Lab Members

I have always been interested in vision and movement. I studied kinesiology as an undergrad and grad student at Waterloo. I was captured by neuroscience while working on my honours thesis and master’s degree with Dr. Eric Roy. I was fortunate to work as a psychometrist at Toronto Western Hospital conducting neuropsychological assessments for the neurology and neurosurgery services there. I earned a PhD in cognitive psychology at Penn State, learning about vision and attention with Dr. Cathleen Moore (MS supervisor), movement planning and control with Dr. David Rosenbaum (PhD co-supervisor), and movement neuroscience with Dr. Robert Sainburg (PhD co-supervisor). I completed a post-doctoral fellowship with Dr. Paul Gribble and Dr. Mel Goodale in cognitive neuroscience at Western. I have been a professor in the psychology department at Trent University since 2007 and now I split my time between the psychology and kinesiology departments.

I have special interests in the contributions of vision and proprioception to motor learning and performance. You can click here to learn about our recent and current research projects.

I teach these courses regularly: Brain & Body in Action (PSYC 2210), Cognitive Psychology (PSYC 2400), Sensation and Perception (PSYC 3460), Neuropsychology (PSYC 3220), and Movement Disorders (KINE 4002).

I supervise undergraduate research opportunities by offering spots in our Research Practicum and Reading courses (PSYC or KINE 3801, 4801) and in the Psych and Kin Honours Thesis programs. I also supervise graduate students in the Psychology MSc program. Please feel welcome to contact me if our research interests you!

I am the director of the On The Move! Exercise program for people with Parkinson’s Disease.