Research

Dr. Steven Arnocky, associate professor of psychology,and his team will utilize the lab to help clarify the complex interplay between personality, immune function, hormones, and social context and how such factors interact to predict mating patterns and behavior, as well as competition, intimate partner violence and sexual violence.

Faculty members and students from Nipissing’s department of Geography and Master of Environmental Studies/Master of Environmental Science program recently travelled to New Orleans for the American Association of Geographers (AAG) Annual Meeting, April 10-14, 2018.

The Three Minute Thesis (3MT) is an annual competition for masters and doctoral students in which participants present their research and its wider impact in three minutes.  Developed by the University of Queensland in 2008 to promote effective communication of research, over 170 universities from more than 18 countries will compete this year.

Concern for the environment is widespread, but what is stopping people from rolling their sleeves up and getting down to work with some meaningful pro-environmental action? According to a new study published in the Journal of Environmental Psychology, learned helplessness could be acting as a significant barrier to affecting positive environmental change.

Congratulations to Dr. Nancy Maynes, associate professor in the Schulich School of Education, and Sally Holdsworth, Master of Education student, on the publication of their co-authored article in the Canadian Journal of Education.