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Meet the Team<\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Our Core Team<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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In the CIRCL, faculty and undergraduate student researchers meet on even ground, bringing together a range of experience and perspectives that together enhance the work we do. We brainstorm, design, analyze, write and present together as a cohesive team. <\/h5>\n\n\n\n
We believe strongly that no work about students should take place without students being equally involved in the process, therefore we take a participatory action approach to both our research and teaching in the CIRCL.<\/h5>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Stacey L. MacKinnon<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

PhD (Social Psychology)<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

CIRCL Founder & Team Lead<\/h5>\n\n\n\n
Dr. MacKinnon has taught at UPEI since 2004 and is highly recognized for expanding the focus of higher education to curiosity and inquiry-based modes of learning. In 2011 she created “The Curiosity Project” for her social psychology class and in the past 15 years, it has been adopted\/adapted by professors from multiple faculities across campus. In 2015 she redesigned UPEI 1020 Inquiry Studies to give learners hands-on experience with “wicked questions”. Dr MacKinnon has been recognized with multiple institutional and national teaching awards, including the 2025 3M National Teaching Fellowship and the 2023 Association of Atlantic Universities Anne Marie MacKinnon Award for Excellence in Educational Leadership .<\/h6>\n\n\n\n