Post Secondary Education

Duration	Program	Institution	CGPA
Sep 2002 - July 2007	Honours Bachelors of Science With High Distinction (Psychology Research)	University of Toronto, Canada	3.70
Aug 1999 - May 2001	Bachelor of Science (Environmental Engineering) - Transferred to University of Toronto	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, NY, USA	3.91
Jun 1998- Jun 1999	American Degree Foundation Program	Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia	3.77

Awards related to Post Secondary Studies only

Awards	Date Awarded
U of T Faculty Arts and Science Dean's List Scholar	June 2006
U of T Faculty Arts and Science Dean's List Scholar	October 2004
Golden Key International Honour Society Membership	November 2003
Rensselaer Dean's List	All Semesters
National Dean's List USA	2000
Rensselaer Dean's Scholar	Aug 1999
Head of PPP's Award	Spring 1999
PETRONAS Scholarship	June 1998-May 2001

Research Interests

My main interest is the psychology of religion in general. More specifically, I am more interested in the following areas:

(1) Leaving organized religions from the perspective of those who are still in the religions, those who left the religions and others.

(2) Changing organized religions from the perspective of those who changed their religions and others.

Besides the psychology of religion, I am also interested in other areas in social psychology such as interpersonal relations, group processes, cyberpsychology, social influence, prejudice, discrimination and diversity.

Undergraduate Thesis

Apostasy-Phobia: An Extension of The Black Sheep Effect

In Preparation for Publication

Packer, D. J., Kamis, R., & Chasteen, A. L. (In preparation). The blackest of sheep: How group members react to individuals who leave their group.

Conferences

Date & Location	Conference	Presentation
April 28, 2006; University of Waterloo	36th Annual Ontario Psychology Undergraduate Thesis Conference	Apostasy-Phobia: An Extension of The Black Sheep Effect

Posters

Chasteen, A. L., Packer, D. J., & Kamis, R. (January, 2007). The blackest of sheep: How group members react to individuals who leave their group. Poster presented at Society for Personality and Social Psychology Conference, Memphis, TN.

Selected Work Experience

Duration	Title	Employer	Job Description
July 2007 -Current	Support Group Organizer	Centre for Inquiry Ontario	Creating and facilitating the Toronto Break-Up Support Group
Aug 2005 - May 2006	Student Researcher	Social Cognition Lab	Working on my undergraduate thesis in the Social Cognition Lab
Feb 2004 -Current	Support Group Facilitator	Humanist Association of Toronto	Creating and facilitating the Coping Without Religion Support Group
Jan 2004 - Feb 2004 Sept 2004- Nov 2004	Undergraduate Research Volunteer	-	Volunteered for Professor Kenneth L. Dion's lab at the University of Toronto
Jan 2001 - May 2001	Suplemental Instruction Leader	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute	Held sessions to help students with their course material for Introduction to Engineering Analysis
Jan 2001 - May 2001	Tutor	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute	Tutored a student that had trouble with Introduction to Engineering Analysis