Jason Deska, Toronto Metropolitan University

Research

social perception pain perception prisoners criminology discrimination dehumanization

Latest papers

Cognitive dissonance for weight stigma reduction: The development and effect of a counter-attitudinal advocacy intervention.
Clinical obesity · 2025

All 1 publications

Latest funding

Examining biased beliefs about how people living with physical disabilities experience pain
SSHRC · 2025 · Principal investigator
$100,875
Brain Resilience and Diversity in Aging and Dementia: A collaboratory for promoting equity in brain health research
CIHR · 2023 · Co-investigator
$99,452
Biased judgments of prisoners' ability to feel physical and social pain
SSHRC · 2021 · Principal investigator
$62,992

All 3 grants and awards

1 publications.

01

Cognitive dissonance for weight stigma reduction: The development and effect of a counter-attitudinal advocacy intervention.

Montemarano V, Firasta L, Deska J, Cassin SE

Clinical obesity2025

DOI: 10.1111/cob.70024 PMID: 40320707

Examining biased beliefs about how people living with physical disabilities experience pain

Principal investigatorSSHRC2025Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Deska, Jason C.

$100,875

Brain Resilience and Diversity in Aging and Dementia: A collaboratory for promoting equity in brain health research

Co-investigatorCIHR2023Operating Grant: BHCIA: Knowledge Synthesis and Mobilization Grants - HEP

Principal investigators: Rajah, Maria N; Chertkow, Howard M; Dixon, Roger A; Einstein, Gillian; Stern, Yaakov

Keywords: Brain Aging; Cognitive Aging; Dementia; Diversity; Gender; Mri; Reserve; Resilience; Sex

$99,452

Biased judgments of prisoners' ability to feel physical and social pain

Principal investigatorSSHRC2021Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Deska, Jason

Keywords: social perception; pain perception; prisoners; criminology; discrimination; dehumanization

$62,992

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: social perception Dear Professor Deska, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. I read your paper "Cognitive dissonance for weight stigma reduction: The development and effect of a counter-attitudinal advocacy intervention." (2025), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your SSHRC-funded project "Examining biased beliefs about how people living with physical disabilities experience pain" (2025), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]