I study how people grow, learn, and stay well as technology reshapes everyday life — and I help institutions, media, and audiences make sense of it.
I became a psychologist because I'm fascinated by one question: how do people grow, adapt, and stay well in a world changing faster than our minds evolved to handle? My work lives where human development meets technology — and it's really about all of us, learning to stay human in a noisy age.
— Ali
How people acquire knowledge, build skills, and maintain wellbeing across cultural, linguistic, and organizational contexts — applicable to workforce learning, people analytics, and equitable education.
How artificial intelligence and digital platforms reshape mental health, adolescent development, and behaviour at scale. Designer of one of Ontario's first university courses on AI and adolescent mental health.
Community-based, longitudinal research on how social structures and institutions shape psychological outcomes in diverse populations. OCAP-trained, experienced in participatory research.
From university lecture halls to national broadcast studios, I translate rigorous developmental science into ideas people remember — and act on. Available for teaching, research, and other academic collaborations, keynotes, panels, guest lectures, and media.
Our brains were shaped over hundreds of thousands of years for a small, knowable world. We now ask them to navigate the entire planet at once. Understanding that gap — between the minds we have and the world we've built — is the defining developmental question of our time.
— Dr. Ali Jasemi
Peer-reviewed work in Frontiers in Communication and the International Journal of Bilingualism, with a forthcoming Routledge book chapter. Longitudinal research presented at over 20 international conferences.
Instructor of Record across Wilfrid Laurier, Ontario Tech, Durham College, Fanshawe, OCAD, Renison at Waterloo, Trent, and Brock. Over twenty courses designed and delivered.
Published in The Conversation and republished worldwide, including by The Independent, Newsweek, and MSN. A sought-after voice on the psychology of the modern information environment across Canadian and international media.
Led clinical operations, policy, and institutional training for a multidisciplinary team through significant organizational change, integrating evidence-based and AI-informed care protocols.
Available for teaching, research, keynotes, expert commentary, advisory work, and collaboration at the intersection of human development, wellbeing, and technology.