Associate Head of School of Psychology and Public Health (0.5) Academic Development Partner (0.5)
I am one of the Associate Heads of School with the School of Psychology. I also work half-time in the Centre for Graduate Prospects in the Academic Development team as an Academic Development Partner.
My subject specialisms are cognitive psychology (specifically perception and attention) and the psychology of learning, although I teach across a wide spectrum of subjects including the psychology of belief, cyberpsychology, and study skills. I am a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.
Within my Academic Development Partner role, I am part of the team leading the Assessment Innovation Programme, leading the Artificial Intelligence Applications strand and co-leading the strand on assessment change: Principles to Practice. I am working with academics across the institution to facilitate and support changes in practice in line with the AIP principles and the challenges artificial intelligence poses to education.
Teaching and supervision
I teach across multiple areas, specialising in perception, attention, anomalistic psychology, and cyberpsychology. In addition, I also teach study and communication skills, social psychology, individual differences, biological psychology, research methods, and statistics:
Module Leader and Lead Lecturer:
- PSY272 – The Psychology of Belief
- PSY372 – Cyberpsychology
Teaching/supervision:
- PhD – Director of Studies (cyberstalking and obsession)
Research interests for potential research students
- The impact of technology on learning
- Music and learning
- Music and attention
- The impact of AI on assessment and learning
Research
Originally from a neuropsychological background looking at attentional processing in the parietal and occipital cortices, my current research focuses on the impact of musical training on cognitive processing and the ways in which technological aspects of everyday life can enhance the learning experience (using both qualitative and quantitative approaches).
While I still love my attention/perception roots, I am fascinated by how we are impacted by technology in everyday life and in education, predominantly around the impact of technology on learning and education.
I am also interested in the impact of assessment and artificial intelligence on the learning journey for students and academics.
- Cyberpsychology
- Perception
- Attention
- Study and communication skills
- Academic writing
- Academic misconduct and integrity
- Assessment
