Lynne Gouliquer is an associate professor of Sociology at Laurentian University (Sudbury, ON, Canada). She is a Banting and an O’Brien fellow. Her research focuses on the sociology of institutions and marginalisation, as they apply to groups such as women in the...
Sophia Konermann
Current Team
Carmen Poulin
Carmen Poulin: Originally from Québec where her family still resides, she first came to New Brunswick to complete her BA (Psyc & Bio) at UNB. She obtained her MA and PhD degrees (Neuropsychology) at Queen’s U (Kingston, ON). She also studied in Spain (Universidad...
Ursula Cafaro
Ursula Cafaro is currently a PhD student working on her comprehensive exams in the Human Studies and Interdisciplinarity program at Laurentian University in Sudbury under the supervision of Drs Lynne Gouliquer and Carmen Poulin. Her research focus is on the...
Daniel Côté
Born and raised in Timmins, Ontario, Daniel’s post-secondary studies took him to London, ON; Louisiana, USA; and finally Montreal, QC, where his PhD dissertation focused on the ways that people work within organizations (Power Strategy Formation in a Human Service...
Juliette Denis
Born and raised in the small rural village of River Valley, Ontario, Juliette is the 5th oldest of a family of 16. She is a very proud daughter, sister, spouse, mother of two sons, Meumér of four grandchildren, and auntie to several nieces and nephews. Juliette is a...
Gina King
Gina is currently completing her Bachelor of Science in psychology at UNB with a minor in chemistry. During the fall and winter of 2022, she began a work-study position under the supervision of Dr. Gouliquer, Dr. Poulin, and Hilary Longobardi. She is working as a...
Sandrine Poulin
Sandrine Poulin (she/her) is a PhD student in Experimental Psychology at the University of New Brunswick under the supervision of Drs. Carmen Poulin and Lynne Gouliquer. She joined the P-SEC research group in the winter of 2020 when Drs. Poulin and Gouliquer became...
Lynda Ross
Lynda Ross is a professor Emeritus of women’s and gender studies at Athabasca University (AU). She has a PhD in psychology from the University of New Brunswick (UNB). Her teaching, research, and publications have largely focused on the social construction of theories...
Melissa St. Pierre
Melissa completed her honours thesis entitled: Homosexual Identity Development in the Context of the Canadian Forces: Organisational Influences, Schematic Responses, and Coping Strategies, under the supervision of Drs. Carmen Poulin and Lynne Gouliquer in 2005. ...
About
Sophia Konermann is currently a PhD student at the University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, under the supervision of Drs. Carmen Poulin and Lynne Gouliquer. She met Dr. Poulin while she attended UNB during a year of studying abroad in Canada in 2019/2020. While taking Dr. Poulin’s psychology of women class, Sophia learned about P-SEC and its research and was invited to join the research group in May 2020. Sophia feels that joining P-SEC allowed her to gain insight into qualitative research from a feminist perspective, focused on marginalised groups with the explicit goal of altering institutional policies to reduce inequalities and oppression. After completing her B.Sc. in psychology (honours) at the Otto-Friedrich-Universität Bamberg, Germany, she returned to Canada to do graduate studies in 2021.
Sophia continues to carry out P-SEC research throughout her graduate education. During her first year as an MA/PhD student, she completed her first research apprenticeship taking part in Carmen and Lynne’s pan-Canadian study on the experiences of currently serving 2SLGBTQIA+ individuals of the Canadian Armed Forces. She focussed on the trans experience, in particular. She has since worked on projects regarding policies concerned with trans individuals in the Canadian Armed Forces. She is currently undertaking her second research apprenticeship focussing on the experiences of women officials. She is also preparing for her dissertation project, concerned with marginalised communities in rock climbing. She wishes to further her knowledge about interdisciplinary research, the reality of women, and people living in the margins, with the hope of bringing about positive social change.
In addition to her qualitative research, Sophia completed her comprehensive project on the association of heartrate variability and breathing exercises among university athletes under the supervision of Dr. Ryan Hamilton.
Alongside her studies, Sophia is actively engaged in bringing about positive changes to the sport of rock-climbing in New Brunswick. She lends her skills and volunteers to develop inclusive policies for the climbing organisation Ascent New Brunswick and provides coaching to young climbing athletes in an indoor environment.
Current Team
Lynne Gouliquer
Lynne Gouliquer is an associate professor of Sociology at Laurentian University (Sudbury, ON, Canada). She is a Banting and an O’Brien fellow. Her research focuses on the sociology of institutions and marginalisation, as they apply to groups such as women in the...
Carmen Poulin
Carmen Poulin: Originally from Québec where her family still resides, she first came to New Brunswick to complete her BA (Psyc & Bio) at UNB. She obtained her MA and PhD degrees (Neuropsychology) at Queen’s U (Kingston, ON). She also studied in Spain (Universidad...
Ursula Cafaro
Ursula Cafaro is currently a PhD student working on her comprehensive exams in the Human Studies and Interdisciplinarity program at Laurentian University in Sudbury under the supervision of Drs Lynne Gouliquer and Carmen Poulin. Her research focus is on the...
Daniel Côté
Born and raised in Timmins, Ontario, Daniel’s post-secondary studies took him to London, ON; Louisiana, USA; and finally Montreal, QC, where his PhD dissertation focused on the ways that people work within organizations (Power Strategy Formation in a Human Service...
Juliette Denis
Born and raised in the small rural village of River Valley, Ontario, Juliette is the 5th oldest of a family of 16. She is a very proud daughter, sister, spouse, mother of two sons, Meumér of four grandchildren, and auntie to several nieces and nephews. Juliette is a...
Gina King
Gina is currently completing her Bachelor of Science in psychology at UNB with a minor in chemistry. During the fall and winter of 2022, she began a work-study position under the supervision of Dr. Gouliquer, Dr. Poulin, and Hilary Longobardi. She is working as a...
Sandrine Poulin
Sandrine Poulin (she/her) is a PhD student in Experimental Psychology at the University of New Brunswick under the supervision of Drs. Carmen Poulin and Lynne Gouliquer. She joined the P-SEC research group in the winter of 2020 when Drs. Poulin and Gouliquer became...
Lynda Ross
Lynda Ross is a professor Emeritus of women’s and gender studies at Athabasca University (AU). She has a PhD in psychology from the University of New Brunswick (UNB). Her teaching, research, and publications have largely focused on the social construction of theories...
Melissa St. Pierre
Melissa completed her honours thesis entitled: Homosexual Identity Development in the Context of the Canadian Forces: Organisational Influences, Schematic Responses, and Coping Strategies, under the supervision of Drs. Carmen Poulin and Lynne Gouliquer in 2005. ...