The Team

Siham is a first-year Master’s student in the Experimental and Applied Psychology program at the University of Regina working under the supervision of Dr. Sarah Zanette, whom she also worked with to complete her B.Sc. Honours degree in Psychology. Siham’s honours thesis examined racial bias in adults’ deception judgments of children’s reports. Siham’s research interests include childhood deception, adults’ abilities to accurately detect lies, and biases that arise when adults are asked to judge the veracity of racialized children’s statements. Siham has gained extensive research experience throughout her undergraduate degree volunteering in the Child Evidence Lab with Dr. Kaila Bruer and currently works as a Research Assistant for Dr. Andrew Stevens and Dr. Saqib Khan.

Saman is a recent graduate from the University of Regina with a B.Sc. Honours in Psychology. She completed her Honours thesis under the supervision of Dr. Sarah Zanette, in which she examined the similarities and differences in moral reasoning between children with and without conduct problems. She will continue to work alongside Dr. Zanette in order to conduct further analyses of remaining data from her Honours project. Saman's main areas of interest lie within the domain of developmental and abnormal psychology. Within the following years, she aspires to attain a Masters in Counselling Psychology, through which she can move forward to accomplish her goal of becoming a psychologist.

Manahil is a fourth-year student at the University of Regina, pursuing a B.Sc. Honours degree in Psychology. Her primary passion lies in the field of clinical psychology. Her research interests specifically cater to psychological disorders, child psychopathology, chronic illnesses, lying, and deception. Working with a youth-led NPO (CAWI) has assisted her in empowering immigrant women in Canada through advocacy efforts. In her spare time she also volunteers at a clinic, shadowing a family physician. She looks forward to working with the team in the CaSPR Lab to delve deeper into her areas of interest under the supervision of Dr. Sarah Zanette.

Jared is a 4th year student at the University of Regina working on a BA with honours in Psychology under the supervision of Dr. Zanette. His primary research interests include prosocial lying, parenting by lying, and lying in children with conduct disorders. Jared also has experience working with children at the Autism Resource Centre, which has fueled a strong interest in both child development and psychological disorders. Jared is looking forward to working with lots of awesome people at the CaSPR lab and help expand the pool of knowledge in the field of psychology.

Raelynne is a second-year student at the University of Regina pursuing a BA degree in Psychology. She plans to apply to the Honours program next year. Raelynne worked as an artist and entrepreneur for several years before deciding to pursue a career in psychology. She hopes to study experimental psychology at the graduate level after completing her undergraduate degree. Her current research interests include moral development, childhood deception, and parenting by lying. Raelynne is passionate about research in psychology and is thrilled to be a part of the CaSPR lab.

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