Education

Specialized Honours B.A.
September 2019 - April 2024
Psychology
York University
Publications

Neofytou, E., Farah, A., & Fernando, C.M.S. (submitted). The prevalence of Borderline Personality Disorder in female child sex offenders: A systematic review and meta-analysis.
Conference Poster Presentations

Fernando, C.M.S. (2022, March). Social media use and psychological developmental
disturbances in adolescent females. Luminate Mental Health Conference.
*Event held virtually.
Acknowledgments

Bellana, B., Mahabal, A., & Honey, C.J. (2022). Narrative thinking lingers in spontaneous thought. Nature Communications, 13(1), 1–16. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-32113-6
Research Experience

Lab Manager
August 2022 - Present
Volunteer Research Assistant
May 2022 - August 2022

Research Assistant: NSERC USRA
May 2023 - Present
Project: TBD
Research Assistant: Individual Research Project
September 2022 - May 2023
Project: Non-narrative content and spontaneous thought.
This project is a branch off of Dr. Bellana's 2021 project "Narrative thinking lingers in spontaneous thought".
My main task was coding the 3 experimental conditions for this study using the popular NYTimes online game Wordle as a reference. This helped me learn and improve my coding skills in Javascript, HTML and CSS. I also conducted a literature search to find relevant questionnaires related to our variables of interest. Finally, I conducted an additional literature review to write a final paper on the types of content that linger in the mind, the process of lingering, and how factors such as meaning and engagement affect lingering.
Research Assistant
January 2022 - September 2022

Well-Being Research Lab (WiRL)
Supervisor: Dr. Nicole Mead
Schulich School of Business, York University
Lab Manager and Research Assistant
May 2022 - August 2022
Volunteer Experience

July 2022 - Present
Peer Mentor

September 2021 - July 2022
Peer Ambassador

August 2020 - July 2021
Peer Mentor
Undergraduate Psychology Student Association
Keele Campus, York University
Undergraduate Psychology Student Association
Keele Campus, York University
Undergraduate Psychology Student Association
Keele Campus, York University