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Cassandra Hesse BA (KPU), MA (UBC), PhD Candidate (UBC)

Email:

cassandra.hesse@kpu.ca

Surrey Office:

Surrey Main 2881-10

Cassandra Hesse is developmental psychologist and sexologist. She is a PhD candidate at The University of British Columbia. Previously, she received her master’s degree at UBC in the study of Human Development, Learning, and Culture. Prior to this, she received her Bachelor of Arts degree (with honors) in the study of Psychology at Kwantlen Polytechnic University. Currently, she is completing her PhD which will examine the effects of pornography on young people’s sexual knowledge, beliefs, behaviours, and attitudes. In her free time, Cass can be found rowing, biking, and spending time with her family.

Courses Taught

PSYC 1100 – Introduction to Psychology: Basic Processes

PSYC 1200 – Introduction to Psychology: Areas and Applications

PSYC 2320 – Developmental Psychology: Child Development

PSYC 2321 – Developmental Psychology: Adolescence

PSYC 3316 – Developmental Psychology: Infancy

PSYC 2322 – Developmental Psychology: Adult Development

Areas of Interest

Her area of interest focuses specifically on controversial human sexuality and developmental behavioral concepts. Primarily, this includes sex, pornography, gender identities and roles, sexual orientation, pleasure, intimacy, and the biopsychosocial development of individuals across the life span.

Scholarly Work

McKenzie, S., Hesse, C. L., Carson, A., & Knight, R. (2023). “Anticipate the need”: A narrative analysis of key stakeholders’ experiences providing services to sexual and gender minority youth in British Columbia, Canada, during the COVID-19 pandemic, Critical Public Health. https://doi.org/10.1080/09581596.2023.2259063

Gaudette, M., Hesse, C., Kia, H., Chanady, T., Carson, A., Knight, R., Ferlatte, O. (2022). A “double-edged sword”: Health professionals’ perspectives on the health and social impacts of gay dating apps on young gay, bisexual, trans and queer men, The Journal of Sex Research.

Parent, N., Dadgar, K., Xiao, B., Hesse, C. L., & Shapka, J. D. (2021). Social disconnection during COVID-19: The role of attachment, fear of missing out, and smartphone use. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 31(3), 748-763. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jora.12658

Wisener, K. M., Driessen, E. W., Cuncic, C., Hesse, C. L., & Eva, K. W. (2020). Incentives for clinical teachers: On why their complex influences should lead us to proceed with caution. Medical Education, 00, 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1111/medu.14422

Skoda, K., Oswald, F., Brown, K., Hesse, C. L., & Pedersen, C. L. (2020). Showing Skin: Tattoo Visibility Status, Egalitarianism, and Personality are Predictors of Sexual Openness Among Women. Sexuality and Culture, 24(4), 1-22. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12119-020-09729-1

Champion, A., Brown, K., Hughes, S., Hesse, C. L., & Pedersen, C. L. (2020). The influence of relationship status and sexual orientation on reputational punishment of other women’s behaviour. Psychology and Sexuality, 1-32. https://doi.org/10.1080/19419899.2020.1728366

Oswald, F., Lopes, A., Skoda, K., Hesse, C. L., & Pedersen, C. L. (2019). I’ll show you mine, so you’ll show me yours: Motivations and personality variables in photographic exhibitionism. Journal of Sex Research, 0(0), 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1080/00224499.2019.1639036

Lewis, B. J., Hesse, C. L., Cook, B. C., & Pedersen, C. L. (2018). Sexistential crisis: An intersectional analysis of gender expression and sexual orientation in masculine overcompensation. Journal of Homosexuality, 67(1), 1-21. https://doi.org/10.1080/00918369.2018.1525943

Hesse, C., & Pedersen, C. L. (2017). Porn sex versus real sex: How sexually explicit material shapes our understanding of sexual anatomy, physiology, and behaviour. Sexuality & Culture, 21(3), 754-775. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12119-017-9413-2

Pedersen, C. L., Champion, A. R., Hesse, C. L., & Lewis, B. J. (2015). A question of deviancy: Comparing exotic dancers and female university students. Sexuality & Culture, 19(4), 800-815. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12119-015-9292-3