Sonya Corbin Dwyer

Sonya Corbin Dwyer, B.A. (Hons.), B.Ed. (Memorial), M.Ed. (Dalhousie), Ph.D. (Calgary)

Professor

Cross-appointment to the Discipline of Family Medicine, Faculty of Medicine

Registered Psychologist (SK; np)

Grenfell Campus Engagement Award 2019

Email: scorbindwyer@mun.ca

Phone: (709) 639-2546

Office: AS 338

 

Teaching interests

Besides introductory psychology, I primarily teach courses in psychology of education, psychology of women, personality psychology, psychotherapy, and positive psychology. I occasionally teach courses in learning and social psychology. I have taught in international settings: graduate courses at Jilin University, Changchun, China (winter semester, 2012), and an undergraduate course at Chonnam National University in Gwangju, Korea (summer session, 2022).

Research interests

I have conducted studies in the areas of breast cancer tattoos, memorial tattoos, teaching abroad, transracial adoption, women’s problem gambling, and graduate women’s experiences. I am interested in social justice as well as identity issues.

Recent Scholarly Publications (last 10 years)

  • Buckle, J. L., & Corbin Dwyer, S. (2023). Embodied meaning making: Memorial tattoos as a visual expression of grief. Death Studies, 47(1), 1-9. doi:10.1080/07481187.2021.1983889
  • Corbin Dwyer, S., & Buckle, J. L. (2022). Cultural insider-outsider: Reflecting on positionality in shared and differing identities. In P. Liamputtong (Ed.), Qualitative cross-cultural research: A social science perspective (pp. 85-99). Edward Elgar Publishing.
  • Buckle, J. L., & Corbin Dwyer, S. (2022, March). ‘A tattoo is for life’: How memorial tattoos help the bereaved. Psyche. https://psyche.co/ideas/a-tattoo-is-for-life-how-memorial-tattoos-help-the-bereaved
  • Corbin Dwyer, S. (2020). The impact of ESL discussion groups in an undergraduate counselling psychology course. International Dialogues on Education: Past and Present, 7(1), 149-155.
  • Corbin Dwyer, S. (2019). University educators’ experiences of teaching abroad: The promotion of cross-cultural competence. The Canadian Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 10(3), doi.org/10.5206/cjsotl-rcacea.2019.3.9476.
  • Buckle, J. L., & Corbin Dwyer, S. (2019). A picture and a thousand words: The role of photography in a qualitative study of memorial tattoos. Methods in Psychology, 1, doi: 10.1016/j.metip.2019.100003
  • Corbin Dwyer, S. (2019). “My future will be more positive”: Personal impact of an undergraduate positive psychology course. International Journal of Knowledge, Innovation and Entrepreneurship, 7(1), 40-45.
  • Bolt, E. L. W., Corbin Dwyer, S., Buckle, J. L., & Zendel, B. R. (2019). How age-of-death and mode-of-death impact perceptions of the deceased. Death Studies, 43(8), 489-499. doi: 10.1080/07481187.2018.1488774.
  • Corbin Dwyer, S., & Buckle, J. L. (2018). The space between revisited: On being an insider-outsider in qualitative research. International Journal of Qualitative Methods, Special Issue: Reflections & Updates on a Top-20-in-20 Article, 17(1-2), doi: 10.1177/1609406918788176
  • Corbin Dwyer, S. (2014). Women in the ivory tower: Graduate students speak out. In V. Burton & J. Guthrie (Eds.), Changing places: Feminist essays on empathy and relocation (220-246). Toronto: Inanna Publications.
  • Corbin Dwyer, S. (2014). The ABCs of teaching cross-culturally: University educators’ experiences. International Dialogues on Education, 1(1), 58-69.

Exhibitions

  • Corbin Dwyer, S. & Buckle, J. L. (September 28, 2024). Inked agency: An upward spiral of healing from breast cancer. CB Nuit Art at Night Festival, Corner Brook, NL.
  • Buckle, J. L., & Corbin Dwyer, S. (May 5-October 29, 2018). “It just brings me closer”: Reflections on memorial tattoos. Photographs by Dean Peckford. Mount Saint Vincent University Art Gallery, Halifax, NS.
  • LAWN (League of Artists of Western Newfoundland) presents Exploring Loss: A Collaborative Art Exhibition with Sonya Corbin Dwyer & Jennifer Buckle, Psychology, Grenfell Campus. Arts & Culture Centre, Corner Brook, NL, September 22-October 31, 2016.
  • Buckle, J. L., & Corbin Dwyer, S. (October, 2015-October 2016). “It just brings me closer”: Reflections on memorial tattoos. Photographs by Dean Peckford.
    • Arts and Culture Gallery, Grand Falls-Windsor (October)
    • Arts and Culture Gallery, Gander (November-December)
    • Arts and Culture Gallery, Corner Brook (January)
    • Arts and Culture Gallery, Labrador City (February)
    • Lawrence O’Brien Arts Centre, Happy Valley-Goose Bay (March)
    • Arts and Culture Centre, Stephenville (April)
    • First Space Gallery, QEII, Memorial University, St. John’s (September-October)
  • Buckle, J. L., & Corbin Dwyer, S. (October 2-4, 2015). “It just brings me closer”: Reflections on memorial tattoos. Photographs by Dean Peckford. “Art Ex 2015,” Grand Falls-Windsor, NL.
  • Buckle, J. L., & Corbin Dwyer, S. (March/April, 2014). “It just brings me closer”: Reflections on memorial tattoos. Photographs by Dean Peckford. Picture it in a Frame Gallery, Corner Brook, NL.