• This is an image of Albert Malkin, PhD, the Lab Director. A smiling man with a gray beard, wearing a dark blazer and shirt, standing indoors at an event, holding a plaque or award, with a purple lanyard that reads 'Western Education' around his neck.

    Albert Malkin

    LAB DIRECTOR

    PhD, BCBA-D, R.B.A. (Ont.)

    Albert Malkin is the director of the Living Organisms Learning Lab. Albert is an Assistant Professor at Western University in the Faculty of Education and Coordinator of the EdD in the Field of Applied Behaviour Analysis program. He attained his PhD from Southern Illinois University in the School of Psychological and Behavioural Sciences.

    amalkin5@uwo.ca

  • This is an image of Ashley Rodrigues, Research Assistant, and MA School and Applied Child Psychology student. A woman with long dark hair smiling, wearing a navy blue top, standing in a hallway with blurred background.

    Ashley Rodrigues

    LAB MANAGER, MASTER’S THESIS STUDENT

    MA School and Applied Child Psychology

    Ashley is completing her MA in School and Applied Child Psychology in the LOL Lab. Her current research explores the intersection of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and autism spectrum disorder, perspective-taking, and dating violence, supported by the CGRS-M via SSHRC. She holds a BASc in Psychology from the University of Guelph-Humber.

    Reach out to Ashley with questions about the Living Organisms Learning Lab: arodr73@uwo.ca

  • This is an image of Charlotte Kerr, MA School and Applied Child Psychology student. A woman with long, light brown hair and a white button-up shirt, smiling at the camera against a plain background.

    Charlotte Kerr

    PHD THESIS STUDENT

    PhD School and Applied Child Psychology

    Charlotte is completing her MA in the LOL lab, leading a comparative study with counselling psychology master’s students at Western University to examine shifts in their perceptions of Generative AI’s role in practice and research contexts, comparing perspectives from 2023 and 2025. She holds a BA in Psychology from York University. She is an Ontario Graduate Scholar.

    ckerr53@uwo.ca

  • Nighttime landscape with a star-filled sky and the Milky Way galaxy above a calm river, with a forested shoreline and a faint glow on the horizon.

    Kathleen Nesbitt-Daly

    PHD THESIS STUDENT

    PhD School and Applied Child Psychology

    Kathleen holds an MA in School and Applied Child Psychology from Western University.

    knesbit6@uwo.ca

Lab Alumni

Sue Kim, PhD School and Applied Child Psychology (2026)

Sara Stanley, MA Counselling Psychology (2026)

Sherry Han, MA Counselling Psychology (2026)

Shihara Fernando, MA Counselling Psychology (2026)

Sophia Marchetti, MA Counselling Psychology (2026)

Marissa Dias, MA Counselling Psychology (2025)

Aly Moscovitz, MA Counselling Psychology (2024)

Grace Demerling, MA Counselling Psychology (2024)

Sarah Camaino, MA School and Applied Child Psychology (2023)

Kristina Axenova, MA Counselling Psychology (2022)