Undergraduate Calendar 2026-2027
Department of Psychology, Neuroscience & Behaviour (Faculty of Science)
|
|
http://www.science.mcmaster.ca/pnb/
Faculty as of January 15, 2026
CHAIR
Mel D. Rutherford
ASSOCIATE CHAIRS
Sigal Balshine/Research
Gabriel (Naiqi) Xiao/Graduate Studies
Nikol Piskuric/Undergraduate Studies
PROFESSORS
Sigal Balshine/B.Sc. (Toronto), Ph.D. (Cambridge)
Patrick Bennett/B.Sc. (Tufts), Ph.D. (California-Berkeley)
Reuven Dukas/B.Sc. (Hebrew University, Jerusalem), Ph.D. (North Carolina State)
Paul A. Faure/B.Sc., M.Sc. (Calgary), Ph.D. (Cornell)
David Feinberg/B.Sc. (Rutgers), Ph.D. (St. Andrews)
Joseph Kim/B.Sc., Ph.D. (McMaster)
Bruce Milliken/B.A., Ph.D. (Waterloo)
Kathryn M. Murphy/B.A. (Western Ontario), M.A., Ph.D. (Dalhousie)
Sukhvinder S. Obhi/B.Sc. (Loughborough), M.Sc. (Manchester), Ph.D. (University College, London)
Mel D. Rutherford/B.A. (Yale), Ph.D. (California-Santa Barbara)
Louis A. Schmidt/B.A. (Maryland), M.S. (Baltimore), Ph.D. (Maryland)
David I. Shore/B.Sc. (McMaster), M.A., Ph.D. (British Columbia)
Laurel J. Trainor/B.Mus., M.A., Ph.D. (Toronto)
ASSOCIATE PROFESSORS
Paul Andrews/B.Sc. (Arizona), J.D. (Illinois-Urbana-Champaign), Ph.D. (New Mexico)
Nicholas A. Bock/B.Sc. (Western Ontario), Ph.D. (Toronto)
Steven Brown/B.A. (California-San Jose), M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D. (Columbia)
Deda C. Gillespie/B.Sc. (Yale), Ph.D. (California-San Francisco)
Daniel Goldreich/B.Sc. (California-San Diego), Ph.D. (California-San Francisco)
Karin Humphreys/B.A. (Queensland), A.M., Ph.D. (Illinois)
John Iversen/B.A. (Harvard), M.Phil., Ph.D. (MIT)
Ayesha Khan/B.Sc., Ph.D. (McMaster)
Nikol Piskuric/B.Sc., Ph.D. (McMaster)
Hongjin Sun/B.Sc., M.Sc. (Peking), M.A. (Western Ontario), Ph.D. (Queen’s)
ASSISTANT PROFESSORS
Jonathan Cannon/Sc.B. (Brown), Ph.D. (Boston)
Katrina Choe/B.Sc. (Toronto), Ph.D. (McGill)
Lauren Fink/B.M. (Cincinnati College Conservatory of Music), M.Phil (Cambridge), Ph.D. (California-Davis)
Taigan MacGowan/B.Sc. (Dalhousie), Ph.D. (McMaster)
Meagan MacKenzie/B.Sc. (Trent), M.A. (Wilfrid Laurier), Ph.D. (Memorial)
Mayu Nishimura/B.Sc. (Queens), Ph.D. (McMaster)
Jennifer Ostovich/B.Sc. (Toronto), M.A., Ph.D. (Pennsylvania)
Gabriel (Naiqi) Xiao/BMgmt (Zhejiang Sci-Tech), Ph.D. (Toronto)
ASSOCIATE MEMBERS
Yair Berson/(Business) B.A., M.A. (University of Haifa, Israel), Ph.D. (British Columbia)
Ben Bolker/(Biology) B.Sc. (Yale), Ph.D. (Cambridge)
Ian C. Bruce/(Electrical and Computer Engineering) B.Eng., Ph.D. (Melbourne)
Michael Schutz/(School of the Arts, Music) B.M., B.Sc. (Penn State), M.M. (Northwestern), M.A., Ph.D. (Virginia)
Elisabet Service/(Linguistics and Languages) B.A., M.A., Ph.D. (Helsinky)
Ranil Sonnadara/(Surgery) M.Sc. (Leeds), Ph.D. (McMaster)
Mohawk College of Applied Arts and Technology
DEAN, SCHOOL OF HEALTH AND COMMUNITY SERVICES
Wendy Lawson/B.Sc. (Waterloo), M.App.Sc. (Charles Sturt), CRGS, CRVS, FSC
ASSOCIATE DEAN, DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY STUDIES
Kim Ann Laush/Dipl CYW (Mohawk), B.A. (Waterloo), B.Ed. (York), M.Ed. (Nipissing), Ed.D. (Western)
ASSOCIATE DEAN, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH STUDIES
Larisa Volman/RN, B.Sc.N., M.Sc., CPMHN(C)
COORDINATOR, AUTISM & BEHAVIOURAL SCIENCES GRADUATE CERTIFICATE PROGRAM
Emily Comegna/B.A. (Western), M.Ed. (Toronto-OISE)
COORDINATOR, EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION ACADEMIC PROGRAM
Karen Davis/B.A. (Waterloo), Dipl. R ECE (Mohawk)
B.Sc. Degree
A three-level program with a general Life Sciences orientation is available through the B.Sc. in Life Sciences .
B.A. Degrees in Psychology, Neuroscience & Behaviour
For B.A. Degrees in Psychology, Neuroscience & Behaviour, see the Department of Psychology, Neuroscience & Behaviour (Faculty of Social Sciences) .
Biology and Psychology
For the Honours Biology and Psychology program (B.Sc.), see Honours Biology and Psychology, Neuroscience & Behaviour (B.Sc.) .
Programs
|