Rayana (she/her) is an incoming PhD student and current graduate student in the Family Relations and Human development program at the University of Guelph. Having completed degrees in Psychology (B.A.) with a minor in Creative Writing from the University of Balamand, and Clinical Psychology (M.Sc.) from the University of Groningen, her research interests include the human-animal relationship and expectations, interspecies displacement, and everyday cohabitation practices. Rayana lives in Toronto with her feline co-researchers, Chat and Penny, and carries the memory of her first feline teacher, Snowy. Her extended multispecies family includes dogs, Shadow and Zeus.
Interested in working for the lab? Please email Dr. Andrea Breen to learn about current opportunities.