Development, Context, and Communication Lab at Ontario Tech University

04/01/2022

Exciting news today! A big congratulations to our current doctoral candidate, Lillian Rodriguez Steen!! In the fall, Lillian will be joining the faculty at the College of Saint Rose as an Assistant Professor of Forensic Psychology 👏👏👏 Announcement below:

The fast-growing forensic psychology program at The College of Saint Rose is expanding by adding a faculty member who specializes in youth decision making, childhood eyewitness reports, and interview processes as they relate to children and juveniles. In fall 2022, Lillian A Rodriguez Steen, a docto...

01/10/2022

Hello, all!
The Development, Context, and Communication Lab (www.TalkingtoKidsLab.com) invites you to participate in our new study! We are looking for families with one or more children between the ages of 6 and 11 years old to take part in a study investigating how children answer tricky questions.
The study takes about 30 minutes to complete and will take place entirely online over Zoom. If you are interested in participating, please email us at: [email protected]
** Please do not post study related questions publicly. Any questions can be sent through private messaging, or to [email protected].**

12/15/2021

The Development, Context, and Communication Lab is interested in learning about how children ask for clarification. We are looking for CAD/US parents who have children between 6 and 11-years old! Email us at: [email protected] to learn more. Parents/legal guardians will receive a gift certificate as a token of appreciation!

Interviews take place over Zoom and are tons of fun. Check out one of our participants having a great time (shared with parent permission of course!) with our doctoral student, Lillian, in their interview below!

12/08/2021

Congratulations to our doctoral student, Lillian Rodriguez Steen, and lab director, Dr. Lindsay Malloy, on the publication of their journal article titled: “Children's clarification requests in interviews: Testing the effects of age, question characteristics, and brief intervention strategies.”

A huge shout out to all the children and families who got involved in our research and made this possible!! To learn more about our research and get involved in new opportunities, reach out to us at [email protected]

11/17/2021

Hello, all!

The Development, Context, and Communication Lab (www.TalkingtoKidsLab.com) invites you to participate in our new study! We are looking for families with one or more children between the ages of 6 and 11 years old to take part in a study investigating how children answer tricky questions.

The study takes about 30 minutes to complete and will take place entirely online. If you are interested in participating, please email us at: [email protected]
** Please do not post study related questions publicly. Any questions can be sent through private messaging, or to [email protected].**

11/15/2021

Congratulations to our doctoral student, Lillian Rodriguez Steen!

Lillian’s dissertation research recently received funding from the Society for the Psychology Study of Social Issues Grants in Aid program! Her research, which examines how children tell adults when they do not understand a question, is currently underway! She is looking for families with at least one child between 6 and 11-years-old. To participate, reach out to our lab email @ [email protected]

11/08/2021

Congratulations to our master’s student, Ana Karen Espinosa Becerra!

Ana was one of 10 recipients of the 2021 CSA Group Graduate Scholarship. Ana’s research will focus on studying adults’ perception of non-native language speaking children and adolescents testifying in legal contexts via a language interpreter. As no standards for impartial practices in interpreter-mediated interviews with child witnesses speaking a non-native language currently exist, Ana’s work will help develop new knowledge in this emerging area and potentially affect the community’s safety and mental health. Way to go, Ana!!

11/05/2021

The Development, Context, and Communication Lab is happy to welcome our newest member, Ramanjot Kalher!

Raman is a first-year master's student joining the Development, Context, and Communication Lab at Ontario Tech University. She finished her undergraduate degree at the University of Alberta at the Intercultural Communication lab where she worked on various studies, including a Masculinity, Threat, and Language study, a Chinese Longitudinal study, as well as a Multiculturalism study. Raman’s honors thesis investigated gender ideologies within South-Asian Canadians. For her master's research, she plans to conduct a cross-cultural investigation of parents' perceptions and reactions towards child disclosure patterns. Welcome to the team, Raman!

11/01/2021

The Development, Context, and Communication Lab proudly congratulates Daniella Filoso on successfully defending her master’s thesis!

Daniella’s thesis examined parents’ perceptions of lie telling in sibling relationships. Her project received funding from the American Psychology-Law Society Grants-in-Aid program and was presented at several conferences, both in Canada and the US. Daniella is currently a Jr. Program Officer with the Canada Border Services Agency! In her free time, Daniella enjoys spending time in nature and doing paint-by-numbers. We are so excited for her. Congratulations, Daniella!

04/05/2020

Our graduate students had a wonderful time at APLS this year in New Orleans. Check out this article by our Ontario Tech University that features our very own grad student, Daniella (first from left) and our supervisor, Dr. Malloy (center)!

https://socialscienceandhumanities.ontariotechu.ca/about/faculty-blog/fssh-represented-by-faculty-and-students-at-annual-psychology-conference.php

03/22/2020

Are you interested in your child's cognitive and social development and how it impacts their memory?

Here at the Development, Context, & Communication Lab at Ontario Tech University, under the supervision of Dr. Lindsay Malloy, who has been conducting research on child development for over 15 years, conduct studies designed for children between the ages of 4 and 17.

If you would like to be contacted about participating in our projects, click our link here:

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