Research Assistants

I recently completed my Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Psychology with Dr. Rebecca Cobb, having been a member of the Close Relationships Lab since June 2022. My honours thesis examined how agency and communion goals predict relationship and sexual satisfaction in mixed-gender couples. In addition to quantitative methods, I have examined sexual problem discussions qualitatively, looking at how couples discuss and perceive sexual novelty and the kinds of goals individuals possess for sexual problem discussions with their partner. Outside of my research, I work as a youth outreach worker supporting sexually exploited and trafficked youth. I hope to pursue graduate studies in clinical psychology to further examine relationship and sexual dynamics in couples.

I completed my BA (Honours) in Psychology at UBC in 2019. Throughout my degree, I focused on depression, stress, and hormonal contraception. Since graduating, I have become interested in relationship psychology, especially as it relates to stress and emotion regulation. Outside of this lab, I am also a research assistant at Dr. Chen’s Social Health Lab at UBC. I hope to study relationships in graduate school for clinical psychology. 

I am a 4th year undergraduate student working towards a Bachelor of Arts degree with a major in Psychology and a minor in Counselling & Human Development. My general research interests include healthy relationship maintenance and the management of stigma or social perceptions in consensually non-monogamous relationships. Although I am still defining my professional direction, I am looking to pursue graduate studies in either counselling or clinical psychology. I have been a research assistant at the Close Relationships Lab since December 2022. 

I am completing my BA with a double major in Psychology and Communications. I joined the lab in Spring 2025 and work as both a research assistant and social media manager. Alongside this work, I have also been an executive for the UNICEF SFU Club and a peer mentor and events lead for the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS). My research interests focus on mental and sexual health, healthy relationship dynamics, and the role of social support in relationships. I am planning to pursue graduate school in the future, which hopefully will combine some of these interests! 

I am pursuing a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology with a minor in Counselling and Human Development. My research interests involve, broadly, the effects of relationship quality (romantic, familial, therapeutic, and educational) on client and student outcomes. I joined the Close Relationships Lab in Spring 2025 and intend to continue my studies with a graduate degree in Counselling Psychology. Outside of my work with the lab, I sing with the SFU Choir and practice as a Board-Certified Assistant Behaviour Analyst (BCaBA).

 I am currently working towards a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology, after which I hope to pursue graduate studies in counselling psychology. My research interests include suicide prevention with a focus on protective factors. Outside of my studies I volunteer as a call taker at a crisis line. I have been a research assistant at the Close Relationships Lab since March 2025.

I recently graduated SFU with a BA (with distinction) in Psychology, minoring in Counselling & Human Development. Broadly speaking, I am deeply interested in the varying ways people communicate, and the ways they find satisfaction in life. In relationship research, I have a particular interest in gendered scripts and the behaviours people engage in to follow or break them. Besides assisting in the lab, I work to help children with disabilities and volunteer for a crisis line. I hope to put this research and practical experience to work in a Counselling Psychology MA program. 

I graduated from SFU in 2025 with my Bachelor of Arts in Psychology with a minor in Human Development and Counselling (with distinction). My research interests vary from exploring efficacious counselling practices to stress and anxiety, particularly sexual and romantic anxieties. In the community, I work with as a support worker and as a mental health blogger with the hopes of destigmatizing discussions about mental health. I am also a research assistant for Dr. Pauly’s Lifelong Health and Wellbeing Lab at SFU. 

I am currently completing a BA in psychology, with a minor in criminology, and a forensic certificate. I plan to begin an honours project in Fall 2024. I have been a research assistant for the Close Relationships Lab since February 2022. Outside of my studies, I volunteer as a call taker at a crisis Line. My research interests include consensual non-monogamy as it relates to stigma, and forensic topics. I intend to pursue graduate studies in clinical psychology. 

I am currently an undergraduate student pursuing a BA in psychology at SFU. I recently completed my honours studying how political orientation is associated with differences in how people imagine a socially just world. My current research interests include dyadic coping and the influence of neurodivergence in close relationships. I also volunteer as a research assistant in the Sustainability, Identity and Social Change Lab at SFU, and outside of academics, I work part-time as a paramedic with BC Ambulance.  After graduation, I hope to pursue graduate work in clinical psychology.