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Education &
Background
My Academic CV
Education
2018-2023
York University
Doctorate Degree (PhD) in Social and Personality Psychology, with a Quantitative Methods Diploma specializing in Statistics
2016-2018
York University
Master of Arts (MA) in Social and Personality Psychology
2011-2015
Brock University
Bachelor of Arts (Honors) in Psychology
Publications
Block, K., Olsson, M., Van Grootel, S., Van Laar, C., […], & Schmader, T. (Pre-Print). Why is the gender gap in the care professions larger in highly developed countries? Pre-Print of R&R Available in an Open Archive: https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/k6g5d
Olsson, M. I. T., van Grootel, S., Block, K., Schuster, C., Meeussen, L., Van Laar, C., Adamus, M., Schmader, T., Croft, A., […] Lapytskaia Aidy, C., […], Martiny, S. E. (2023). Gender gap in parental leave intentions: Evidence from 37 countries. Political Psychology, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1111/pops.12880
Lapytskaia Aidy, C., Steele, J. R., Williams, A., Lipman, C., Wong, O., & Mastragostino, E. (2021). Examining adolescent daughters’ and their parents’ academic-gender stereotypes: Predicting academic attitudes, ability, and STEM interest. Journal of Adolescence. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.adolescence.2021.09.010
Wylie, B. E., Lyon, T. D., O'Connor, A. M., Lapytskaia Aidy, C., & Evans, A. D. (2018). Adults’ perceptions of children’s referentially ambiguous responses. Psychology, Crime & Law. https://www.doi.org/10.1080/1068316X.2018.1552757
Teaching
Assistant
Experience
2016 - 2023:
TA for 15 different courses, including topics on:
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Social Psychology
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Writing in Psychology
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Introduction to Research Methods
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Professionalism and Communication in Psychology
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Specialized Honors Thesis
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Honors Thesis Workshops
Some of my primary responsibilities included:
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Providing feedback on assignments
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Providing detailed feedback and summaries on essays and writing assignments
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Providing individualized mentoring to improve students' writing and research skills
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Grading essays and assignments
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Helping to answer student inquiries
Presentations
Lapytskaia Aidy, C., Colaco, P., & Steele, J. R. (2024, February). Examining science stereotypes towards South Asian women and men. To be presented at the annual Society for Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP) conference.
Allen, E., Lapytskaia Aidy, C., & Steele, J. R. (2023, July). Science = South Asian? Examining stereotyping and perceived employability of South Asian women and men. Presented at the annual Canadian Psychological Association (CPA) conference.
Lapytskaia Aidy, C. & Steele, J. R. (2023, February). Examining the intersection of science identities among South Asian women in STEM. Presented at the annual Society for Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP) conference, Research Spotlight Series, online.
Lapytskaia Aidy, C. & Steele, J. R. (2022, February). Examining Black and non-Black Minority Children’s Academic-Race Stereotypes. Presented at the annual Society for Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP) conference, online.
Sebastien, J., Stevenson, C., Lapytskaia Aidy, C., Steele, J. R. (2021, August). Stereotyping East-Asian women in mathematics: Results from an Ambiguous-Categorization Implicit Association Test (AC-IAT). To be presented at the American Psychological Society (APS) 33rd Annual Convention, virtual.
Stevenson, C., Lapytskaia Aidy, C., & Steele, J., (February 2021). Stereotyping Asian Women in STEM: Insights from an ambiguous-categorization implicit association test (AC-IAT). Presented at the annual Society for Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP) conference, online.
Steele, J. R., Lapytskaia Aidy, C., Williams, A., Lipman, C., Wong, O., & Mastragostino, E. (2020, April). Examining adolescent daughters’ and their parents’ math-gender stereotypes. In J. Stang & N. McElvany (Chairs), Stereotypes in school: Existence, development and effects. [Symposium]. American Educational Research Association (AERA) 87th Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, United States of America. (Conference canceled)
Lapytskaia, C., & Steele, J., (February 2019). Are math-gender stereotypes transmitted from parents to children? An examination of adolescents’ implicit math-gender stereotypes. Presented at the annual Society for Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP) Conference, Portland, Oregon, United States.
Lapytskaia, C., Steele, J. & Mastragostino, E. (September 2018). How persistent is the math-gender stereotype? Examining generational differences in implicit math-gender stereotypes. Presented at the Excellence and Gender Equity in Science and Technology (EGEST) Conference, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.
Lapytskaia, C. & Steele, J., (June 2018). An examination of the cross-generational transmission of math-gender stereotypes from parents to their adolescent daughters. Presented at the annual International Congress of Applied Psychology (ICAP) Conference, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Lapytskaia, C., Schlosser, J. & Steele, J., (March 2018). The Effects of Racialized Police Violence on Racial Attitudes. Presented at the annual Society for Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP) Conference, Atlanta, Georgia, United States.
George, M., Raissi, A., Weinberg, A., Lapytskaia, C. & Steele, J., (January 2017). Do Angry Faces Evoke Greater Implicit Racial Bias? Presented at the annual Society for Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP) Conference, San Antonio, Texas, United States.
Lapytskaia, C., (May 2015). Jurors Perception of Child Witnesses' Credibility. Presented at the annual Ontario Universities Undergraduate Psychology Thesis Conference, London, Ontario, Canada.
Professional
Development
Committee Membership
2018 – 2019 Member-at-Large Communications Focus, Graduate Student Committee, The Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues (SPSSI)
Academic Editorial Experience
2017, 2018, 2020 Volunteer Reviewer for the SPSP Undergraduate Student Poster Awards
2019 Reviewer for SPSSI’s student travel awards
2018, 2019 Reviewer for MindPad, CPA’s student journal
2018 – 2019 Editor of Social Issues from Student Perspectives, SPSSI’s student journal
Certifications
2021 Certificate in Personal Wellness and Learning Skills, York University
2018 Certificate in Data Visualization in R, Institute for Social Research
2017 Teaching Assistant Certificate in Teaching (TACT), York University
2017 Completed workshop on Knowledge Mobilization, York University
2017 Certificate in SAS for Windows, Institute for Social Research
2017 Certificate in Accessing Canadian and International Data and Statistics,
Institute for Social Research
2017 Certificate in Practical Power Analysis, Institute for Social Research
2015 Certificate in First Aid for Mental Health, Brock University
2015 Certificate in SafeTalk Suicide Alertness, LivingWorks
2015 Diploma in Mental Health Studies, Allison Courses
Current Memberships
2018 Member of the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues
2016 Member of the Canadian Psychological Association
2016 Member of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology
2013 Member of Golden Key International Honor Society
Research Thesis Co-Supervision
2021 – 2022
Thesis: Science or Not Science? The impact of gender- and race-science stereotypes on associations with Asian women
2020 – 2021
Thesis: Assessing math stereotypes of Asian women
2019 – 2020
Thesis: Asian or female? How social categorization shapes math-gender stereotyping of Asian women
2017 – 2018
Thesis: Examining the Intergenerational Transmission of Math/Science Attitudes
2016 – 2017
Thesis: Print News and Its’ Ability to Influence Racial Attitudes