She teaches courses on the psychology of gender and sexuality, gender-based violence, cultural psychology, applied social psychology, and research methods and statistics. Dr. Phillips joined UPEI in August of 2011 as a graduate of the University of Kansas. Trained in Social & Quantitative Psychology as well as Women, Gender, & Sexuality Studies, her teaching and research adopt a critical feminist perspective, considering the extent to which society in general, and the field of psychology specifically, are products of unique power positions and motivated realities.