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...
Melissa St. Pierre
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...
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...
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...
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
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.
Melissa firmly believes that the early qualitative experience acquired through active participation in Drs. Poulin and Gouliquer’s P-SEC research team equipped her exceptionally well for graduate studies and her career. She received her PhD in Applied Social Psychology (Health and Community Psychology, 2013) from the University of Windsor in Ontario, Canada, where she established a program of research on lesbian health. Melissa has held Senior Research Associate positions since then, all in the health sector. In her most recent role at the Supply Chain Advancement Network in Health (University of Windsor, Odette School of Business), she designed an impact study to capture the Network’s achievements over its four-year mandate and co-wrote two successful grants worth ~4M in funding. Melissa proudly served on the editorial board for the Journal of Lesbian Studies from 2018-2020. In the spring of 2023, nearly 20 years following the completion of her undergraduate honors thesis,Melissa returned to P-SEC to work in a senior researcher capacity, to support Lynne and Carmen toward further advancement and dissemination of their ground-breaking work.
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...
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...
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...