LCol Suurd Ralph joined the Regular Force as a Personnel Selection Officer in January 2001. She completed a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from York University, a Master of Science in Applied Psychology (Industrial-Organizational) from Saint Mary’s University, and a PhD in Social Psychology from Queen’s University.
She held various military positions starting her career at the CFB Kingston and Formation (Halifax) Personnel Selection Offices from 2001-2006. After her post graduate studies at St Mary’s University she was posted as a Military Research Officer at the Director General Military Personnel Research and Analysis (DGMPRA) in Ottawa (2008-2010) and then spent 4 years at the Conduct After Capture Training Centre in Kingston (2010-2014). She taught at RMC for one year (2014-2015) before commencing her PhD in Social Psychology at Queen’s University (2015-2017). She was again posted to DGMPRA from 2017-2019 and then proceeded on the year-long French course before returning to RMC in June 2020. Her research interests include organizational justice, survival psychology and leadership.
Publications
- Vartainian, O., Fraser, B., Saunders, D., Suurd Ralph, C.D., Lieberman, H., Morgan, C.A. III, & Cheung, B. (2018). Changes in mood, fatigue, sleep, cognitive performance and stress hormones among instructors conducting stressful military captivity survival training. Physiology & Behavior.
- Suurd Ralph, C.D. & Fabrigar, L.R. (2018). Crossover Design. In The SAGE Encyclopedia of Educational Research, Measurement, and Evaluation. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE.
- Suurd Ralph, C.D., Cheung, B., Vartanian, O., Lieberman, H., Morgan, C.A. (2017). The Effects of Fatigue on Stress-Induced Cognitive Deficits, Symptoms of Dissociation, Physiological Function, and Performance during Conduct after Capture (CAC) Training. International Journal of Psychophysiology 117, 37-47.
- Suurd Ralph, C.D. & Holmvall, C. (2016). Examining the Relationships between the Justice Facets and Turnover Intent: the Mediating Roles of Overall Justice and Psychological Strain. Military Psychology 28(4).
- Suurd Ralph, C.D. (2015). Can we prepare soldiers for captivity? The application of stress inoculation training. In The Human Dimensions of Operations. Kingston Canada: Canadian Defence Academy.