Lynda Ross

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...

Dorcas Compaore

Dorcas Mylene Compaore is currently completing her Bachelor of Arts Degree in Criminology at Laurentian University,with a minor in Sociology. Native of Burkina Faso (West Africa), she started her journey with P-SEC as a research assistant at Laurentian University, as...

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...

Sophia Konermann

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...

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...

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. ...

Hope Tyson

Hope Tyson is currently completing her Bachelor of Arts Degree in Equity, Diversity and Human Rights at Laurentian University with a minor in Law and Justice. Hope started her journey with P-SEC as a research assistant through a Laurentian University Summer work-study...

About

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 on disorders, gender, inequality, attachment, and motherhood. Inspired by Dr. Carmen Poulin when Lynda was a student at UNB, feminist theory, thought, and methods continue to inform all aspects of her work. She was introduced to the P-SEC methodology through one of Carmen’s and Lynne’s undergraduate students—Kathleen Webb–who later worked with Lynda in the Master of Arts – Integrated Studies programme at AU.

Publications & Presentations

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

Books

Rose, J.M., Ross, L., & Hartmann, J. (Eds.)(2017). Music of motherhood: history, healing, and activism. Toronto: Demeter Press.

Ross, L. (2016). Interrogating motherhood. Athabasca, AB: AU Press.

Ross, L. (Ed.)(2010). Counselling women: feminist issues, theory, and practice. Toronto: Women’s Press.

Book Chapters

Ross, L. & Wilton, S. (2020). Chapter 4: ‘Making America Great Again’? Neoliberal politics, poverty, and women’s health. In K. Levasseur, S. Patterson, & L. Turnbull (Eds.), Mothering and Welfare: Depriving, Surviving, Thriving (pp. 65-83). Toronto: Demeter Press.

Hartmann, J., Rose, J.M., & Ross, L. (2017). Chapter 1: Introducing the collection. In J. Rose, L. Ross, & J. Hartmann (Eds.), Music of Motherhood: History, Healing, and Activism (pp. 1-12). Toronto: Demeter Press.

Ross, L. & Hartmann, J. (2017). Chapter 13: Closing reflections. In J. Rose, L. Ross, & J. Hartmann (Eds.), Music of Motherhood: History, Healing, and Activism (pp. 241 – 255). Toronto: Demeter Press.

Gismondi, M., Ross, L., & Marois, J. (2015). Chapter 2: The green social economy in British Columbia and Alberta: A Sketch. In M. Gismondi, S. Connelly, M. Beckie, S. Markey, & M. Roseland (Eds.), Scaling up: The convergence of social economy and sustainability (pp. 36-70). Athabasca, AB: AU Press.

Ross, L. (2014). Disabling mothers: Constructing a postpartum depression. In G. Filax & D. Taylor (Eds.), Disabling mothers (pp. 141-165). Toronto: Demeter Press.

Ross, L. (2010). Mom’s the word: attachment theory’s role in defining the ‘good mother’. In L. Ross (Ed.), Counselling Women: Feminist Issues, Theory and Practice (pp. 51-76). Toronto: Women’s Press.

Ross, L. & Lovrod, M. (2010). Introduction: Negotiating social complexities in counselling practice. In L. Ross (Ed.), Counselling Women: Feminist Issues, Theory and Practice (pp. 1-17). Toronto: Women’s Press.

Refereed Journal Articles

Wilton, S. & Ross, L. (2017). Flexibility, sacrifice and insecurity: Balancing work and family in academia. Journal of Feminist Family Therapy, [Published online first 31 January 2017], 1-22.

Ross, L. & Kier, C. (2016). Attachment theory: Gone too far/too far gone? Journal of Mother Studies (JourMS), Issue 1 [Published online 1 September 2016], 21 pp.

Ross, L., & Wilton, S. (2016). Gendered roles, gendered jobs: Challenges facing parents with/in academia. Journal of Mother Studies (JourMS), Issue 1[Published online 1 September 2016], 24 pp.

