Joshua R.

Guilfoyle
York University
4700 Keele Street
Toronto, ON M3J 1P3

 (647) 208 5674  www.jrguilfoyle.com  jrguilf@gmail.com

Citizenship: Canada

Education

2014 – 2020 York University

Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D) in Social & Personality Psychology
Graduate Diploma in Quantitative Methods
Supervisor: Dr. C. Ward Struthers
Dissertation: Sorry, not sorry: The effect of transgressors’ power
on apology and non-apology

Summer 2018 Kobe University

Visiting Researcher
Supervisor: Dr. Yohsuke Ohtsubo
Project: The moderating role of culture on offenders’ power and
motivation to apologize

Summer 2014 The University of Zürich

Visiting Researcher
Supervisor: Dr. Veronika Job
Project: Implicit theories of self-control and generativity

2012 – 2014 York University

Master’s of Arts (M.A.) in Social & Personality Psychology
Supervisor: Dr. C. Ward Struthers
Thesis: The effects of post-transgression responses on apology

2008 – 2012 York University

Specialized Bachelours of Arts (B.A. Hons.) in Psychology
Magna Cum Laude
Thesis: The moderating role of expression in the preemptive
forgiveness → repentance relation

Research Interests

• Interpersonal transgressions
• Conflict resolution (apologies, forgiveness)
• Post-transgression responses (non-apology, revenge, grudge, avoidance)
• Social power
• Culture
 • Self-control
• Social perception

Research Experience

2018 Visiting Researcher for Dr. Yohsuke Ohtsubo, Kobe University, Japan
2014 Visiting Researcher for Dr. Veronika Job, The University of Zürich
2013 – 2018 Graduate Research Assistant for Dr. Joni Sasaki
2013 Graduate Research Assistant for Dr. Ian McGregor
2012 – Present Graduate Research Assistant for Dr. Ward Struthers
2011 – 2012 Behavioural Coder – O.U.C.H. Laboratory @ York University

Publications

Guilfoyle, J.R., C.W. Struthers, van Monsjou, E., Shoikhedbrod, A., Eghbali, N., & Kermani,
M. (in press). Sorry, not sorry: The effect of social power on transgressors’ apology
and nonapology. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied.

Rizvi, S., Struthers, C.W., Shoikhedbrod, A., & Guilfoyle, J.R. (in press). Take a moment to
apologize: How and why mindfulness affects apologies. Journal of Experimental
Psychology: Applied.

Halilova, J., Struthers, C.W., Guilfoyle, J.R., van Monsjou, E.,& George, M. (2020). The
moderating role of transgression severity on the relation between victims’ resilience
and their unforgiving and forgiving responses. Personality and Individual Differences

Guilfoyle, J.R., Struthers, C.W., van Monsjou., E., & Shoikhedbrod, A. (2019). Sorry is the
hardest word to say: The role of self-control in apology. Basic and Applied Social
Psychology, 41(1), 72-90. https://doi.org/10.1080/01973533.2018.1553715
*Nominated for the Endler Award – Best paper by a graduate student in the Department of
Psychology, York University

Shoikhedbrod, A., Struthers, C.W., Guilfoyle, J.R., van Monsjou, E., Halilova, J., & Saleemi,
S. (2019). How, when, and why transgressors’ narcissism affects motivation to
apologize. Journal of Research in Personality, 78, 36-51.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrp.2018.11.003

Struthers, C.W., Khoury, C., Phills, C.E., van Monsjou, E., Guilfoyle, J.R., Nash, K.,
Golenitski, V., & Summers, C. (2019). The effects of social power and apology on
victims’ post-transgression responses. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/xap0000188

Struthers, C. W., van Monsjou, E., Ayoub, M., & Guilfoyle, J.R. (2017). Fit to forgive: Effect of
mode of exercise on capacity to override grudges and forgiveness. Frontiers in
Psychology, 8(538). doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2017.00538

Struthers C.W., Guilfoyle, J., Khoury, C., van Monsjou, E., Sasaki, J., Phills, C., Young, R., &
Marjanovic, Z. (2017). What victims say and how they say it matters: Effects of victims'
 post-transgression responses and form of communication on transgressors' apologies.
In K. Norlock's (Ed.) The Moral Psychology of Forgiveness.

van Monsjou, E., Struthers, C. W., Khoury, C., Guilfoyle, J. R., Young, R. E., Hodara, O., &
Muller, R. T. (2015). The effects of adult attachment style on post-transgression
response. Personal Relationships, 22, 762-780. doi:10.1111/pere.12106

Manuscripts

Guilfoyle, J.R., van Monsjou, E., & Struthers, C.W. (Submitted). Intimate partner aggression
and post-transgression responses. Basic and Applied Social Psychology.

