Ph.D Student

Kelsey is a PhD student in Experimental and Applied Psychology after completing his Master’s degree in 2022. He has previously completed an Honour's undergraduate degree at Carleton University in Forensic Psychology and has a BASc from the University of Lethbridge with majors in Psychology and Sociology. He has been employed in federal law enforcement for the past 17 years, has worked across the country, and is currently policing in Saskatoon. He has received specialized training in many areas of Canadian law enforcement and is a certified instructor in police use-of-force/firearms training. His research interests include memory, witness testimony, police training, police interviewing, organized crime, and human trafficking.  He is also a research associate with the Canadian Society for Evidence-Based Policing.

Ph.D Student

Shaelyn is a first-year Ph.D. student in Experimental and Applied Psychology and completed her Master’s degree at the University of Regina in 2023. Shaelyn received a SSHRC Doctoral Fellowship to support her doctoral studies for 2024-2027. In 2019, Shaelyn graduated from the University of Calgary with an honours in a Bachelor of Science in Psychology and a minor in Sociology. Shaelyn has extensive research and applied experience. She has worked as a research assistant in several labs and has held volunteer and work roles within the field of forensic psychology. Shaelyn’s Master’s thesis focused on a novel eyewitness lineup technique to use with children and the results are promising for continued research on the technique. Her research interests include the memory and accuracy of witnesses, both children and adults, lawyer interviewing with children, and police interview techniques with children. To read more about Shaelyn you can visit her academic website, https://shaelyncarr.wixsite.com/shaelyncarr. 

Ph.D Candidate

Crystal Giesbrecht is a Ph.D. Candidate in the Department of Justice Studies. Crystal was named a Vanier Scholar in 2021. Her research focuses on intimate partner violence (IPV); her research projects have involved survivors and perpetrators of IPV and service providers. A recent project conducted by Crystal and Dr. Bruer explored available treatment programs for perpetrators of IPV in Saskatchewan. Crystal’s Ph.D. research focuses on the classification of perpetrators of IPV. Crystal is the Director of Research at the Provincial Association of Transition Houses and Services of Saskatchewan (PATHS), the member association for domestic violence shelters and counselling centres. Crystal’s work at PATHS includes conducting community-based research and delivering education and training for professionals and the public.

MSc Student

Kailey is a first year Master’s student in Experimental and Applied Psychology. In 2024, Kailey graduated from Brandon University with a Bachelor of Science with Honours in Psychology and a minor in Biology. Kailey has received a SSHRC Canadian Graduate Scholarship to support her studies for 2024-2026. Kailey has extensive research and applied experience. She has worked as a research assistant for the Centre for Critical Studies of Rural Mental Health and has worked as a Mental Health Proctor for Prairie Mountain Health. Kailey’s research interests include interviewing techniques used with children as well as memory and accuracy of witnesses.

MSc Student

Katherine is entering her first year as a Master's student in the Experimental and Applied Psychology program. She has recently completed her BA Honours in Psychology with a minor in History, and a Certificate in Forensic Psychology from the University of Regina. Her Honours thesis focused on a novel police lineup and how adults perceive the credibility of the identifications from this lineup and of the child eyewitness making those identifications. Katherine has been volunteering and partaking in research studies in the Child Evidence Lab since the Spring of 2023. Her research interests include child witnesses, eyewitness testimony, deception, interrogation style effects, law enforcement situational decision-making, and patterns in crime.

Erika is an undergraduate student in the psychology honours program at the University of Regina. She has been with the Child Evidence Lab since June 2023 and currently works with school-aged children through the YMCA. Her research interests are in preventive mental health care and child learning and development. She aspires to do graduate studies in experimental psychology after completing a Bachelor of Arts degree.

Amy is entering her fourth year of her BA in psychology and is one of Dr. Bruer's honours students for the 2024-2025 academic year. She has worked with the Child Evidence Lab as both a volunteer and research assistant since the spring of 2023. Her research interests include child lie telling behaviour, non-verbal witness evidence and the admissibility of hearsay evidence, sexual assault and the legal system, low socioeconomic status and it's correlation with crime, cross-cultural considerations when assessing disorders, and the credibility of children as eyewitnesses. After completing her undergraduate degree, Amy hopes to obtain her masters in Educational Psychology. In her spare time, Amy enjoys golfing, playing hockey, reading, and playing piano.