Dr. Shelly Russell-Mayhew

Shelly Russell-Mayhew, PhD, is a Professor of counselling psychology and Associate Dean Research in the Werklund School of Education at the University of Calgary. Her research program explores weight-related issues like body image (perceptions, attitudes, and experiences about the body), disordered eating (e.g., unhealthy methods of weight change), weight-related disorders (e.g., obesity and eating disorders) and professional conversations and interactions about weight (e.g., weight stigma, weight-neutral approaches in educational settings). She is director of the Body Image Research Lab at University of Calgary.