Katherine B. Starzyk

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Katherine Starzyk, Ph.D., is a Full Professor in the Social and Personality Psychology area of the Department of Psychology at the University of Manitoba. She is also a founding member of the Centre for Human Rights Research as well as the Centre for Social Science Research & Policy, both at the University of Manitoba.

In her research, teaching, and service, Prof. Starzyk focuses on understanding how to shift attitudes toward past and present human rights issues as well as how various frames of such issues or histories affect intergroup relations, focusing primarily (but not exclusively) on the relationship between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples in Canada. In collaboration with students in the Social Justice Laboratory (https://www.katherinestarzyk.com/) and others across disciplines and sectors, Katherine’s work is multidisciplinary and involves diverse methodologies, including interviews, focus groups, public polling, survey, correlational, and experimental methods as well as quantitative, qualitative, and archival analysis. The Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, Canadian Heritage, and other sources have funded Prof. Starzyk’s research.

Experience

  • 2022–present
    Full Professor, University of Manitoba
  • 2017–2022
    Associate Professor, University of Manitoba
  • 2013–2018
    Assistant Professor, University of Manitoba
  • 2012–2013
    Assistant Professor, Mount Royal University
  • 2006–2012
    Assistant Professor, University of Manitoba
  • 2004–2006
    Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Postdoctoral Fellow, Social Psychology, University of Waterloo

Education

  • 2004 
    Queen's University, Ph.D., Social-Personality Psychology
  • 2000 
    Queen's University, M.A., Social Science
  • 1998 
    University of Alberta, B.A. Hons. (First Class), Psychology

Grants and Contracts

  • 2024
    The Canadian Reconciliation Barometer: Developing Relationships and Learning Materials to Advance Understanding
    Role:
    Principal Investigator
    Funding Source:
    Canadian Heritage Canada History Fund
  • 2024
    SPECTRUM: A Collaborative Cross-Sector Partnership Using Data Science and Participatory Action Methodologies to Conduct Equity-Focused Social Policy Research and Evaluation
    Role:
    Co-Investigator
    Funding Source:
    Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada
  • 2023
    Revisiting Reconciliation
    Role:
    Co-Investigator
    Funding Source:
    Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada
  • 2023
    Tolerance or Defiance? Sociopolitical Ideolog
    Role:
    Co-Investigator
    Funding Source:
    Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada
  • 2021
    The Canadian Reconciliation Barometer: Understanding, Measuring Progress Toward, and Creating Interventions to Promote Reconciliation in Canada
    Role:
    Principal Investigator
    Funding Source:
    Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada
  • 2020
    The Psychometric Development and Validation of the Canadian Reconciliation Barometer
    Role:
    Principal Investigator
    Funding Source:
    Mitacs Accelerate Industrial Fellowship
  • 2017
    The Socioemotional Reconciliation Barometer: A Tool for Tracking Reconciliation Between Indigenous and Non-Indigenous Peoples in Canada
    Role:
    Principal Investigator
    Funding Source:
    Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council
  • 2014
    Embodying Empathy: Fostering Historical Knowledge and Caring Through a Virtual Indian Residential School
    Role:
    Co-Investigator
    Funding Source:
    Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council
  • 2013
    The Right to Clean Water in First Nations: The Most Precious Gift
    Role:
    Co-Investigator
    Funding Source:
    Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council
  • 2009
    A Tarnished Silver Lining: Victim Suffering and Support for Reparations
    Role:
    Principal Investigator
    Funding Source:
    Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council

Professional Memberships

  • Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues
  • Society for Personality and Social Psychology
  • Social Psychology Network
  • International Society of Political Psychology
  • Canadian Psychological Association
  • American Psychological Association Division 48 - Society for the Study of Peace, Conflict and Violence: Peace Psychology

Honours

Award for Public, Community Service and Human Rights and Social Justice in Psychology, Canadian Psychological Association

Contact Katherine for

  • General
  • Media request
  • Speaking request
  • Consulting / Advising
  • Research collaboration
  • Research supervision