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Carolina de Barros, Ph.D.

Glasgow, Scotland

📧 [email protected]

Appointments

Research Associate/Analyst, Natsal-4 Project University of Glasgow, School of Health and Wellbeing, Glasgow, Scotland - 2026-2027

Education

Ph.D., Psychology

Queen’s University, Department of Psychology, Kingston, ON — 2022–2026

  • Dissertation: “Navigating Norms in Non-Normative Relationships”
  • Program: Social-Personality Psychology
  • Supervisor: Dr. Sari van Anders

M.A., Psychology

University of Saskatchewan, Department of Psychology and Health Studies, Saskatoon, SK — 2020–2022

  • Thesis: “The Relationships Among Gender, Bipositive Events, and Psychological Outcomes”
  • Program: Culture, Health, and Human Development
  • Supervisor: Dr. Todd Morrison

B.A. Honours, Psychology (Minor in Mathematics)

University of Saskatchewan, Department of Psychology and Health Studies, Saskatoon, SK — 2015–2020

  • Thesis: “Development and Initial Validation of the Positive Bisexual Identity (PBI) Measure”
  • Supervisor: Dr. Todd Morrison

Research Interests

  • Mixed-methods research and approaches
  • Minoritized identities and experiences, particularly related to sexuality, gender, and relationships

Honours and Grants

  • Ontario Graduate Research Scholarship, Government of Ontario - $15,000 CAD / 1 year
    • Awarded on the basis of academic excellence, research potential and experience, and leadership experience
  • Barrie Frost Graduate Student Research Award, Queen's University — $1,500 CAD
    • Awarded (with Bianca Wilhelm, Ph.D. Candidate, Queen’s University) to conduct a study on predicting compersion using inclusion of other in the self.
  • Ruthellen Josselson Student Research Grant, Society for Qualitative Inquiry in Psychology — $500 USD
    • Supports graduate students conducting qualitative psychology research.
  • Canada Graduate Scholarship – Doctoral, SSHRC — $105,000 CAD / 3 years
    • Awarded for academic excellence, research potential, and leadership.
  • Canada Graduate Scholarship – Master’s, SSHRC — $17,500 CAD / 1 year
    • Awarded for academic excellence, research potential, and leadership.

Awards and Accolades

  • Excellence in EDI Research Award, Queen's University Department of Psychology, 2026
  • Certificate of Academic Excellence, Canadian Psychological Association, 2023 — Best Master’s thesis, University of Saskatchewan
  • Certificate of Academic Excellence, Canadian Psychological Association, 2020 — Best undergraduate thesis, University of Saskatchewan
  • Haslam Medal, University of Saskatchewan, 2020 — Most distinguished graduate, College of Arts & Sciences
  • Copland Prize in Social Sciences , University of Saskatchewan, 2020 — Most distinguished graduate in social sciences
  • Gordon A. McMurray Prize in Psychology, University of Saskatchewan, 2020 — Most distinguished graduate in Psychology, USASK

Publications

Peer-Reviewed

  1. Silberberg, M., de Barros, A. C., & van Anders, S. M. (2026). Understanding sexual attraction via sexual configurations theory [In Press]. Archives of Sexual Behavior.
  2. de Barros, A. C., Croteau, T., Forrester, S., Jaunzems-Fernuk, J., Bradford, L., Bergen, J., Horwitz, S., Squires, V., Wellsch, J., & Gelech, J. (2026). Post-secondary instructors who disclose mental illness in the classroom: Implications for student attitudes and behavioural intentions [Advance online publication]. Journal of Education. https://doi.org/10.1177/00220574261419744
  3. Matthews, E., Gelech, J. de Barros, A. C., Al-Ja'afreh, S., & Godwin, O. (2026). The meaning of childhood disability among immigrant and refugee parents: An integrative review and lifeworld approach. The Family Journal, 34(3), 530-545.
  4. de Barros, A. C., Lackie, E. R. L., & van Anders, S. M. (2025). Sex, attraction, and social norms: Distinguishing romantic and non-romantic relationships in non-sexual contexts. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 54, 2517-2538. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-025-03163-w
  5. Wilhelm, B., de Barros, A.C., Connolly, S., van Anders, G., & van Anders, S. M. (2025). Visualizing plurisexuality via sexual configurations theory [Advance online publication]. Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity.
  6. Horwitz, S., Gelech, J., Wellsch, J., de Barros, A. C., Croteau, T., Bergen, J., Forrester, S., & Bradford, L. (2025). Postsecondary instructors’ disclosures of mental illness to students. Teaching in Higher Education, 1-23. https://doi.org/10.1080/13562517.2025.2521377
  7. Mathi, L. V. K., Wilhelm, B., de Barros, A. C., Cardoso, D., Connolly, S., van Anders, G., & van Anders, S. M. (2025). Diversity in partner number sexuality via sexual configurations theory. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 54, 997-1021. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-024-03072-4
  8. de Barros, A. C., Sadika, B., Croteau, T., Morrison, T. G., & Morrison, M. (2023). Associations between subcategories of disgust sensitivity and homonegativity: Examining intergroup contact as a moderator. Psychology & Sexuality, 14(3), 453–473. https://doi.org/10.1080/19419899.2022.2090270
  9. de Barros, A. C., & Morrison, T. G. (2023). Development and validation of the Positive Bisexual Identity (PBI) scale. Psychology & Sexuality, 14(1), 73–93. https://doi.org/10.1080/19419899.2022.2057868
  10. Katz, J. M., de Barros, A. C., & Morrison, T. G. (2021). Ambiguous sex in critical receptions to Ari Aster’s Midsommar. Sexuality & Culture, 25, 2035–2051. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12119-021-09863-4
  11. de Barros, A. C. (2020). “Gay now”: Bisexual erasure in supernatural media from 1983 to 2003. Journal of Bisexuality, 20(1), 104–117. https://doi.org/10.1080/15299716.2020.1732258

