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Melissa Boyce

Pronouns: She/her

Positions

Professor (Teaching)

Faculty of Arts, Department of Psychology

Affiliations

Associate Dean (Academic)

Faculty of Arts, Dean's Office

Contact information

Email

mboyce@ucalgary.ca

Phone number

Office: +1 (403) 210-6257

Location

Office: SS1337
Office: AD258

Background

Educational Background

B.A. Psychology, Queen's University, 2002

M.A. Psychology, Queen's University, 2004

Doctor of Philosophy Psychology, University of Victoria, 2008

Courses

Course number	Course title	Semester
PSYC 301 LEC 01 01	Rsrch Mthd Data Anlys PSYC II	2021
PSYC 50443 LEC 05 05	Research in Psychology	2020
PSYC 50443 LEC 05 05	Research in Psychology	2021
PSYC 598 SEC 01 S01	Honours Thesis and Seminar	2021
PSYC 598 SEC 01 S01	Honours Thesis and Seminar	2020

Awards

Nominated for an Undergraduate Supervision Award, Department of Psychology.
Nominated for a Student Union Teaching Excellence Award, Student Union.
Nominated for an Undergraduate Supervision Award, Department of Psychology.
Undergraduate Research Supervision Award, 2014
Teaching Excellence Award, 2012
Teaching Excellance Award, 2010
Teaching Excellence Award, 2010
Teaching Excellence Award Honourable Mention, 2009
Curriculum Development Award, University of Calgary. 2020
Educational Leadership (Group) Award, University of Calgary. 2020
Undergraduate Research Supervision Award, Department of Psychology. 2020
Undergraduate Research Supervision Award (Honourable Mention), Department of Psychology. 2021

Publications

Journal articles

Understanding the connection between student wellbeing and teaching and learning at a Canadian research university: A qualitative student perspective. . Lindsay, B., Bernier, E., Boman, J., & Boyce, M.A.. Pedagogy in Health Promotion. (2022)
Team health is improved when peer evaluation scores affect grades on team projects. O’Neill, T. A., Boyce, M. A., & McLarnon, M. J. W. . Frontiers in Education. (2020)
A downside to cross-group friendships: Cross-socioeconomic class friendships can exacerbate imposturous feelings among lower SES students. MacInnis, C. C., Nguyen, P., Buliga, E., & Boyce, M. A. Journal of College Student Development. (2019)
Why did she talk to him again? The effects of the Justice Motive, relationship type, and degree of post-assault contact on perceptions of sexual assault. Breen, L. H. & Boyce, M. A. . Journal of Interpersonal Violence. (2018)
Predicting academic performance in first-year engineering students: The role of stress, resiliency, student engagement, and growth mindset. . Tormon, R., Lindsay, B.L., Paul, R.M., Boyce, M.A.. Learning and Individual Differences. (2021)