Lindsay McCunn, Ph.D. Student
(ljmccunn@uvic.ca)

Research Interests:

My previous research focused on the influence of building facades on consumer choice of professional services. I continue to be interested in the office environment and seek to better understand how design changes integrating sustainable, ‘green’ materials affect employee satisfaction and engagement. I am also interested in academic achievement and pro-social behaviour within high-performance schools; neighborhood and urban planning; transportation and pro-environmental behaviour.

Education:

2008 - present		PhD student, University of Victoria (individualized program, focus in environmental psychology)
2004		Bachelor of Arts, with distinction, University of Victoria (psychology major)

Awards:

Awarded the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Counsel Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canadian Graduate Scholarship (doctoral), 2011-2013

Awarded a MITACS Accelerate Internship, 2010

Received a UVIC graduate award, 2010

Awarded a 1-year graduate scholarship from the University of Victoria, 2009

Recipient of the Sara Spencer Foundation Award, 2009

Pacific Leaders Graduate Student Fellowship – shortlisted candidate, 2009

Passport to Education Scholarship, 2000

Honor Societies:

Golden Key International Honours Society

Professional Experience and Development:

Member of UVIC’s Transit Advisory Committee, 2011-present

Member of UVIC’s Sustainability Advisory Committee, 2010-present

Elected graduate student representative on UVIC’s Psychology Department (rep. for cognitive and brain science, social, and individualized programs), 2010-2011

Participated in UVIC’s Workplace Conservation Awareness Initiative Workshop with BC Hydro, September, 2010

MITACS internship with BC Housing and CMHC (August, 2010-November, 2011)

Member of the September-December season of the Speaker's Bureau, 2010

Became a student affiliate of the Canadian Psychological Association (CPA): Students in Psychology Section, and Environmental Psychology Section, 2010

Provided subject matter advice on the 2009 James Bay Quality of Life Survey for the James Bay Neighborhood Association

B. E. Beck & Associates, Associate, 2009; 2011-2012

Volunteered as a senior buddy to a new graduate student in the psychology department, 2009

Ministry of Education, Corporate Planning Coordinator, Partnerships and Planning Division, 2008

Attended a series of presentations on teaching through the Learning and Teaching Centre, University of Victoria, 2008 and 2009

Received certification in a professional workshop providing instructional skills for adult learners, 3e Training , 2008

BC Assessment Authority, Research Officer, Assessment and Valuation Business Practices Division, 2005-2008

Ministry of Environment, Research Analyst, Environmental Stewardship Division , 2004-2005

Teaching and Research Experience:

Taught as a guest lecturer for an upper-level psychology course (PSYC 350 Environmental Psychology) for Dr. Robert Gifford, University of Victoria, December, 2011

Taught an 8-week course on Environmental Psychology with UNIVERSITY 201 (a free, non-credit program provided to individuals in the Greater Victoria area who have faced barriers to education), April-May, 2011

Presented a 40-minute lecture to a special topics psychology course (PSYC 431E) on the study "How Sustainable and Healthy Offices Affect Employee Engagement and Environmental Motivation," February, 2011; January, 2012

Presented a 30-minute lecture about environmental psychology to PSYC 100 students, September, 2010

Spoke to SummerU students about university life and choosing psychology as a major, 2010 

Teaching assistantship at the University of Victoria (HDCC 200: Human Dimensions of Climate Change), 2010

Teaching assistantship at the University of Victoria (PSYC 336: Adolescent Development), 2010

Teaching assistantship/lab instructor position at the University of Victoria (PSYC 350: Environmental Psychology), 2010

Teaching assistantship at the University of Victoria (float make-up exam invigilation), 2010

Teaching assistantship at the University of Victoria (HDCC 200: Human Dimensions of Climate Change), 2010

Teaching assistantship at the University of Victoria (PSYC 332: Health Psychology), 2010

Teaching assistantship at the University of Victoria (PSYC 339: Adult Development and Aging), 2009

Teaching assistantship at the University of Victoria (PSYC 331: Social Psychology), 2009

Trained employees at BC Assessment’s annual education seminar, University of British Columbia, 2006

Research assistantship at the University of Victoria (assisted a cognitive psychology PhD candidate with data collection), 2002

Editing, Reviewing, and Commercial Writing Experience:

Writes a monthly blog about environmental psychology for Psychology Today magazine
(http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/ienvironment)

Peer reviewer for the Journal of Environmental Psychology, 2012-present

Member of the Environmental Design Research Association’s conference reviewing committee, 2010-present.

