Dr. Christina Thorpe completed her BSc (Honours) in Psychology at Memorial University. She then completed her PhD in Psychology at University of British Columbia and did a postdoctoral fellowship at University College London. She has been a faculty member at Memorial University since 2007. She is currently the deputy head of the Psychology department and the Chair of the Psychology Undergraduate Studies Committee. Christina has sat on the Search Committee for the Psychology department for the past two years and is happy to share her experiences with academic searches with our graduate students.