Ross, L. R. (2014). Reading Ursula Bowlby’s letters (1939-1940): A chronicle of first time motherhood. Journal of the Motherhood Initiative, 5(1), 67-82.

Ross, L. (2011). Attachment ‘disorders’: Capitalizing on misfortune? Atlantis, 36(1), 51-61.

Lovrod, M. & Ross, L. (2011). Post trauma: Normative medicalization and collateral damage to social reform. Atlantis, 36(1), 40-50.

Conference Presentations

Ross, L. (2018). Pedagogy and the personal: Teaching mother studies online. Paper presented at the Museum of Motherhood Conference in Partnership with the Women’s and Gender Studies Department of the University of South Florida, St. Petersburg, FLA, February 16-17.

Ross, L., & Wilton, S. (2016). The challenges facing mothers and fathers parenting with/in academia. Paper presented at Theorizing Motherhood in the Academy, Manhattan College, NYC, May 6-7.

Ross, L., & Kier, C. (2016). Attachment theory: Too far gone/gone too far? Paper presented at Theorizing Motherhood in the Academy, Manhattan College, NYC, May 6-7.

Ross, L. (2015). The mother in the room: Why psychology needs to expand its core curriculum to include mothering/motherhood studies. Paper presented at the “New Materialisms”: Tales of Motherwork (Dislodging the Unthinkable), Museum of Motherhood, New York City, April 30 – May 2.

Ross, L. (2015). Expanding psychology’s core curriculum to include mothering/motherhood studies. Paper presented at the Section on Women and Psychology (SWAP) Pre-Convention Workshop, the Annual Convention of the Canadian Psychological Association, Ottawa, ON, June 3.

Ross, L. (2014). First time motherhood in theory and in practice. Paper presented at the Motherhood Initiative for Research and Community Involvement (MIRCI), Mothers, Mothering and Motherhood from Ancient Greece to Contemporary Times Conference, Athens, Greece, May, 22-24.

Wilton, S., & Ross, L. (2013). Mothering/fathering with/in the professions: the impact of policy on family practice. Paper presented at the A New Motherhood, Museum of Motherhood Conference, New York City, May 2-4.

Ross, L. (2013). ‘Mother’s Little Helper’: Prescriptions, pregnancy, and postpartum depression. Paper presented at the Selling Sickness 2013: People Before Profits Congress, Washington DC, February 20-23.

Ross, L. (2012). Disabling mothers: Constructing a postpartum depression. Paper presented at the Evolving Motherhood Conference, Museum of Motherhood, New York City, May 17-19.

Ross, L. (2011). Reading Ursula Bowlby’s letters (1939-1940): A chronicle of first time motherhood. Paper presented at the Museum of Motherhood (MOM) and Motherhood Foundation Inc. (MFI) Conference – The Vulnerable Mother: Social Interactions, Institutions, and Systems of Cultural Values conference, New York City, May 23 – 25.

Ross, L. (2010). The possibilities for e-liberal arts (?). Paper presented at the International Conference on the Liberal Arts: Looking Back and Moving Forward. St. Thomas University, Fredericton, NB, September 30 – October 2.

Ross, L. & Bush, V. (2010). From distance to digital/from Canada to the Caribbean: A preliminary evaluation of Caribbean students’ experiences in Athabasca University’s Counselling Women Program. Paper presented at the International Forum for Women in E-Learning (IFWE), Albuquerque New Mexico, December, 1-3.

Gismondi, M., & Ross, L. (2010). The social economy in Alberta and BC: Preliminary patterns. Paper presented at the Working in the Social Economy Symposia 2010, WLN/BALTA Partnership, Edmonton AB, April 27.

Ross, L. (2010). Mother still loves best: Attachment theory’s influence on mothering practice – then and now. Paper presented at the Representing Motherhood: Mothers in the Arts, Literature, Media and Popular Culture, New York City, May 20 – 22.

Ross, L., & Atherton, C. (2010). Distance to digital/Canada to the Caribbean: Athabasca University’s counselling women programme. Paper presented at the Canadian Women’s Studies Association Conference Annual Convention, Montreal, PQ, May 27 – 31.