Leila Scannell, M.Sc.
(scannell@uvic.ca)

Research Interests:

I am a PhD candidate in environmental and social psychology. Within these areas, I study three main topics: (1) place attachment – the meaningful bonds we form with places, (2) message framing and the effective communication of climate change issues, and (3) the predictors of pro-environmental behaviour. I also study interpersonal attachment theory, the restorative effects of nature on cognitive functioning, and implicit attitudes.

Fellowships & Awards:

• SSHRC Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Doctoral Scholarship, 2009-2012
• Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions Graduate fellowship, 2008- 2011
• The Alexander & Helen Stafford MacCarthy Muir Graduate Scholarship, 2010
• The Donald Wagg Graduate Scholarship, 2010
• Lieutenant Governor’s Silver Medal for Outstanding Master’s Thesis, 2008
• Quality Move Management Graduate Scholarship, 2008
• Laureate of the CPA Certificate of Academic Excellence 2008

Representative Publications:

Scannell, L., & Gifford, R. (in press). Personally relevant climate change: The role of place attachment and local versus global message framing in engagement. Environment & Behavior.

Sussman, R., Greeno, M., Gifford, R., & Scannell, L. (in press). The effectiveness of models and prompts on composting by cafeteria patrons. Journal of Applied Social Psychology.

Scannell, L., & Gifford, R. (2010b). The relations between natural and civic place attachment and pro-environmental behavior. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 30, 289-297.

Scannell, L., & Gifford, R. (2010a). Defining place attachment: A tripartite organizing framework. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 30,1- 10.

Scannell, L., & Grouzet, F. M. E. (2010). The metacognitions of climate change. New Ideas in Psychology, 28, 94-103.

Gifford, R., Scannell, L., Kormos, C., Smolova, L., Biel, A., Boncu, S., Corral, V., Hanyu, K., Hine, D., Kaiser, F. G.,Korpela, K., Mertig, A. G., Mira, R. C., Moser, G., Passafaro, P., Pedroso, L., Pinheiro, J. Q., Saini, S., Sako, T., Sautkina, E., Savina, Y., Schmuck, P., Schultz, W., Sobeck, K., Sundblad, E., & Uzzell, D. (2009). Temporal pessimism and spatial optimism in environmental assessments: An 18-nation study. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 21, 1-12.

Recent Conference Presentations:

Scannell, L., & Gifford, R. (June, 2011). Message framing and climate change engagement. Oral presentation, 72nd CPA Conference, Toronto.

Scannell, L., Gifford, R., & Gardiner, J. (June, 2011). Automatic attitudes toward climate action: The adaptation of an implicit measurement tool. Poster presentation, 72nd CPA Conference, Toronto.

Gifford, R., Rourke, J., McIntyre, A., Scannell, L., & Kormos, C. (June, 2011). Neighbourhood predictors of quality of life. Poster presentation, 72nd CPA Conference, Toronto.

Scannell, L., & Gifford, R. (August, 2010). Personally relevant climate change: Place attachment and local message framing. Oral presentation, APA 118th Annual Convention, San Diego, USA.

Scannell, L., & Gifford, R. (June, 2009). The role of place attachment in receptivity to local and global climate change messages. Oral Presentation, 70th CPA Conference, Montreal.

Gifford, R., Rourke, J., Kormos, C., & Scannell, L. (June, 2009). Neighbourhood predictors of quality of life. Oral presentation, 70th CPA Conference, Montreal.

Sussman, R., Greeno, M., Scannell, L. & Gifford, R. (June, 2009). The effectiveness of modeling and prompting on composting behaviour. Oral Presentation, 70th CPA Conference, Montreal.