Past Lab Personnel

Alexandra Apesland (she/her) was an honours psychology student during the 2021-2022 cycle under the supervision of Dr. Katherine Robinson. Her interests include psychological anthropology, perception, and visual art. Alexandra also holds a degree in Visual Art with minors in Classical studies and anthropology. Alexandra has an army of cats, and when not soaking up the sun in her beautiful garden with them, volunteers in the Social Context, Health, and Trauma lab on campus.

Thomas Czinkota (he/him) is a fourth year psychology student, minoring in philosophy. His interests are primarily in forensic psychology. Thomas is currently the website manager for the University of Regina Undergraduate Research Journal. When not studying, Thomas can be found either at the gym, collecting swords, or reading.

Donna Dumitrescu is a fourth year Honours Psychology student with Dr. Natasha Gallant. She has interests in motivation and emotion, counselling psychology, health psychology, and social psychology. Donna is involved as the volunteer lab coordinator in the Social Context, Health, and Trauma Lab, as well as in the community with the Arcola East Community Association.

Holly Funk (they/she) is a fifth year honours psychology student with a minor in religious studies. They are the Editor-In-Chief of the Carillon, and a volunteer in the Social Context, Health, and Trauma lab. Holly’s interests in psychology currently include sexuality, perception and human reasoning, and education efficacy.

Sarah is a current honours psychology student, supervised by Dr. Shadi Beshai.

Priyanka Jason (she/her) is a psychology major, and a pre-medicine student in the third year of her undergraduate degree. She is a lab volunteer in the SCHT lab and she helps administer the lab’s website. Cerebral lateralization, health, and abnormal psychology are some of Priyanka’s areas of interest. She enjoys making digital art while sipping on her collection of herbal tea when she is not studying in the library.

Maija is a current honours psychology student, supervised by Dr. Jeff Loucks.

Safa is a fourth year psych student and an outreach coordinator with the Psychology Students Association! Her research interests primarily involve studying the function of diversity, intersectional approaches, and cross-cultural psychology as a whole – which is what drew her to the SCHT lab.

Holden Norrie (he/him) is a fourth year psychology major. Holden’s areas of interest in psychology include anxiety disorders and health anxiety. He is the financial officer for the University of Regina Undergraduate Research Journal, and Luther’s Student Representative for the Faculty of Arts. When not reading philosophy (for fun!

Duncan Preston is a third year Psychology student at the university of Regina, and will be applying for honours in Psychology in Fall 2023. He is interested in clinical psychology with a focus in sexual health psychology. He would also like to explore cognitive psychology as an experimental psychologist and connect research with a biological aspect.

Shae Sackman (they/them) is an honours psychology and honours philosophy student. They are interested in clinical psychology, assessment, diagnosis, dissociation, the philosophy of language and metaphysics. They are currently the President of the Campion College chapter of Alpha Sigma Nu and the Production Manager of The Carillon.