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Dr. Carmen Poulin
Department of Psychology
University of New Brunswick





Information for Prospective Students

In my research, I have explored the following areas:
  • lesbians and gay men and the Canadian military
  • marginalised women (e.g. Aboriginal women, women in corrections, women with disabilities, mothers of children with disabilities)
  • female sexuality
  • violence against women
  • the menstrual cycle
  • women and criminality


  • (For more detailed information on my current research please click here.)

Students are involved in my research in a number of capacities. At the undergraduate level, I supervise both third-year Basic Research projects and fourth-year Honours Projects. Most undergraduate projects involve examining previously obtained interview data.

At the graduate level, typically, I accept students to work with various populations of women. My orientation is feminist; therefore, students have to be comfortable with such a perspective when exploring various research questions. I also hire undergraduate student and graduate students (grant money dependent) to work on my projects.



Students who work with me learn about the various epistemological traditions and their influence on research methodologies, the role of society on experience and on cognitive schemata, and depending on the particular project they are working on, they may be exposed to multi-disciplinary and feminist action research. They develop research interview skills and become familiar with related ethical issues. Most of the students who work with me learn to analyse qualitative data and in the process, become familiar with computer software designed for this purpose. Other skills my students become familiar with are slideshow presentation packages.

For more information about student supervision, please review the information about my research group. This will give you an idea of the current projects that I am supervising and how we collaborate on our research projects.


For students who are interested in our research activities or are interested in the prospect of being involved in our research group please do not hesitate to contact me.

You may also wish to review the information on the UNB Psychology Website regarding the graduate or undergraduate programs which you can access through the links I have provided.

If you are student from out of town considering coming to UNB Fredericton you can click here to find out more about the City of Fredericton.

© 2008 C.Poulin