Katherine Hanniball, M.A., Ph.D. Student
Katherine Hanniball is a Ph.D. student in the Clinical Forensic Psychology track and holder of the Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship Award. She received her B.A. from the University of Puget Sound, and went on to complete her Masters in Experimental Psychology at Simon Fraser University. Katherine’s Master’s thesis, completed under the joint supervision of Dr.’s Lara Aknin and Kevin Douglas, explored the emotional benefits of prosocial behavior within criminal populations. Her dissertation work examines diversity issues in the assessment of psychopathic personality disorder via the lens of the Comprehensive Assessment of Psychopathic Personality Disorder (CAPP) model. Broadly speaking, Katherine’s research interests include the conceptualization and measurement of psychopathy, forensic risk assessment, resilience, risk and protective factors for violence and criminal behavior, and cultural sensitivity in forensic risk assessment. Katherine’s doctoral work is funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, through the Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship Award.
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