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Current graduate students

  • Julie Caouette

    I was born and raised in Montréal, but I have loved traveling from a very young age. After high school, I completed my International Baccalaureate at Collège Jean-de-Brébeuf to quench my desire for acquiring an international perspective to my knowledge. This led me to later travel to Senegal, West Africa, and Grenada, West Indies, as a volunteer worker. But it is while attending McGill University to complete my B.A., doing my honours in psychology and minor in international development studies, that my passion for social psychology and intergroup relations developed more concretely. I sought Prof. Don Taylor as a graduate supervisor because of our mutual...

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  • Michael King

    Montreal born, I obtained my undergraduate degree at York University in Toronto, where I did my honours thesis with Prof Josée Rivest. Upon completion, I left academia to gain clinical experience. After realizing that clinical work is more of an art, and I’m no artist, I quickly returned to the comfort of research. My PhD research focuses on (1) how people justify terrorism, and (2) how people legitimize the very system that maintains their disadvantaged position.
     
     
     
     

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  • Régine Debrosse

    I always had a keen interest in understanding the world surrounding me, especially the major issues I felt very concerned about. I decided to be a social psychologist because research provides understanding and evidence based solutions to social issues I wish to solve. As I was completing my undergraduate honor degree at Université de Montréal, I worked on adolescence with Professor Claes and identity/immigration issues with Professor de la Sablonnière. My interest in disadvantaged youth and education brought me to do my graduate studies at McGill University, under the supervision of Professor Taylor. In my spare time, I volunteer a lot. I am involved...

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