Name: Joyce Mak
Program: School and Clinical Child Psychology
Level of Study: PhD 2
Research:
 MA Thesis: ELL Prereaders’ Script Awareness: How do they know if a script is
English?
 PhD Thesis Topic: Supporting Resilient Adaptation in Unaccompanied,
International High School Students through Intentional Cross-cultural
Friendships
Conference Presentations:
Zhang, F., Shen, J., Mak, J., Misquith, C., & Geva, E. (2012, July). Reading
comprehension predictors in ELL second graders. Poster session presented
at the 19th annual meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Reading,
Montreal, QC.
Mak, J., & Geva, E. (2012, May). ELL prereaders’ recognition and explanations of
scripts. Poster session presented at the 42nd annual meeting of The Jean
Piaget Society, Toronto, ON.
Mak, J., & Geva, E. (2011, July). English Script Recognition in ELL Kindergarten
Prereaders. Poster session presented at the 18th annual meeting of the
Society for the Scientific Study of Reading, St. Pete Beach, FL.
Mak, J. (2009, May). Deontic Reasoning and Social Learning in Preschoolers. Paper
presented at the 39th Annual Ontario Psychology Undergraduate Thesis
Conference, Hamilton, ON.
Awards:
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Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarship, Doctoral, Category A
(2013-2016) Social Sciences & Humanities Research Council Of Canada.
Academic Excellence Award (2011-2012, 2013-2014) University Of Toronto.
OISE/UT Funding Grant (2010-2011, 2012-2013) University of Toronto.
Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarship, Master’s (2011-2012)
Social Sciences & Humanities Research Council Of Canada.
Ontario Graduate Student Award (2011-2012; declined in favour of SSHRC)
Ontario Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities (declined in favour of
SSHRC)
Contact: [email protected]
Media Link:
CBC News Interview, “Disabilities cause special problems for immigrants: Learning
disabilities not accepted by some cultures.” [Online News Clip].
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/story/2012/02/07/toronto-immigrant-families.
html.