Dr. Julie Blais is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology and Neuroscience at Dalhousie University. Prior to joining the department in July 2020, Dr. Blais was an Assistant Professor at Carleton University (2015-2020). She completed her doctoral work at Carleton University and held a post-doctoral fellowship at Brock University. Dr. Blais’ research can be divided into three interrelated areas: 1) examining forensic risk assessment and risk communication in the legal system, 2) understanding the role of psychopathy within risk assessments, and 3) examining personality correlates to both prosocial and antisocial behaviour, more broadly.

Luke Mungall is a PhD student in Experimental Psychology, who completed his BA in Psychology (Honours) at Mount Allison University in 2020. Luke is broadly interested in personality psychology, with specific interests in how personality traits influence political behaviours and attitudes. He is also interested in psychometrics, statistics, and science-based entrepreneurship.

​Jennifer McArthur is a PhD student in Experimental Psychology. She completed her BSc in Psychology (honours) and MSc in Applied Psychology from Saint Mary’s University. Jen’s background is in forensic psychology and her current research focuses on the causes and consequences of technology-facilitated violence. Her other research interests include personality and deception.

Charlotte Aelick is a Ph.D. student in Clinical Psychology. She previously studied at Laurentian University where she obtained her HBA and MA in Psychology. Charlotte's research focuses on topics in forensic psychology. She is primarily interested in treatment, recidivism, risk assessment, and psychopathy. 

KJ Goruk is a research assistant and MSc student in the lab. They completed their honour's thesis in the lab, which examined the perpetration of in-person and technology-facilitated sexual harassment in Canada. Their other research interests include relationship and sexual satisfaction in couples and examining barriers to support and treatment for those who have experienced sexualized violence.

Anita Aucoin is a student in the BSc Psychology program, completing her honours thesis in the FPP lab. Her project will investigate the prevalence of barriers and motivators specific to the reporting of technology-facilitated sexual violence, among Canadians. More broadly, she is interested in research involving sexual health, particularly in underrepresented populations. Anita plans to pursue graduate studies in Clinical Psychology following the completion of her undergraduate degree.

Emma Isic is a former volunteer, independent project student, and now honours student in the lab, completing their BA honours thesis on risk communication and risk assessment. She is interested in various areas of forensic psychology and personality, particularly risk assessment, technology-facilitated violence, and dark personality traits. They plan to start their master’s in forensic psychology after graduating. 

Deniz Yildirim is currently in the 4th year of completing her Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology. She is also a former FPP Lab volunteer and independent study student, and she will be working on her honours thesis in the FPP lab, examining the relationship between psychopathy and impulsive decision-making. Her research interests include developmental psychology, risk assessments, and personality, specifically psychopathy. She plans to pursue her graduate studies in clinical psychology or school/educational psychology.

George Fazaa recently graduated from Dalhousie with a Double Honours Bachelor of Science Degree in Psychology and German and is currently working as a research assistant in the lab. He completed several projects in the lab examining the personality correlates of university cheating. He is currently responsible for supervising the lab’s volunteers and researching various aspects of forensic psychology (e.g., youth offending and recidivism). He is hoping to pursue a PhD in a related field.

Samantha Williams recently graduated from the MSc Applied Psychology (Forensic Stream) program at Saint Mary's University and is currently working in the lab as a research assistant. Samantha is broadly interested in studying sexual violence prevention and risk assessment. For her master's thesis, she completed a meta-analysis of the risk-related correlates of victim age polymorphism (i.e., sexually offending against victims in multiple age categories). In the future, she plans to pursue a PhD in forensic psychology.