Eghbali, N., Struthers, C.W., & Guilfoyle, J.R. (Submitted). Social decision making following
an interpersonal transgression: Word to the wise. Journal of Experimental Psychology:
Applied.

George, M., Guilfoyle, J.R., van Monsjou, E., & Struthers, C.W. (in preparation). Creation
and perception of nonverbal apology cues. Manuscript in progress.

Guilfoyle, J.R., Ohtsubo, Y., & Struthers, C.W. (in preparation). The moderating role of
culture on transgressors’ power and willingness to engage in apology and nonapology.
Manuscript in progress.

Guilfoyle, J.R., Struthers, C.W., van Monsjou, E., Shoikhedbrod, A., & Arathoon, G. (in
preparation). Initial development and psychometric properties of the Transgressors’
Motivation to Apologize Measure (TMAM). Manuscript in progress.

Kermani, S. & Guilfoyle, J.R. (in preparation). Brand power and consumer behavior after firm
transgressions. Manuscript in progress.

Research Presentations
Refereed Talks & Symposia

Rizvi, S., Struthers, C. W., Shoikhedbrod, A., & Guilfoyle, J. R. (2021, July). Promoting
offender apologies via the practice of mindfulness. Paper presentation at the
International Society for Justice Research. Symposium, Forgiveness and apology as
post transgression responses: New directions in theory and research.

Struthers, C.W., Guilfoyle, J.R., & Shoikhedbrod, A. (2021, July). Does revenge and
forgiveness upregulate transgressors’ welfare trade-offs toward victims? Paper
presentation at the International Society for Justice Research. Symposium,
Forgiveness and apology as post transgression responses: New directions in theory
and research.

Guilfoyle, J.R., van Monsjou, E., Struthers, C.W., & Shoikhedbrod, A. (2018, March).
Transgressors’ willingness to apologize: The effects of social power and perspective
 taking. Data blitz given at the Society for Personality and Social Psychology 19th
Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA.

Guilfoyle, J., Struthers, W., & van Monsjou, E. (2017, June). Transgressors’ social power
and apologies. Talk given at the Canadian Psychological Association 78th National
Convention, Toronto, ON, Canada.

Werner, K., Guilfoyle, J., & Tabri, N. (2017, June). A beginner’s guide to increasing
transparency and reproducibility in psychological science. Personal Development
Workshop given at the Canadian Psychological Association 78 th National Convention,
Toronto, ON, Canada.

Struthers, C.W., Khoury, C., van Monsjou, E., & Guilfoyle, J.R. (2016, September). The
moderating role of apology on effect of victims’ social power on decisions to seek
revenge, harbor a grudge, and forgive. Symposium conducted at the Annual Meeting
of the Society of Experimental Social Psychology in Santa Monica, CA.

Struthers, C.W., Khoury, C., van Monsjou, E., & Guilfoyle, J.R. (2016, August). The effect of
social power and apology on victims’ post-transgression responses. Symposium
conducted at the 76th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management Convention in
Anaheim, CA.

Struthers, C.W., Khoury, C., Guilfoyle, J.R., Phills, C., & Van Monsjou, E. (2013, June). The
effects of victims’ post-transgression reactions on apologies. Symposium conducted at
the 74th Annual Canadian Psychological Association Convention in Québec City, QC,
Canada.

Guilfole, J.R., Khoury, C., Phills, C., Van Monsjou, E., & C.W. Struthers. (2012, April). To
forgive or not to forgive, that is the question: The effects of forgiving vs. unforgiving on
repentance. Presented at the 42nd Annual Ontario Undergraduate Thesis Conference
at York University in Toronto, ON, Canada.

Invited Talks
Guilfoyle, J.R., Mar, R., & Balzarini, R.N. (2019, November). Preregistration and open
science: Experiences and ideals for implementing. York University, Department of
Psychology, Professional Development Panel given at the Social & Personality
Colloquium Series, Toronto, Ontario.

Guilfoyle, J.R. (2019, May). Transgressors’ power and willingness to apologize. Talk given at
the York University of Toronto Social Personality Abnormal (YUTSPA) Annual
Conference, University of Toronto Mississauga, Toronto, Canada.

