Professor Dr. Amanda Sharples

Biography

Amanda Sharples is an Assistant Professor in the Teaching Stream at the Department of Psychology at the University of Toronto. She completed her undergraduate degree at York University and received her PhD from the University of Toronto under the supervision of Dr. Elizabeth Page-Gould. Dr. Sharples teaches a wide variety of subjects including quantitative methods, research methods, field methods, data management, cultural psychology, and social personality psychology. Her research interests are diverse, focusing on conflict at individual, interpersonal, and intergroup levels. Currently, she is developing and studying pedagogical tools aimed at cultivating wisdom, a psychological construct that helps individuals navigate social and interpersonal conflicts. Dr. Sharples received an Instructional Resource Grant from the Society for the Teaching of Psychology to continue developing her study of these pedagogical tools. She has conducted research with undergraduate students examining how conflicting cultural identities impact student well-being and academic outcomes, and is also conducting research focused on interparental conflict and abusive behaviors surrounding separation and divorce, with the aim of understanding how these behaviors impact children.

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