About the Investigators


Vicki Esses, Principal Investigator

Victoria Esses (PhD, University of Toronto) is Professor of Psychology and Director of the Centre for Research on Migration and Ethnic Relations at the University of Western Ontario. She is also Principal Investigator of the Pathways to Prosperity Partnership, an alliance of university, community and government partners dedicated to fostering welcoming communities and promoting the integration of migrants and minorities across Canada. Dr. Esses has conducted research on immigration and cultural diversity for over 20 years. Her work has covered such topics as factors influencing the settlement and integration of immigrants in Canada; the role of perceived economic and cultural threat and competition in determining attitudes toward immigrants and immigration; the dehumanization of refugees, the framing of national identity and public attitudes toward immigration and cultural diversity, and the role of ethnic and religious prejudice in immigrant skills discounting. In 2010, Dr. Esses received the Harold Crabtree Foundation Award in Public Policy Research and the Western Faculty Scholar Award for her work in this area.
E-Mail: vesses@uwo.ca


Secil Erdogan
 
Secil received her PhD in sociology with a specialization in migration and ethnic relations from The University of Western Ontario. She conducted research with refugees from Turkey and from Burma. Secil’s research interests are in the areas of refugee studies, race and ethnicity, migration, inequality, integration, and identity. She is a postdoctoral fellow at the Centre for Research on Migration and Ethnic Relations. Her current project looks at intercultural communication and intercultural skills at the workplace. The project is funded by the Mitacs Accelerate program and the London Cross Cultural Learner Center.
E-mail: serdoga@uwo.ca


Melissa Fellin

Melissa Fellin received her PhD in anthropology with a specialization in migration and ethnic relations from The University of Western Ontario. Her research has focused on discrimination and equity, migration/immigration, refugee studies, children and childhood studies, health, education, and autism/disability. She has extensive experience in ethnographic fieldwork conducting long-term research in South Korea and with Somali individuals and families in Canada and the United States. Melissa’s research has been funded by the Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada and has been awarded with The University of Western Ontario Autism Centre of Excellence Research Award and the Dr. Benjamin Goldberg Research Award of the UWO Developmental Disabilities Division. She is currently a Post-Doctoral Fellow at the Centre for Research on Migration and Ethnic Relations at The University of Western Ontario. Here she is working on a collaborative project with Secil Erdogan and Jennifer Long under the supervision of Dr. Victoria Esses and with industry partners the London Cross Cultural Learner Centre and The Achievement Centre on intercultural skills development of medium and large businesses in Ontario. The project is funded by the Mitacs Accelerate program.
E-mail: mstachel@uwo.ca

Jennifer Long

Jennifer received her doctorate in Sociocultural Anthropology in 2011 from Western University, Canada. She has been a postdoctoral fellow at the Centre for Research on Migration and Ethnic Relations since March 2012. Her previous project with the Centre investigated newcomers' and service providers' experiences of settlement services and community programming at centres throughout London, Ontario. This project was developed in collaboration with the United Way, London & Middlesex and made possible through the Mitacs Accelerate Internship. Her current project examines the theories and practices of intercultural skills development, industry partners’ experiences of such training, as well as employees’ and employers’ perceptions and experiences of cultural diversity in the workplace. This project was again made possible through a Mitacs Acceleration Internship. Collaborators for this project include Melissa Fellin, Secil Erdogan and Vicki Esses.
Website: https://sites.google.com/site/jenniferlongphd/
 E-mail: jlong52@uwo.ca


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