Jennifer Briere (MEd, PhD) is a Métis Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology at St. Thomas More College, University of Saskatchewan, Canada. Her research programs focus on development, remembering and forgetting, successful aging, and multiliteracies. Community service and Indigenization are also integral to her work, as she devotes much time to various community organizations and committees to further these efforts.
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 231.62: Psychology and the Law
- PSY 317.3: Advanced Developmental Psychology: Cognitive Development I
- PSY 318.3: Advanced Developmental Psychology: Cognitive Development II
- PSY 492.6: Honours Student Supervision
- PSY 994.3: Graduate Student Supervision
- PSY 996.3: Graduate Student Supervision
Administrative Responsibilities
- Member of the Métis Nation of Saskatchewan Institute for Research and Governance
- Member of the Advisory Circle for the STM Chair in Indigenous Spirituality and Reconciliation
- Member of the Department of Psychology Hiring Committee
- Member of the STM College Plan Implementation Committee