Dr. Kim Roberts Bio

Dr. Kim Roberts joined the faculty at Wilfrid Laurier University after spending 5 years working with Dr. Michael Lamb at the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development in Bethesda, Maryland. She runs the Child Memory Lab and enjoys working with graduate and undergraduate students, families in the community, doctors, nurses, social workers, lawyers, teachers and other professionals who work with children. She founded the BrainWorx summer camp to improve the diversity of children involved in STEM and is regularly consulted by judges, attorneys, police services and social work agencies regarding proper interviewing practices with children. She was a recipient of the Premier’s Research Excellence Award and was Laurier’s University Research Professor 2023-24. Her research has been funded through grants awarded from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council; the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council; the Canadian Foundation for Innovation; the Ontario Innovation Trust; the Ministry of Enterprise, Opportunity and Innovation; the Australian Research Council, and the Department of Justice. She is interested in all aspects of children’s well being.