Welcome to the Culture and Religion Lab
We use perspectives from social and cultural psychology, neuroscience and biology, and cognitive psychology and cognitive science to examine questions about culture and religion. Please have a look around to see what we do!
Recent News
Award
APRIL 2017 - Alexandria West received the Norm Endler Fellowship for best graduate student paper.
Post-doctoral Fellowship
MARCH 2017 - Dr. Hyunji Kim received a SSHRC post-doctoral fellowship.
APRIL 2017 - Alexandria West received the Norm Endler Fellowship for best graduate student paper.
Post-doctoral Fellowship
MARCH 2017 - Dr. Hyunji Kim received a SSHRC post-doctoral fellowship.
Old (but still good) News
Award
SEPTEMBER 2015 - Alexandria West received the John W. Berry Award for the Best Student Paper from the International and Cross-Cultural Psychology section of the Canadian Psychological Association (CPA).
Post-doctoral Fellowship
SEPTEMBER 2015 - Andy Ng began his post-doctoral fellowship in Marketing at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign working with Dr. Sharon Shavitt.
Scholarship
MAY 2015 - Alexandria West received a CGS Doctoral Scholarship from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC).
Grant Funding
APRIL 2015 - Drs. Joni Sasaki and Richard Lalonde received a SSHRC Insight Grant to study the model minority stereotype.
Scholarship
APRIL 2015 - Alexandria West received a scholarship from the Ontario Graduate Student Program (OGS) to support her graduate studies.
Grant Funding
DECEMBER 2014 - Dr. Joni Sasaki received a John Templeton Foundation research grant to study genetic and cognitive explanations for religious altruism.
Conference Travel Award
SEPTEMBER 2014 - Alexandria West received a Society for Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP) travel award to present her research at the upcoming conference in Long Beach, CA.
Research Scholarship
JULY 2014 - Joshua Guilfoyle received a ThinkSwiss Research Scholarship from the Embassy of Switzerland to conduct research during the summer with Dr. Veronika Job at the University of Zurich.
Conference Presentation
JULY 2014 - Andy Ng presented his research in a symposium at the International Association for Cross-Cultural Psychology (IACCP) Congress in Reims, France. Dr. Joni Sasaki also presented her research in a symposium at IACCP.
Grant Funding
JUNE 2014 - Dr. Joni Sasaki received an Insight Development Grant from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) to study responses to genetic information from a cultural perspective.
Scholarship
APRIL 2014 - Alexandria West received a scholarship from the Ontario Graduate Student Program (OGS) to support her graduate studies.
Award
SEPTEMBER 2015 - Alexandria West received the John W. Berry Award for the Best Student Paper from the International and Cross-Cultural Psychology section of the Canadian Psychological Association (CPA).
Post-doctoral Fellowship
SEPTEMBER 2015 - Andy Ng began his post-doctoral fellowship in Marketing at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign working with Dr. Sharon Shavitt.
Scholarship
MAY 2015 - Alexandria West received a CGS Doctoral Scholarship from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC).
Grant Funding
APRIL 2015 - Drs. Joni Sasaki and Richard Lalonde received a SSHRC Insight Grant to study the model minority stereotype.
Scholarship
APRIL 2015 - Alexandria West received a scholarship from the Ontario Graduate Student Program (OGS) to support her graduate studies.
Grant Funding
DECEMBER 2014 - Dr. Joni Sasaki received a John Templeton Foundation research grant to study genetic and cognitive explanations for religious altruism.
Conference Travel Award
SEPTEMBER 2014 - Alexandria West received a Society for Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP) travel award to present her research at the upcoming conference in Long Beach, CA.
Research Scholarship
JULY 2014 - Joshua Guilfoyle received a ThinkSwiss Research Scholarship from the Embassy of Switzerland to conduct research during the summer with Dr. Veronika Job at the University of Zurich.
Conference Presentation
JULY 2014 - Andy Ng presented his research in a symposium at the International Association for Cross-Cultural Psychology (IACCP) Congress in Reims, France. Dr. Joni Sasaki also presented her research in a symposium at IACCP.
Grant Funding
JUNE 2014 - Dr. Joni Sasaki received an Insight Development Grant from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) to study responses to genetic information from a cultural perspective.
Scholarship
APRIL 2014 - Alexandria West received a scholarship from the Ontario Graduate Student Program (OGS) to support her graduate studies.
