Biography

• Associate Fellow of the British Psychology Society (CPsychol AFBPsS).
• Member of BPS Division of Academics, Researchers and Teachers in Psychology.
• Member of BPS Cyberpsychology Section.
• Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA).
• EFPA accredited European Test User (Level 2: Work & Organisational Assessment).
• BPS Register of Competence in Occupational Testing (Occupational Ability and Personality Testing).

I am a Chartered Psychologist and Principal Lecturer in the School of Psychology, Sport and Health Sciences. I have been lecturing in psychology at the University of Portsmouth since 1995. Prior to that, I was a Research Assistant and doctoral student at the University of Southampton Institute of Sound & Vibration Research. The focus of my PhD work investigated the physical and psychological causes of motion sickness. I also hold an MSc in Information Systems Design and undergraduate degree in Psychology from the University of Portsmouth.

I currently lecture on subjects including Occupational Psychology, Psychological Testing & Assessment, Psychological Research Methods, Survey Design, and Data Analysis to undergraduate and postgraduate psychology students, and to other postgraduate research students in the University. I have also taught specialised applied psychology options in the study of Human Factors and Human-Computer Interaction.

I have a keen interest in student progression after university and the impact that placement learning has on student employability. I have previously introduced different sandwich-year and day-release placements options as part of our undergraduate programmes within the department for students who wish to gain work experience with external organisations during their degree. I have also established a Social Enterprise optional module that allows students to explore how psychology can make a contribution within society through businesses aimed at helping others. I am also a PhD Supervisor, dissertation supervisor and personal tutor to undergraduate and postgraduate psychology students.

Research interests

My research interests lie at the interface of work psychology and health psychology. My main research work explores the social impact of technology on people's health and well-being. I have authored and co-authored academic papers on a range of human factors and work psychology issues including interface design; mediated communication, the effects of social media on body image and mental well-being, online relationships, impression formation and online self-presentation, student employability and placement learning, psychological literacy, age-related effects of technology; visuo-spatial attention and sickness when using virtual displays; and the aetiology of car, air and sea-sickness.