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About Paula M. Brochu

Paula Brochu, Ph.D., is a social psychologist with interest in prejudice, stereotyping, discrimination, and stigma. Much of her research focuses on weight bias, or negative attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors directed to people who are perceived to carry excess weight.  Dr. Brochu also examines the consequences of weight bias and stigma on health and well-being.

Positions

2013 - Present Assistant Professor, Nova Southeastern University ‐ College of Psychology
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Disciplines

Research Interests

Grants

2021 - 2022 Weight Stigma and Couple Functioning: A Longitudinal Actor-Partner Investigation
Nova Southeastern University - 334865
President's Faculty Research and Development Grant
Role: Principal Investigator
$15,000
2020 - 2021 Belief in Meritocracy and Weight Bias
Nova Southeastern University
NSU College of Psychology Professional Development Award for Scholarship
Role: Principal Investigator
$1,000
2020 - 2021 Belief in Meritocracy and Weight Bias
Nova Southeastern University
Professional Development Award for Scholarship
Role: Principal Investigator
$1,000
2019 - 2020 Stigma of Diabetes: Examining the Interaction of Disease Type and Target Weight
Nova Southeastern University
NSU College of Psychology Professional Development Award for Scholarship
Role: Principal Investigator
$880.32
2018 - 2019 High Weight, High Risk? Examining the Role of Weight Stigma in Suicidality
Nova Southeastern University - 335469
NSU President's Faculty Research and Development Grant
Role: Principal Investigator
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Professional Service and Affiliations

Present Ad-hoc Journal Reviewer, Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research
Present Ad-hoc Journal Reviewer, Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy
Present Ad-hoc Reviewer, Body Image
Present Ad-hoc Journal Reviewer, Cyberpsychology
Present Ad-hoc Journal Reviewer, Eating and Weight Disorders
Present Editorial Board Member, Frontiers in Psychology (journal)
Present Ad-hoc Journal Reviewer, International Journal of Obesity
Present Ad-hoc Journal Reviewer, Journal of Applied Social Psychology
Present Ad-hoc Journal Reviewer, Journal of Early Adolescence
Present Ad-hoc Journal Reviewer, Journal of Health Psychology
Present Grant Proposal Reviewer, National Science Foundation Social Psychology Program
Present Ad-hoc Journal Reviewer, Nature Reviews Psychology
Present Ad-hoc Journal Reviewer, New Media and Society
Present Ad-hoc Journal Reviewer, Obesity Reviews
Present Ad-hoc Journal Reviewer, Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin
Present Ad-hoc Journal Reviewer, Psychology and Sexuality
Present Ad-hoc Journal Reviewer, Psychology in the Schools
Present Ad-hoc Journal Reviewer, Sexuality Research and Social Policy
Present Ad-hoc Journal Reviewer, Stigma and Health
2021 - 2021 Guest Editor, Body Image special issue on “Weight as a Social Identity: Theoretical and Empirical Advances”
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Honors and Awards

  • 2015, 2017 Scholarship Merit Award, Department of Clini cal and School Psychology, Nova Southeastern University
  • 2011 Dean’s Honor Roll of Teaching Excellence, King’s University College at the University of Western Ontario
  • 2011 Society of Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP) Student Travel Award
  • 2008 Leola E. Neal Award, University of Western Ontario
  • 2008 Canadian Psychological Association (CPA) Brendan Gail Rule Award Finalist
  • 2008 CPA Student Travel Award
  • 2008 Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues (SPSSI) Graduate Student Travel Award
  • 2007 American Psychological Association (APA) Student Travel Award
  • 2005 CPA Certificate of Academic Excellence
  • 2005 Copland Prize in the Social Sciences, University of Saskatchewan
  • 2005 Gordon A. McMurray Prize in Psychology, University of Saskatchewan
  • 2005 Outstanding Academic Achievement in Psychology , St. Thomas More College, University of Saskatchewan
  • 2000, 2002 Dean’s List, College of Arts and Sciences, University of Saskatchewan
  • 1999 Governor General’s Academic Bronze Medal

Education

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2011 Ph.D., Psychology, Western University
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2007 M.Sc., Social Psychology, Western University
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2005 B.A., Psychology, University of Saskatchewan
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Links

Contact Information

(954) 262-5870

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Articles (71)

Journal articles written or co-written by Dr. Paula Brochu