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EDUCATION

Sept 2019-Present       PhD, Social Personality Psychology, York University

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Sept 2017-Sept 2019    Master of Arts, Social Personality Psychology, York University

                                         Master's Thesis: Judging a Book by its Author's Gender 

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Sept 2013-April 2017    Undergraduate, Honours Specialization Psychology, Western University 

                                         Honours Thesis: Sex Positivity Scale Development 

PUBLICATIONS

Ivanski, C. & Kohut, T. (2017). Exploring the definitions of sex positivity using thematic analysis. Canadian Journal of Human Sexuality, 26(3), 216–225. doi: 10.3138/cjhs.2017- 0017

SUBMITTED MANUSCRIPTS

Ivanski, C. & Mar, R. A. (Submitted). Pets and politics: Do liberals and conservatives differ in their preferences for cats versus dogs? (Preregistered report under review) 

IN PROGRESS

Ivanski, C., Maslej, M. M., & Mar, R. (Invited Chapter). Empirical approaches to studying emotion in literature, and the case of gender. In Hogan, P. C., Irish, B., & Hogan, L. P. (Eds.)  Routledge Companion to Literature and Emotion.  

REFEREED TALKS

Ivanski, C., Kohut, T., & Fisher, W. (May 2018). Development of the Sex Positivity Scale. Women's Xchange 2018 Spring Event.

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Ivanski, C., Kohut, T., & Fisher, W. (June, 2017). Sexual Attitudes Scale  development. Guelph Sexuality Conference.

Ivanski, C. & Kohut, T. (June, 2016). Exploring the definitions of sex positivity using thematic analysis. Guelph Sexuality Conference.

POSTER PRESENTATIONS

Ivanski, C. & Greenglass, E. (June, 2018). Economic stress, proactive coping, and motivation to get on with life. International Congress of Applied Psychology. 

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Ivanski, C. & Kohut, T. (January, 2017). Exploring the definitions of sex positivity using thematic analysis. Society for Personality and Social Psychology.

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INVITED TALKS

2017     Sexual Assualt Centre of London Ontario 

             "Sex Positivity"

AWARDS

2019-2020          Ontario Graduate Scholarship ($15 000)

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Summer 2019     CUPE MA Bursary ($1000)

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2018-2019            Ontario Graduate Scholarship ($15 000)

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2017-2019            York Graduate Fellowship ($5403)

2017-2018            SSHRC Canadian Graduate Scholarship ($17 500)

 2014-2017           Dean's Honour List

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Fall 2019- Winter 2020      Teaching Assistant, Critical Thinking in Psychology, York University 

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Fall 2018- Winter 2019      Teaching Assistant, Introduction to Psychology, York University 

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Winter 2018                        Teaching Assistant, Psychology of Women, York University 

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Fall 2017                              Teaching Assistant, Psychology of Culture, York University 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

June 2019- Present          Project Manager, "Virtually" Connected

York University, Toronto, Ontario

Sept 2015- April 2017        Lab Manager, SMaRt Lab 

Western University, London, Ontario 

Sept 2016- April 2017        Lab Manager, Love Lab

Western University, London, Ontario  

SERVICE

Ad Hoc Reviewer - American Journal of Sexuality Education 

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Undergraduate Mentor - PUMP (Psychology Undergradaute Mentorship Program)

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Panel Member - Getting into Graduate School Seminar 

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Undergraduate Poster Day Judge - York University Undergraduate Psychology Program 

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

International Association of Applied Psychology

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

Sept 2017- April 2018      Research Practicum
                                           “Economic Stress and Planning for the Future: The Role of Coping”

                                            Supervisor: Dr. Esther Greenglass

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Sept 2015- Aug 2017      Research Assistant
                                          “Sexual Behaviour and Relationship Study”

                                           Supervisor: Dr. Taylor Kohut

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July 2016- April 2017      Research Assistant
                                          “Measuring the Use and/or Non-Use of Adult Media”

                                          “Perceptions of Adult Media using Filtered Images”
                                          “Sexual Attitudes and Impressions of Sexual Media – Study 3”
                                           Supervisor: Dr. Taylor Kohut

OTHER RESEARCH SKILLS/EXPERIENCE

Statistical Software

• R

  • lmer​

  • ggplot2

• SPSS

• G*Power

• Microsoft Excel 

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Experimental Software 

• Qualtrics 

• Amazon Mechanical Turk 

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Software Suites 

• Microsoft 

• Adobe 

• Foxit 

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Certificates

• Institute for Social Research York University 

  • An Introduction to R​

• Teaching Commons York University 

  • Senior Teaching Assistant Certification ​