1. CURRICULUM VITAE
Education
Dual Title MS/PhD Program in Social Psychology and Women’s Studies, 2012-2017
The Pennsylvania State University, State College, Pennsylvania, United States
Advisor: Dr. Stephanie Shields
Bachelor of Arts- Honours Psychology, 2010-2012
University of New Brunswick (UNB), Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada
Advisor: Dr. Carmen Poulin
Honours Thesis title: The everyday experience of female firefighters: Complications for women
in a non-traditional occupation
Cumulative GPA: 4.3 (out of 4.3), First Class Honours
Bachelor of Arts- Special Concentration Honours in Global Studies, 2002-2006
Trent University, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada
-2004-2005: Completed International Student Exchange Program (1-year) to the University of
Mauritius (island off the coast of Madagascar)
Cumulative GPA: 3.78 (out of 4.0), President’s Honour List
ResearchInterests
Subtle negotiations of power in everyday interactions, gender issues in language, the politics of
emotion in everyday life, gender and the social meaning of tears, history and theory in
psychology, women and work
Awards, Honors, and Fellowships
 2013 Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) Joseph
Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarship, $105,000
 Penn State Graduate Scholar Award 2013, $3000
 Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada Joseph Armand Bombardier
Master’s Scholarship, $17,500 (declined)
 University of New Brunswick Snodgrass Best Honours Presentation Award 2012
 Canadian Psychological Association Certificate of Academic Excellence 2012
 Dr. Vicky Gray Memorial Award 2011 (University of New Brunswick)
 John A.H. Duffie Memorial Scholarship 2011 (University of New Brunswick)
 Karl Land Fiddes B.A. 1962 Memorial Scholarship in Arts 2011(University of New
Brunswick)
 Frances M. Peters Scholarship 2011(University of New Brunswick)

2.  Snodgrass Essay Prize 2011 (University of New Brunswick)
 Dr. Florence Snodgrass Memorial Prize- Foundations of Social Psychology 2011
(University of New Brunswick)
 Dr. Florence Snodgrass Memorial Prize- Foundations of Clinical Psychology
2011(University of New Brunswick)
 Dr. Florence Snodgrass Memorial Prize- Foundations of Biological Psychology 2011
(University of New Brunswick)
 Trent University Special Admissions Scholarship 2002-2006, $11,000
 First prize, Canadian Teachers’ Federation’s Mathieu Da Costa Challenge 2002
Peer-ReviewedPublications
 MacArthur, H. (2012). Population aging in Canada: Potential impacts on clinical
practice and higher education in psychology. Mind Pad: Canadian Psychological
Association Student Newsletter.
 MacArthur, H. (2012). Provoking a “Storm”: Gender schema theory and the
public’s reaction to a genderless child. Journal of Psychological Inquiry.
 MacArthur, H., & Poulin, C. (2012). Gender representation in children’s picture
books: A skewed ratio of male to female characters? Undergraduate Research
Journal for the Human Sciences.
Manuscripts in Press
 MacArthur, H. J., & Shields, S. A. (in press). There’s no crying in baseball, or is there?
Male athletes, tears, and masculinity in North America. Emotion Review.
 MacArthur, H., J. & Shields, S. A. (in press). Leta S. Hollingworth (1886-1939).
Encyclopedia of Clinical Psychology.
Book and Media Reviews
 MacArthur, H. J. (2014). Book review: Mediating race, globalizing gender. Psychology
of Women Quarterly, 38, 155-156. doi: 10.1177/0361684313520135
 MacArthur, H. J., & Shields, S. A. (2014). Psychology’s Feminist Voices: A critical
pedagogical tool. Sex Roles, 70, 1-3. doi: 10.1007/s11199-014-0349-9

3. Conference Presentations
 MacArthur, H. (2013). Panning for psychological gold: The good, the bad, and the ugly
of “French Feminism.” Presentation to the Canadian Psychological Association’s Section
for Women in Psychology pre-convention institute, Quebec City, Canada.
 MacArthur, H. (2012). The everyday experience of female firefighters: Complications for
women in a non-traditional occupation. Presentation to the 36th Annual Atlantic
Provinces Council on the Sciences Psychology Conference, Acadia University, Nova
Scotia, Canada.
 MacArthur, H., & Poulin, C. (2012). Gender representation in children’s picture books: A
skewed ratio of male to female characters? Poster presented at the 73rd Annual Canadian
Psychological Association Convention.
 MacArthur, H., LaChapelle, D. L., Higgins, N. C., Harman, K., & Hadjistavropoulos, T.
(2012). Does sex matter? Health professionals’ ratings of patients with chronic pain.
Poster presented at the 73rd Annual Canadian Psychological Association Convention.
 McLaughlin, K., Mabey, A., & MacArthur, H. (2012). A novel approach to feminist
research: A student perspective on the Psycho-Social Ethnography of the Commonplace.
Symposium talk presented at the 73rd Annual Canadian Psychological Association
Convention.
 MacArthur, H. (2011). Relative representations of males and females in a selection of
children’s picture books. Poster presented at the 35th Annual Atlantic Provinces Council
on the Sciences Psychology Conference, Dalhousie University, Nova Scotia, Canada.
ResearchExperience
ResearchAssistantships:
 University of New Brunswick Psychology Department, Summer 2011
-Health and rehabilitation psychology lab, psychology of women lab
 University of New Brunswick Psychology Department, Winter/Spring 2011
-Psychology of women lab
 University of New Brunswick Psychology Department, Fall 2010
-Health and rehabilitation psychology lab
Teaching
Graduate Teaching Assistantships:
 Psych 490- Psychology of Women (Winter/Spring 2013)
 Psych 423- Psychology of Interpersonal Relationships (Winter/Spring 2013)
 Psych 479- Psychology of Gender (Fall 2012)
 Psych 100- Introduction to Psychology (Fall 2012)
Undergraduate Teaching Assistantships
 Psyc 3263- Psychology of Women (Fall 2011)

4. GuestLectures
 Sexism in Language. Psych 490- Psychology of Women, Pennsylvania State University,
Spring 2014
 Sexual Violence. Psych 423- The Psychology of Interpersonal Relationships,
Pennsylvania State University, Spring 2013
 Gender and Mental Health. Psych 479- Psychology of Gender, Pennsylvania State
University, Fall 2012
Teaching Interests
Psychology of gender, Psychology of women, Research methods, Introductory social
psychology, Psychology of emotion, Introductory Women’s Studies, Philosophy of Science,
History of Psychology
ProfessionalService
Student Representative
Canadian Psychological Association- Section for Women and Psychology 2011-2014
ProfessionalAssociations
 American Psychological Association (APA)
Student Affiliate 2012-2013
 APA Division 35 (Society for the Psychology of Women)
Student Associate Member 2012-2013
 APA Association of Graduate Students
Member 2012-2013
 Association for Psychological Science
Student Affiliate 2012-2013
 Canadian Psychological Association (CPA)
Student Affiliate 2011-2013
 CPA Section for Women and Psychology
Student Associate Member 2010-2013
 CPA Social and Personality Psychology
Student Associate Member 2011-2013
 CPA Section for Students in Psychology
Member 2011-2013
 University of New Brunswick Psychology Undergraduate Society 2011-2012

5. Conference Organization
 Amnesty International Canada’s Annual General Meeting, 2003
 Amnesty International Canada’s Human Rights College, 2002-2003