School and Applied Child Psychology Academics

Explore our academics in School and Applied Child Psychology and their areas of research expertise

Gabrielle Wilcox

Gabrielle Wilcox - SACP Chair

  • Intellectual disabilities
  • Stress and stress control
  • Developmental wellness and resiliency
  • Reading and writing assessment and intervention
  • Psycho-educational assessment 

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Emma Climie

Emma Climie - Director of Training

  • Developmental psychopathology: AD/HD and disruptive disorders of childhood
  • Resilience
  • Developmental wellness and resiliency
  • School-based prevention programs
  • Treatment of childhood disorders

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Michelle Drefs

Michelle Drefs

  • Early childhood education
  • Intergenerational studies
  • Bereavement
  • Interprofessional practice
  • Early mathematics development

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Kelly Hicks

Kelly Hicks

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Erica Makarenko

Erica Makarenko - Director of Residency

  • Developmental psychopathology
  • Educating exceptional children
  • Educational psychology
  • Psycho-educational assessment
  • Cognitive developmental psychology

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Adam McCrimmon

Adam McCrimmon - Director of Practicums

  • Autism Spectrum Disorders
  • Collaborative, school-based research
  • Developmental wellness and resiliency
  • Educating exceptional children
  • Educational psychology

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Carly McMorris

Carly McMorris

  • Autism Spectrum Disorders
  • Child and youth mental health
  • Child development
  • Risk and protective factors
  • Developmental psychopathology

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David Nordstokke

David Nordstokke

  • Child and Adolescent Resilience
  • Mental Health in Educational Settings
  • Executive Functioning, Conative Factors, and Academic Success
  • School-Based Interventions for Emotional and Academic Development

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Meadow Schroeder

Meadow Schroeder - Graduate Program Director

  • Developmental wellness and resiliency
  • Post-secondary student learning and development
  • Psychological assessment and diagnosis
  • Student experience in higher education

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Kelly Dean Schwartz

Kelly Dean Schwartz

  • Adolescent development
  • Child development
  • International community development
  • Family psychology
  • Social development 

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