Department of Psychology The University of Western Ontario

Faculty of Social Science, Social Science Centre

London, Ontario N6A 5C2 Canada
Telephone: 519-661-2067 Fax: 519-661-3961 www.psychology.uwo.ca


February 25, 2013

To Whom It May Concern:

We are extremely pleased to offer our strongest recommendation for Brenna McConnells teaching
application. Brenna volunteered as a research assistant in the Esses Lab for the Study of Intergroup
Relations at the University of Western Ontario for one year. It is during this time that we had the
privilege of supervising her work.
From the beginning Brenna excelled in everything she did. Brenna is bright and energetic. She is
very conscientious, hard working, dependable and responsible. She has excellent communication skills
both written and verbal. Because of these assets Brenna very quickly was given the task of training new
research assistants in our lab. Whenever something important needed to be done, out of the twelve
research assistants she was the first person called upon because she is so trustworthy and her work
standards are so high. She was also capable of taking on more complex assignments. Her work is always
solid and there were never any flaws.
Brenna is highly motivated. She was very committed to the projects to which she was assigned and
therefore looked ahead to anticipate ways of improving the success of these projects. Brenna invited
feedback in order to ensure that her work was of the highest quality. She was in great demand by all of
the graduate students.
Not only could Brenna be trusted to work independently, but she also worked well with the other
members of the lab. Brenna has a very pleasant personality and everyone enjoyed working with her. She
set the standard for other research assistants and we do not believe the year would have been as
successful without her.
It is our hope that you give Brenna McConnells application serious consideration. We believe she
will be an asset to your school board.
If you require further information please do not hesitate to contact one of us.

Sincerely,

Victoria M. Esses Lisa Bitacola, B.A. (Hons)
Professor, Department of Psychology Former Lab Coordinator
Faculty of Social Science Department of Psychology
The University of Western Ontario Faculty of Social Science
(519) 661-2111 ext. 84650 The University of Western Ontario
vesses@uwo.ca (604) 364-3092
lbitacol@sfu.ca