Dr. Ali Jasemi is a developmental psychologist and behavioural scientist. He studies how people grow, learn, and stay well as AI and new technology reshape everyday life, with peer-reviewed research on language, culture, and adjustment among minority populations. He has taught more than twenty courses across eight Ontario universities and colleges, and uses evidence-based approaches to make psychological science useful to all members of society.

Experience

  • 2026–present
    Lecturer, Brock University
  • 2025–present
    Lecturer, Durham College
  • 2025–present
    Lecturer, University of Waterloo
  • 2025–2026
    Lecturer, Ontario Tech University
  • 2026–2026
    Lecturer, Trent University
  • 2017–2026
    Developmental Psychology Researcher and Lecturer, Wilfrid Laurier University
  • 2024–2025
    Lecturer, OCAD University

Education

  • 2024 
    Wilfrid Laurier University, PhD in Psychology
  • 2019 
    Wilfrid Laurier University, M.A in Psychology

Publications

  • 2026
    Acculturation and English proficiency among adult newcomer immigrant ESL learners in Canada across language instruction methods, International Journal of Bilingualism
  • 2023
    Second language acquisition and acculturation: similarities and differences between immigrants and refugees, Frontiers in Communication

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  • Research supervision