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Background

Studied at: 
Cardiff University: PhD; MSc; PGCE 
UWIC: BSc (Hons,)

Previous teaching experience includes:
Part-time lecturer in Psychology for Newport University ‘University of the Valleys’ programme. Full-time lecturer in Psychology at Cardiff University, School of Social Sciences. 
Full-time lecturer in Psychology at University of Wales, Trinity Saint David from 2008. 

Specialist Subjects

  • Identities, Communities and Locales.
  • Qualitative methods, particularly narrative, photo-elicitation and 'walking and talking' interviewing methods

Professional and/or Research Experience

A qualitative social psychologist, whose main research interests lie at the intersection of the individual and the social.
Specifically:
- How people make sense of new phenomena and periods of disruption and transition by drawing upon historical and cultural understandings within communities to construct knowledge and manage identity.
- The ways in which embodied knowledge, skills, and practices impact upon identity formation.
- The power of social and physical locales to constrain and facilitate the ways in which people are able to engage with education and imagine futures in education and work.

Current interdisciplinary research collaboration: ‘Late Diagnoses of Specific Learning Differences: Managing Identity and Engagement’

PhD: ‘Imagining Futures in Changing Locales’

PhD and Professional Doctorate Director of Studies/Supervisor

Qualifications

  • PhD
  • MSc Social Science Research Methods
  • BSc (Hons.) Psychology and Communication
  • PGCE (FE)

Languages Spoken

English

Professional Membership or Roles

Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society
Chartered Psychologist
Fellow of the Higher Education Academy

Available to Supervise Doctoral Students

Yes