Guilfoyle, J.R. (2018, July). The moderating role of culture on offenders’ power and
motivation to apologize. Talk given at Kobe University, Kobe, Hyōgo, Japan.

Guilfoyle, J.R. (2018, February). Development of a State Apology Scale. York University,
Department of Psychology, Talk given at the Quantitative Methods Colloquium Series,
Toronto, Ontario.
Guilfoyle, J.R. (2018, January). Measuring the motivation to apologize. Talk given at the
Quantitative Methods Colloquium Series, York University, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Guilfoyle, J.R., Struthers, C.W., van Monsjou, E. (2017, May). Transgressors’ social power
and apologies. Talk given at the York University/Toronto Social Personality Abnormal
(YUTSPA) Conference, Hart House, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.

Guilfoyle, J.R. (2015, December). Does it take self-control to overcome apology resistance?
York University, Department of Psychology, Talk given at the Social/Personality Area
Colloquium Series, Toronto, Ontario.
Guilfoyle, J.R. (2014, August). Implicit theories of self-control, depletion, and generativity.
The University of Zürich, Department of Psychology, Talk given at the Departmental
Colloquium Series, Zürich, Switzerland.

Guilfoyle, J.R. (2014, April). The effects of post-transgression responses on apology. Talk
given at the York University/Toronto Social Personality Abnormal (YUTSPA)
Conference, Schulich School of Business, York University, Toronto, Ontario.

Guilfoyle, J.R. (2014, February). The effects of post-transgression responses and self-control
on apology. York University, Department of Psychology, Talk given at the
Social/Personality Area Colloquium Series, Toronto, Ontario.
Guilfoyle, J.R. (2013, March). Understanding the effects of preemptive forgiveness on
apology: The role of ego-depletion. York University, Department of Psychology, Talk
given at the Social/Personality Area Colloquium Series, Toronto, Ontario.

Posters

George, M., Steele, J., Guilfoyle, J.R., & Struthers, C.W. (2021, February). Sorry, not sorry?
An investigation of female and male apologetic faces. Poster presented at the Gender
Preconference at the Society for Personality and Social Psychology 22nd Annual
Meeting, Virtual.

Guilfoyle, J. R., Ohtsubo, Y., & Struthers, C.W. (2020, February). Transgressors’ power and
willingness to apologize in a Japanese cultural context. Poster presented at the Society
for Personality and Social Psychology 21st Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA.

George, M., Guilfoyle, J. R., van Monsjou, E., & Struthers, C. W. (2019,
June). Communicating apologies nonverbally: Perceptions and judgments of facial
cues. Poster presented at the 2019 Weary Symposium on Diversity and Social Identity,
Columbus, OH.

Guilfoyle, J.R., Struthers, C.W., van Monsjou, E., Shoikhedbrod, A., & Arathoon, G. (2019,
February). Initial Development and Psychometric Properties of a State Apology Scale.
Poster to be presented at the Society for Personality and Social Psychology 20th
Annual Meeting, Portland, OR.
George, M., Guilfoyle, J.R., van Monsjou, E., & Struthers, C.W. (2019, February). Facing
expectations: An exploration of apologetic facial cues. Poster to be presented at the
Society for Personality and Social Psychology 20th Annual Meeting, Portland, OR.

George, M., Guilfoyle, J.R., van Monsjou, E., & Struthers, C.W. (2018, May). Reverse
correlation provides a visual template for apology. Poster presented at the Association
for Psychological Science 30th Annual Convention, San Francisco, CA.

van Monsjou, E., Guilfoyle, J.R., & Struthers, C.W. (2018, March). A qualitative analysis of
harbouring grudges. Poster presented at the Society of Personality and Social
Psychology 19th Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA.

Eghbali, N., Shoikhedbrod, A., Guilfoyle, J.R., van Monsjou, E., & Struthers, C.W. (2018,
March). Wisdom and Post-Transgression Responses. Poster presented at the Society
for Personality and Social Psychology 19th Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA.

Eghbali, N., Guilfoyle, J., van Monsjou, E., & Struthers, W. (2017, July). Self-control and
decision making in wiser individuals. Poster presented at the Fifth World Congress on
Positive Psychology, Montreal, QC, Canada.

