About Me

Jennifer Briere (MEd, PhD) is a cognitive developmentalist who focuses on the early and latter parts of the lifespan. She has special interest in the areas of remembering and forgetting.

Education

  • Ph.D.: Cognitive Developmental Psychology (Cognition & Neuroscience).

September 2011 – August 6, 2015 at the University of Saskatchewan, Canada
Thesis: Retrieval-Induced Forgetting in Kindergartner: Evaluating the Inhibitory
Account

  • M.Ed.: Educational Psychology (Measurement & Evaluation).

September, 2009 – August 29, 2011 from the University of Saskatchewan, Canada
Thesis: Determining the Psychometric Properties of Retrieval-Induced
Forgetting

  • B.A. Honours: Psychology.

September, 2000 – May, 2005 from the University of Saskatchewan, Canada.
Thesis: Omitting Details from Post-Event Practice. Are Omission Effects Due to Output Interference?

  • Letter of Program Recognition (3Year): Sociology.

September, 2000 – May, 2005 from the University of Saskatchewan, Canada

Minor: Criminological Sociology

 

Teaching Responsibilities

  • Psy 213.3: Child Development
  • Psy 216.3: Psychology of Aging
  • Psy 255.3: Human Memory
  • Psy 253.3: Cognitive Psychology
  • Psy 317.3: Advanced Developmental Psychology: Cognitive Development I
  • Psy 318.3: Advanced Developmental Psychology: Cognitive Development II

 

Administrative Responsibilities

  • Member of the STM Scholarship and Bursaries Committee
  • Member of the Advisory Circle for the STM Chair in Indigenous Spirituality and Reconciliation