Our Team

Faculty and Staff

Claire Crooks
Director - On Leave
Biography

Jacqueline Specht
Acting Director
519 661-2111 x88876
jspecht@uwo.ca
Biography

Barbara Fenesi
Faculty & Research Centre Member
519 661-2111 x88665
bfenesi@uwo.ca
Biography

Colin King
Faculty & Research Centre Member
519 661-2111 x88694
cking73@uwo.ca
Biography

Deb Chiodo
Adjunct Professor
dchiodo@uwo.ca

Emma Duerden
Faculty & Research Centre Member
519 661-2111 x88694
eduerden@uwo.ca
Biography

Kaitlynn Mendes
Faculty & Research Centre Member
519 661-2111 x87356
kaitlynn.mendes@uwo.ca
Biography

Lynda Hutchinson
Faculty & Research Centre Member
lhutch4@uwo.ca
Biography

Nicole Neil
Faculty & Research Centre Member
519 661-2111 x84761
nneil@uwo.ca
Biography

Shannon Stewart
Faculty & Research Centre Member
519 661-2111 x88646
sstewa24@uwo.ca
Biography

Susan Rodger
Faculty & Research Centre Member
519 661-2111 x88605
srodger2@uwo.ca
Biography

Tara Dumas
Faculty & Research Centre Member
tdumas2@uwo.ca
Biography

Wendy Ellis
Faculty & Research Centre Member
wendy.ellis@uwo.ca
Biography

Marcia Boyce
Centre Manager
519 661-2111 x84312
mboyce5@uwo.ca

Carrie Waters
Financial Assistant
519 661-2111 x25154
cwaters6@uwo.ca

Maisha Syeda
Research Clinician
519 661-2111 x80108
msyeda4@uwo.ca

Alicia Lapointe
Research Scientist 2SLGBTQIA+ Youth Programs
519 661-2111 x88554
alapoint@uwo.ca

Meghan Fournie
Research Coordinator
519 661-2111 x84369
mfourni8@uwo.ca

Karamjeet Dhillon
Project Manager
RISE-R
519 661-2111 x81468
kdhill26@uwo.ca

Andrea Delaney
Project Manager
Indigenous Projects
alapp4@uwo.ca

Gina Kayssi
Project Manager
STRONG
519 661-2111 x86472
gkayssi@uwo.ca

Rim Banat
Project Coordinator
STRONG
rbanat@uwo.ca

Susan Dale
Implementation Coordinator
The Fourth R & RISE-R
sdale25@uwo.ca

Salma Habib
Graphic Designer
shabib53@uwo.ca

Eli Cwinn
Research Associate
ecwinn2@uwo.ca

Taylor Hill
Research Assistant
thill56@uwo.ca

Mike Cywink
Community Partner
mcywink@uwo.ca
Graduate Students

Amal Baobaid
PhD Student
abaobaid@uwo.ca

Amira Noyes
PhD Student
anoyes@uwo.ca

Courtney Cadieux
PhD Student
ccadieu2@uwo.ca

Emily Barry
PhD Student
ebarry4@uwo.ca

Maria Ibanez
PhD Student
mibanez2@uwo.ca

Michelle Saltzman
Master's Student
msaltzm3@uwo.ca

Natalia Kubishyn
PhD Student
nkubishy@uwo.ca

Nikita Kalwani
Master's Student
nkalwani@uwo.ca

Sue Kim
PhD Student
hkim725@uwo.ca
Past Students
- Tessa Alexander
- Christina Amico
- Melanie-Anne Atkins
- Brad Daly
- Emily Barry
- Richelle Bird
- Marie-Michelle Boulanger
- Samir Boulareg
- Eve Chapnik
- Melissa Coyne-Foresi
- Caely Dunlop
- Euan Fraser Tait
- Rachelle Graham
- Katarina Guillen
- Chloe Hamza
- Heather Hargreaves
- Bridget Houston
- Kelsey Huson
- Maria Jelic
- Amanda Kerry
- Sue Kim
- Alicia Lapointe
- Kelsey MacDonald
- Robyn Masters
- Sarah Moroz
- Alyssa Mueller
- Nicole Off
- Emilia Pacholec
- Jessy Pandori-Chuckal
- Michelle Phillippe
- Melissa Read
- Ruth Rodney
- Arely Rodriguez Alcocer
- Anjali Ruparelia
- Lina Saadeddin
- Nicole Schilling
- Alexandra Smith
- Jessica Sommers
- Elizabeth Thornley
- Cassandra Trevisani
- Elsa Trovarello
- Devon Trower
- Callie Whalen
- Bernadette Yeo