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Current Graduate Students
Current Graduate Students
Dr. Bruer is currently accepting graduate students applying for MSc and Ph.D. in Experimental and Applied Psychology at the University of Regina. Please email her to get in touch.
Please click here for more information for prospective graduate students.
Kelsey Trott
Kelsey Trott
Ph.D Student
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.
Shaelyn Carr
Shaelyn Carr
Ph.D Student
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.
Kailey Thompson
Kailey Thompson
MSc Student
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.
Katherine Engel
Katherine Engel
MSc Student
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.
Current Honours Students
Current Honours Students
Honours thesis students are those who are preparing for advanced studies. These students work one-on-one with Dr. Bruer, completing their own research thesis. The experience of collecting and analyzing data, as well as sharing original research findings with others in the scientific community, is an exciting opportunity. Such research experience prepares students for advanced graduate studies leading to careers as lawyers, police officers, teachers and researchers in academic settings, and public or private consultants.
For additional information on the Honour Thesis Program at the University of Regina, please visit: https://www.uregina.ca/arts/psychology/programs/undergraduate-programs/Honours%20Program/index.html
Past Graduate Students
Past Graduate Students
Crystal Giesbrecht (Ph.D)
Past Honours Students
Past Honours Students
Amy Wark (2024-2025)
Erika Reichel (2024-2025)
Natalie Hamm (2023-2024)
Katherine Engel (2023-2024)
Ava Bowns (2022-2023)
Kayla Schick (2021-2022)
Steffi Oberthier (2021-2022)
Mackenzie Furlong (2019-2020)
Tenielle Workman (2019-2020)
Emilio Filomeno (2019-2020)
Alyssa Adams (co-supervised, 2016-2017)
Madison Harvey (co-supervised, 2016-2017)
Brendan Jones (co-supervised, 2015-2016)
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