Brett Q. Ford, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Psychology

University of Toronto

Dr. Brett Ford is an associate professor of psychology at the University of Toronto and director of the Affective Science & Health Lab.  Her research explores how people navigate emotional life—what they believe about emotions, how they manage them, and the trade-offs of striving to feel good—particularly in the face of personal and societal stressors.  She earned her Ph.D. in social-personality psychology from the University of California, Berkeley.