Amanda R. Champion
BA (Hons) (KPU), MA (SFU), PhD in progress (SFU)Image

Courses taught
- PSYC 1100: Introduction to Psychology - Basic Processes
- PSYC 1200: Introduction to Psychology - Areas and Applications
- PSYC 2300: Applied Statistics
- PSYC 2400: Research Methods in Psychology I
- PSYC 3010: Human Sexuality
- PSYC 3451: Psychology and Law
Areas of Interest
My personal research interests primarily focus on sexual assault, technology-facilitated sexual violence, misogynist terrorism, suicide, and mental illness.
Professional Membership:
The Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality (SSSS)
Scholarly Work
- Champion, A. R., Ryu, H., Oswald F., Chai, A. M. M., Corrado, R. R., Frank, R., & Davies, G. (2024). A ‘pandemic within a pandemic’: Metro Vancouver women’s experience with intimate partner violence during the COVID-19 pandemic. Journal of Family Violence. Advanced online publication.
- Champion, A. R., Oswald, F., Hughes, S., & Pedersen, C. L. (2024). Beyond just gender: Diverse women’s experiences and outcomes associated with the receipt of unsolicited genital images. Sexuality Research and Social Policy.
- Oswald, F., Walton, K., Khera, D., Champion, A., & Pedersen, C. L. (2022). Evaluations of black and white female genitalia by labiaplasty status: A preregistered contextualization, replication, and extension of findings on labial perceptions. The Journal of Sex Research, 59(9), 1163-1174.
- Champion, A., Oswald, F., Khera, D., & Pedersen, C. (2022). Examining the gendered impacts of technology-facilitated sexual violence: A mixed methods approach. Archives of Sexual Behavior.
- Khera, D., Champion, A. R., Walton, K., & Pedersen, C. L. (2022). Why men don’t say no: Sexual compliance and gender socialization in heterosexual men. Psychology & Sexuality.
- Oswald, F., Champion, A. R., Khera, D., Young, M., & Pedersen, C. L., (2022). Stereotype application at the intersection of body shape, gender/sex, and sexual orientation. The Journal of Sex Research.
- Oswald, F., Champion, A. R., Khera, D., Mitchell, J., & Pedersen, C. L. (2021). Bisexual stereotypes apply differently by body size: an assessment of bisexual prototypicality, trait application, and body size. Journal of Bisexuality.
- Oswald, F. E., Champion, A. R., Brown, K., Walton, K., & Pedersen, C. L. (2021). Revealing more than gender: Rigid gender-role beliefs and transphobia are related to engagement with fetal sex celebrations. Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity.
- Champion, A., Oswald, F., & Pedersen, C. (2021). Forcible, substance-facilitated, & incapacitated sexual assault among university women: A Canadian sample. Journal of Interpersonal Violence.
- Champion, A., Oswald, F., & Pedersen, C. (2021). Technology-facilitated sexual violence & the suicide risk: A serial mediation model investigating bullying, depression, perceived burdensomeness, and thwarted belongingness. The Canadian Journal of Human Sexuality, 30(1), 125-141.
- Hughes, S., Champion, A. R., Brown, K., & Pedersen, C. L. (2021). #Couplegoals: Self-esteem, relationship outcomes, and the visibility of romantic relationships on social media. Sexuality & Culture, 25(4), 1041-1057.
- Oswald, F. E., Champion, A. R., & Pedersen, C. L. (2020). The influence of body shape on impressions of sexual traits. The Journal of Sex Research.
- Oswald, F., Hughes, S., Champion, A. R., & Pedersen, C. L. (2020). In Search of the appeal of the “DILF,” Psychology and Sexuality.
- Hughes, S., Champion, A. R., Brown, K., Hesse, C., & Pedersen, C. L. (2020). The influence of sexual orientation on reputational punishment of other women’s behaviour, Psychology and Sexuality.
- Champion, A., & Pedersen, C. (2018). A cross-sectional study of exotic dancers and nondancers: Exploring participant recruitment and methodological challenges in sexuality research. Sage Research Methods Cases
- Champion, A., & Pedersen, C. (2015). Investigating differences between sexters and nonsexters on attitudes, subjective norms, & risky sexual behaviours, The Canadian Journal of Human Sexuality, 24(3), 205-214.
- Pedersen, C. L., Champion, A., Hesse, C., & Lewis, B. (2015). A Question of Deviancy: Comparing Exotic Dancers and Female University Students, Culture & Sexuality, 19(4) 800-815.