Research Labs

Laurie Ford
Children, Families and Communities Lab
The current focus of lab research is: (1) understanding factors that facilitate young children's readiness for school (including child, family, and community factors); (2) family-school relationships; and (3) developmental assessment of young children with emphasis on those from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.

Anita Hubley
Adult Development and Psychometrics Lab
Research in the lab focuses on the study of age identity, self-concept, body image, health and quality of life, depression, and the neuropsychological study of visuospatial abilities and memory. In addition, we examine how to best measure some of these constructs for different age, gender, cultural, and vulnerable groups, the development of new and improved measures, validity and test validation, and the exploration of related measurement issues such as the effectiveness of different scale response formats and the role of 'process' in responding. http://educ.ubc.ca/faculty/hubley/index.html

Janet Jamieson
Social Cognitive Development of Children Who Are Deaf and Hard of Hearing.
The lab focuses on the the development of children who are deaf and hard of hearing, from a social cognitive perspective. A second focus is support needs of families with deaf and hard of hearing children.

Bonnie Long
Stress and Coping Lab
The Lab is engaged in a variety of research topics related to psychosocial stress and coping processes, including stress and coping interventions. Current research projects include: Managing Daily Work and Family Stress; An Exploration of Disaster Responses Through Forum Theatre; Clerical Workers??? Adaptation to Work Stress: A Grounded Theory Study; Wildfires of 2003 ??? Community Recovery Processes

Pat Mirenda
Autism and Developmental Disabilities Research (ADD) Lab
This lab is engaged in a wide variety of research topics related to augmentative and alternative communication (AAC), problem behavior, early intervention outcomes, and literacy for individuals with autism and other developmental disabilities. The members of the lab work on both collaborative and individual projects, many of which are funded by external grants or contracts. Autism and Developmental Disabilities Research (ADD) Lab

Marion Porath
Development and Identity of Highly Able Students.
Work done in my research lab focuses on three projects: (a) The Child as Psychologist, a cross-sectional study of gifted and gifted/learning disabled students views of learning, knowledge, and the world of school, (b) Supporting and Enhancing the Development of Gifted Learners, in partnership with Vancouver School Board, a project that focuses on narrative based approaches to supporting social-emotional understanding in young gifted children, peer counselling, and culture and giftedness, and (c) Gender and Achievement, a study of the influence of gender on secondary students’ motivation to learn mathematics and science and factors that influence career choice.

Jennifer Shapka
Developmental Change and Technology Lab
The research in this lab focuses on children's and adolescents' development as it occurs within an increasingly technological world. We have defined development broadly, with projects focusing on physical, cognitive and socio-emotional development. http://educ.ubc.ca/faculty/shapka

Jennifer A. Vadeboncoeur
Learning as Engagement and Participation (LEAP)
This research group was formed with three aims: 1) to study flexible learning centres across the United States, Australia, and Canada as spaces for re-engaging youth in learning; 2) to develop and study virtual spaces for the integration of theory and practice in teacher education, and; 3) to create a place for the study of related topics, including after school programs, youth identity and digital media, and teacher education reform. http://www.ecps.educ.ubc.ca/faculty/Leap/index.html

Richard Young
Action Theoretical Investigation of Human Experiences and Relationships
This laboratory is directed to the use of action theory as a conceptual framework and research method to investigate issues in career development, parent-adolescent communication, family transitions, health, counselling, education, addiction, suicide and other joint human actions and projects.

Bruno Zumbo
Edgeworth Laboratory for Quantitative Educational & Behavioural Science.
The primary focus of the laboratory is statistical science, measurement theory and practice, and methodology for research and program evaluation. The laboratory is named in honor of Professor Francis Ysidro Edgeworth and has three inter-related purposes: (a) to promote quantitative science to in education, psychology, sociology, health and other fields of study, (b) to stimulate scholarly activity, and (c) to act as a clearing house for a series entitled The Edgeworth Series in Quantitative Behavioural Science. http://educ.ubc.ca/faculty/zumbo/