Provided subject matter advice on the 2009 James Bay Quality of Life Survey for the James Bay Neighborhood Association

Professionally edited an introductory article for academic publication (Psynapse, CPA), 2010

Professionally edited theses for candidates in the Masters of Business Administration program, St. Catherine’s University and the Masters of Leadership Studies program, Royal Roads University, 2008-2009

Representative Publications and Presentations:

Refereed Contributions

Farbstein, J., Wener, R., & McCunn, L. J. (In preparation). Planning and built environment: Programming. In R. Gifford (Ed.). Research methods in environmental psychology. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley.

Wener, R., & McCunn, L. J. (In preparation). Did that plan work?: Post-occupancy evaluation. In R. Gifford (Ed.). Research methods in environmental psychology. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley.

McCunn, L. J. (2012). Accessible Design in BC’s Subsidized Housing: Evidence For an Optimal Model. Psynopsis, 34, 14.

Gifford, R., & McCunn, L. J. (2012). Appraisals of built environments and approaches to building design that promote well-being and healthy behaviour. In L. Steg, A. van den Berg, & J. de Groot (Eds.), Environmental psychology: An introduction, 1st ed. (pp. 87-95). Hoboken, NJ: Wiley. 

McCunn, L. J., & Gifford, R. (2012). Do Green Offices Affect Employee Engagement and Environmental Motivation? Architectural Science Review, 55, 128-134.

Gifford, R. & McCunn, L. J. (In press). Behavioral aspects. In A. T. Carswell (Ed.). Encyclopedia of Housing, 2nd edition. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

McCunn, L. J. (2011). Organizational Commitment, Sense of Place, and “Green” Urban Neighbourhoods (Master’s thesis). Retrieved from UVICSpace Electronic Theses and Dissertations Database. (http://hdl.handle.net/1828/3339).

Gosling, S. D., Gifford, R., & McCunn, L. J. (In press). Environmental perception and how interior environments affect us. In Brooker, G, & Weinthal, L. (Eds.), Handbook of interior design. Oxford, UK: Berg.

McCunn, L. J. & Gifford, R. (Submitted). Choosing Between Modern and Heritage Buildings for Professional Services.

McCunn, L. J. (2010, October). The advantages of applied experience during graduate school: Perspectives from an environmental psychology student, Psynopsis, 32(4),18

Conference Presentations and Posters

McCunn, L. J. (2011, November). Accessibility in social housing and aging-in-place. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the British Columbia Non-Profit Housing Association, Richmond, BC.

McCunn, L. J., & Gifford, R. (2010, May). How sustainable and healthy offices affect employee engagement and
environmental motivation. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Environmental Design Research Association, Washington, DC.
Note: Presentation counted as an Continuing Education System credit for the American Institute of Architects

McCunn, L. J. & Gifford, R. (2008, July). Choosing between modern and heritage buildings for professional services.
Poster session presented at the meeting of the International Congress of Psychology, Berlin, Germany.

McCunn, L. J. & Gifford, R. (2008, August). Choosing between modern and heritage buildings for professional
services. Poster session presented at the meeting of  the International Association for People-environment Studies, Rome, Italy.

Published Conference Proceedings

McCunn, L. J. (2011). Accessibility in social housing and aging-in-place
[Abstract]. Proceedings of the British Columbia Non-Profit Housing Association, Canada, Print.

McCunn, L. J. & Gifford, R. (2010). How sustainable and healthy offices affect employee engagement and
environmental motivation [Abstract]. Proceedings of Environmental Design Research Association, USA, Print and Compact Disc.

McCunn, L. J., & Gifford, R. (2008) Choosing between modern and heritage buildings for professional services. In
Paul-B.-Baltes Lecture, Invited Address, IUPsyS Invited Symposium, Invited Symposium, Symposium, Paper Session, Poster Session. International Journal of Psychology, 43(3), 168-347.

McCunn, L. J., & Gifford, R. (2008). Choosing between modern and heritage buildings for professional services
[Abstract]. Proceedings of the International Congress of Psychology, Germany, Compact Disc.

McCunn, L. J. & Gifford, R. (2008). Choosing between modern and heritage buildings for professional services
[Abstract]. Proceedings of the Association for People-environment Studies, Italy, Compact Disc.