Guilfoyle, J., van Monsjou, E., Eghbali, N., & Struthers, C.W. (2017, January). Sorry is the
hardest word: The role of self-control in apology. Poster presented at the Society for
Personality and Social Psychology 18th Annual Meeting, San Antonio, TX.

van Monsjou, E., Guilfoyle, J., & Struthers, C.W. (2017, January). Forgiving the unforgivable:
Responses to intimate partner aggression. Poster presented at the Society for
Personality and Social Psychology 18th Annual Meeting, San Antonio, TX.

Eghbali, N., van Monsjou, E., Guilfoyle, J.R., & Struthers, C.W. (2017, January). Wisdom
and moving beyond transgressions. Poster presented at the Society for Personality
and Social Psychology 18th Annual Meeting, San Antonio, TX.

Eghbali, N., Struthers, W., van Monsjou, E., & Guilfoyle, J. (2016, July). Experience with
post-transgression responses and wisdom. Poster presented at the International
Association for Relationship Research Main Conference, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Guilfoyle, J.R., van Monsjou, E., Struthers, C.W., & Eghbali, N. (2016, January). Post-
transgressions: Victims’ responses affect transgressors’ self-control. Poster presented
at the Society for Personality and Social Psychology 17th Annual Meeting, San Diego,
CA.

van Monsjou, E., Guilfoyle, J. R., & Struthers, W. (2016, January). Attachment and
apology. Poster presented at the Society for Personality and Social Psychology's 17th
Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA.

Eghbali, N., Eftekhari, E., Sharpinskyi, C., van Monsjou, E., Guilfoyle, J. (2016, January).
The effects of perceived religious pressure on intrinsic religiosity, zeal and meaning
seeking. Poster presented at the Society for Personality and Social Psychology's 17th
Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA.
Guilfoyle, J.R., van Monsjou, E., & Struthers, W. (2015, August). The effects of post-
transgression responses on apology. Poster presented at the American Psychological
Association's 123rd Annual Meeting, Toronto, Ontario.

van Monsjou, E., Guilfoyle, J. R., & Struthers, C. W. (2015, August). Do trait tendencies in
conflict resolution predict intimate partner abuse? Poster presented at the American
Psychological Association’s 123rd Annual Meeting, Toronto, Ontario

Guilfoyle, J.R., van Monsjou, E., & Struthers, W. (2015, May). Post-transgression responses
and apology: Transgressors’ social pain. Poster presented at the Society for
Interpersonal Research and Theory (SITAR) 18th Annual Meeting, Toronto, Ontario.

van Monsjou, E., Guilfoyle, J. R., & Struthers, W. (2015, May) Trust and relationship
outcomes after transgressions. Poster presented at the Society for Interpersonal
Research and Theory's 18th Annual Meeting, Toronto, Ontario.

van Monsjou, E., Khoury, C., Guilfoyle, J. R., & Struthers, C. W. (2014, February). Impact of
manipulated adult attachment styles on responses to interpersonal
transgressions. Poster presented at the Society for Personality and Social
Psychology’s 15th Annual Meeting, Austin, TX, USA.
Guilfoyle, J.R., Khoury, C., Phills, C., van Monsjou, E., & C.W. Struthers. (2013, January). To
forgive or not to forgive, that is the question: The effects of forgiving vs. unforgiving on
repentance. Poster presented at the 14th Annual Meeting of The Society for Personality
and Social Psychology in New Orleans, LA, USA.

Khoury, C., Struthers, C. W., Phills, C., van Monsjou, E., & Guilfoyle, J.R. (2013, January).
Powerful or powerless: Seeking revenge or holding a grudge? Poster presented at the
14th Annual Meeting of The Society for Personality and Social Psychology in New
Orleans, LA, USA.

van Monsjou, E., Struthers, C.W., Khoury, C., & Guilfoyle, J.R. (2013, January). The effects
of adult attachment style on post-transgression response. Poster presented at the 14th
Annual Meeting of The Society for Personality and Social Psychology in New Orleans,
LA, USA.

Honours and Awards

2020 Faculty of Health – Graduate Student Travel Award ($750.00)

2019 Sandra Pyke Award for Graduate Student Excellence - Faculty of
Graduate Studies, York University
2019 SPSP Graduate Travel Award ($500 USD)
2019 Faculty of Health – Graduate Student Travel Award ($883.00)
2018 Social Science and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) of
Canada Doctoral Award ($20,000)
2018 Mitacs Global Research Award/Japan Society for the Promotion of
Science Fellowship (¥850,000 / $10,000)
2017 Ontario Graduate Scholarship ($15,000)
 2017 Faculty of Health – Graduate Student Travel Award ($1000)
2016 Ontario Graduate Scholarship ($15,000)
2016 Faculty of Health – Graduate Student Travel Award ($1000)
2014 ThinkSwiss Scholarship, Government of Switzerland
(Fr. 2100 CHF / $2700)
2012 Social Science and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC)
Canada Graduate Scholarship – Master’s ($17,500)
2012 York University Graduate Scholarship ($6,000)
2010-2012 Continuing Scholarship, York University
2008-2012 Undergraduate Bursary, York University
2008-2012 Dean’s List Honour Roll, York University
2008 Undergraduate Entrance Award, York University

