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Psychology

Danu Anthony Stinson

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Professor & Associate Chair Social Sciences

Psychology (Faculty of Social Sciences)

Accepting graduate students

Contact:
Office: COR A272 250-721-6281
Credentials:
PhD (Waterloo)
Area(s) of expertise:
social psychology, relationship initiation, friendship, self-esteem, body image, weight stigma, 2SLGBTQIA+ identity, gender, critical health psychology, qualitative research methods
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Interests

  • self and identity
  • coping with rejection and social stigma
  • romantic relationship initiation and maintenance
  • LGBTQ+ identity and experience
  • gender
  • fat studies
  • critical health psychology
  • qualitative research methods

Faculty bio

How do people evaluate their social worth? Why do some people form new relationships easily while others struggle? How do people cope with self-threats like rejection and social stigma? Can people unlearn internalized stigma?

Together with her students and collaborators, Dr. Stinson uses social-psychological science to answer these and other important questions about the ways in which important aspects of the self – like self-esteem, self-concept, and identity – shape, and are shaped by, people’s close relationships and the communities to which they belong.