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

Gabrielle Wilcox - SACP Chair
- Intellectual disabilities
- Stress and stress control
- Developmental wellness and resiliency
- Reading and writing assessment and intervention
- Psycho-educational assessment

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

Michelle Drefs
- Early childhood education
- Intergenerational studies
- Bereavement
- Interprofessional practice
- Early mathematics development

Kelly Hicks

Erica Makarenko - Director of Residency
- Developmental psychopathology
- Educating exceptional children
- Educational psychology
- Psycho-educational assessment
- Cognitive developmental psychology

Adam McCrimmon - Director of Practicums
- Autism Spectrum Disorders
- Collaborative, school-based research
- Developmental wellness and resiliency
- Educating exceptional children
- Educational psychology

Carly McMorris
- Autism Spectrum Disorders
- Child and youth mental health
- Child development
- Risk and protective factors
- Developmental psychopathology

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

Meadow Schroeder - Graduate Program Director
- Developmental wellness and resiliency
- Post-secondary student learning and development
- Psychological assessment and diagnosis
- Student experience in higher education

Kelly Dean Schwartz
- Adolescent development
- Child development
- International community development
- Family psychology
- Social development