Teaching Experience

2017 - 2020 Adjunct Professor

York University
PSYC 2120 – Social Psychology (in-class and online)

2017 Course Director

Institute for Social Research (ISR)
Introduction to R

2016 Teaching Assistant

Institute for Social Research (ISR)
Introduction to R

2015 Teaching Assistant

York University
PSYC 2021 – Statistical Methods I

2012-2019 Teaching Assistant

York University
PSYC 2120 – Social Psychology

Supervision

Undergraduate Thesis

2016-2017 Ryan Insalaco

York University

Professional Experience

2015 – 2017 Statistical Consultant

Statistical Consulting Services (SCS) at York University
Institute for Social Research
2015 Data Chair
Liberal Party of Canada
Federal Election Campaign, Nancy Coldham

2014 – Present Private Tutor

Statistics
R-Programming
Psychology

Professional Skills

Statistic & Analytic Software

• R
o readr
o tidyr
o dplyr
o ggplots2
o ggvis
• SPSS
• Microsoft Excel
• Tableau
• G-Power

Experimental Software
• MediaLabs
• DirectRT
• Inquisit Web Labs
• SurveyMonkey
• Qualtrics
• Google Forms

Programming Languages
• R
• SQL
• HTML
• CSS

Teaching & Education Software

• Livestream Lectures
o Open Broadcast Service (OBS)
o YouTube Studio
Software Suite’s
• Microsoft (Word, Powerpoint, Excel, Publisher, Movie Maker)
• Adobe (Acrobat Reader Professional & Photoshop)
Certificates
• Institute for Social Research at York University
o Using Statistics Canada Data
o Visualizing Categorical Data with R
• DataCamp.com
o Introduction to R
o Intermediate R
o Writing Functions in R
o Importing Data into R
o Cleaning Data in R
o Data Manipulation in R with dplyr
o Data Visualization in R with ggvis
o Data Visualization in R with ggplots2 (1 & 2)
o Reporting with R Markdown
o Introduction to Machine Learning

Service

York University

2018 - 2020 Undergraduate Research Participant Pool – Head Coordinator

York University

2018 Meet the Profs Event

York University Undergraduate Psychology Student Association (UPSA)

2018 YUTSPA Conference Organizing Committee

York University

2015 – 2018 Undergraduate Research Participant Pool – Team Member

York University

2013 – 2018 Webmaster: Social-Personality Area Website

York University

2014 – 2015 Judge: Undergraduate Psychology Poster Day

York University

2013 – 2014 Graduate Student Coordinator

Social-Personality Brown Bag Colloquium Series
York University

Ad-Hoc Reviewer
Journal of Social and Personal Relationships
Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin
Journal of Social Psychology

Center for Open Science (COS)

 2016 – Present Ambassador

Society for Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP)

2018 Reviewer
Graduate Student Poster Award

Professional Membership

2012 – Present Society for Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP)

Course Work

2012 – 2017 List of Graduate Courses

Course Title
6130 Univariate Analysis
6400 Contemporary Issues in Personality and Social Psychology
6510 Personality
6710 Independent Study (Social Motivation and Cognition)
6820A Research Practicum I
6170 Experimental Methods in Social Psychology
6020 History and Theory of Psychology
6176 Structural Equation Modeling (SEM)
6150 Personality Methods
6820B Research Practicum II
6180 Psychometric Methods
6140 Multivariate Analysis
6410 Social Psychology
6474 Introduction to Qualitative Research

References
Dr. C Ward Struthers
Professor
York University
Email: struther@yorku.ca
Phone: 416 736 5115 x66476

Dr. Yohsuke Ohtsubo

Associate Professor
University of Tokyo
Email: yohsuke.ohtsubo@gmail.com

Dr. David B. Flora

Associate Professor
York University
Email: dflora@yorku.ca
Dr. Veronika Job
Professor of Social Psychology
TU Dresden
Email: veronika.job@tu-dresden.de