Calahndra Brake

Calahndra Brake

Degree: Ph.D.
Year of Entry: 2025
Program: Developmental Psychology and Education
Department of Applied Psychology & Human Development
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Biography

Calahndra is a first-year PhD student examining how children learn about, morally evaluate, and engage in acts of stealing. She is also engaged in various projects relating to children's moral development and academic integrity. Her master's research focused on moral judgments of plagiarism and whether those judgments change when the source of the plagiarized material was human or AI.

Degrees

  • Master of Arts, Developmental Psychology & Education
    OISE, University of Toronto
  • Bachelor of Arts, Psychology (Research Intensive Specialization)
    University of Waterloo

Research Interests

  • academic integrity
  • artificial intelligence
  • plagiarism
  • moral development
  • stealing