Non–Peer-Reviewed

  • Bergen, J., de Barros, A. C., et al. (2021). Should university instructors disclose mental health conditions? It’s complicated. The Conversation. Read Online
  • de Barros, A. C. (2021, September). Information for pregnant queer and trans people. Abortion Rights Coalition of Canada. Read Online

Presentations (Selected)

  • de Barros, A. C., Gormezano, A. M., & van Anders, S. M. (2026, Nov). Comparing romantic relationships and best friendships. Talk presented at the 2026 Annual Conference of the Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality (SSSS), Online
  • de Barros, A. C., & van Anders, S. M. (2025, Nov). The role of social norms in defining diverse romantic relationships. Talk presented at the 5th Non-Monogamies and Contemporary Intimacies Conference, Online.
  • de Barros, A. C., Lackie, E. R. L, & van Anders, S. M. (2025, Jul). Romantic and non-romantic relationships in non-sexual contexts. Poster presented at the International Association for Relationship Research Mini-Conference on Gender, Sexuality, and Relationships, London, England.
  • de Barros, A. C., Wilhelm, B., & Morrison, T. G. (2023, Aug). Bisexual microaffirmations, internalized binegativity, and gender. Poster presented at the International Academy of Sex Research Annual Meeting, Montreal, QC, Canada.
  • de Barros, A. C., & Bergen, J. (2023, Jun). Mentor, teacher, advocate, academic: The roles academics with mental illnesses play. Talk presented at the Canadian Psychological Association National Convention, Toronto, ON, Canada.
  • de Barros, A. C., Gelech, J., Bergen, J., & Croteau, T. (2023, Mar). Mental illness in academia: Current understandings and future directions. Talk presented at the Society for Applied Anthropology Annual Meeting, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.

Teaching experience

Honours Theses Supervision

  • Silberberg, M. (2024). Understanding sexual attraction via sexual configurations theory. Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Psychology, Queen’s University. Co-advised with Dr. Sari van Anders.

Research Assistant Supervision

  • 10+ research assistants in the van Anders Lab, Queen's University
  • 3 research assistants in the Disability and Culture Lab, University of Saskatchewan

Teaching Assistantships

  • Research Methods in Psychology - Winter 2026
  • Statistics in Psychology - Fall 2025
  • Research Methods in Psychology — Winter 2025
  • Advanced Statistical Inference — Fall 2024
  • Aggression — Winter 2024
  • Gender/Sex, Hormones, and Behaviour — Fall 2024
  • Principles of Psychology — Fall 2022 / Winter 2023
  • Research in Qualitative Study of Lives and Social Practices — Winter 2022
  • Advanced Social Psychology II — Winter 2022
  • Social Psychology — Fall 2021
  • Effective Professional Communication — Summer 2021
  • Personality — Winter 2020

Guest Lectures

  • Queer Intimacies, presented to PSYC 443: Intimate Relationships, Queen's University - Winter 2024
  • Motivation and Emotion, presented to PSYC 100: Principles of Psychology, Queen's University - Winter 2024
  • Ethics and Instruments in Qualitative Research, presented to PSY 324: Research in the Qualitative Study of Lives and Social Practices, University of Saskatchewan - Winter 2022
  • Health, Sex, and Gender, presented to HLST 110: Introduction to Health Studies, University of Saskatchewan - Fall 2021

Editorial Activities

  • Peer Reviewer: Psychology & Sexuality, Journal of Sex Research, Archives of Sexual Behavior

Service

  • Graduate Representative, Department Graduate Committee - Sept 2025-Apr 2026
  • Graduate Representative, Department EDI Committee — Sep 2023–Feb 2024
  • Graduate Representative, Department Meetings — Sep 2023–Apr 2024

Professional Experience

Research Software Engineer - SAGE Lab, Queen's University, Kingston, ON - Sept 2025 - Dec 2025

  • Developed and tested HTML/CSS/JavaScript code to use in conjunction with Qualtrics to collect visual data on sexual scripts.

Consultant — Wellness Together, Toronto, ON — Jun 2022 – Aug 2022

  • Authored report on best practices for demographic data collection on gender/sex and sexual identity.

Research Coordinator — Academic Mental Illness Project, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK — Jul 2021 – Aug 2022

  • Led literature review, interviews, surveys, and collaborative autoethnography on mental illness in academia.

Board Member — Saskatoon Abortion Support Network, Saskatoon, SK — Jan 2021 – Aug 2023

  • Created resources for queer and trans patients seeking abortions; coordinated volunteers and training.

Summer Student — Saskatoon Sexual Health, Saskatoon, SK — Jun 2020 – Aug 2020

  • Updated environmental scans on LGBTQ+ health education; created educational materials on STIs and relationships.

Writing Centre Tutor — University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK — Sep 2019 – May 2022

  • Assisted students with writing, referencing, and workshops on writing anxiety and gender-neutral language.

Professional Development & Training

  • Introduction to Structural Equation Modelling Workshop, CenterStat - Dec 2025
  • Qualitative Research Training, Fielding Graduate University — Feb 2025

Professional Affiliations

  • Canadian Sex Research Forum
  • International Association for Relationship Research
  • International Academy of Sex Research
  • Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality
  • American Psychological Association — Div. 5, 8, 44

Technical Expertise

  • Programming Languages: Python, R, JavaScript, HTML/CSS
  • Software: SPSS, NVivo, QualCoder

Languages

  • Fluent in English
  • Fluent in Portuguese
  • Proficient in Spanish