Psychology staff
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Dr Rebecca Semmens-Wheeler
Senior Lecturer
Rebecca Semmens-Wheeler聽 joined BCU鈥檚 Psychology department in 2016 and is co-Course Director for the BPS accredited MSc in Psychology.聽
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Amy-Louise Simkiss
Psychology Technical Manager
Amy-Louise聽 graduated from Psychology and completed her Masters in Applied Research at Staffordshire University.聽Whilst still very early on in聽 her 聽career within Psychology, she has previously worked with other institutions such as University of Leeds, Keele University and Staffordshire University on research projects .
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Dr Vasilena Stefanova
Lecturer in Psychology
Dr Vasilena Stefanova is a social psychologist with an interest in social identity, the psychology of gender and social interaction. Vasilena completed her PhD in Social Psychology at Queen's University Belfast in 2022. Vasilena also holds a MSc in Research Methods of Psychological Science and a BSc in Psychology from the...
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Dr Angel Tan
Lecturer in Psychology
Angel Tan is interested in the teaching and learning of statistics and critical thinking as two of the most valuable skills among university graduates.
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Dr Aris Terzopoulos
Lecturer in Psychology
Aris Terzopoulos started his career working with children in primary education and assessing and supporting children with special needs. In order to improve his impact on students he completed in 2009 an MA degree in Literacy Development at the Institute and Education in London.
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Kellie Thursfield
Assistant Lecturer
Kellie T hursfield 聽is an accredited child and adolescent psychotherapist working as an associate psychotherapist with the MET school academy trust in Worcestershire. Kellie completed her training at Newman University in early 2021.
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Dr Deborah Wallis
Reader in Psychology
Dr Deborah Wallis joined BCU in September 2018 as a Senior Lecturer in Psychology after 14 years at other academic institutions.
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Dr Natalie Walsh
Lecturer
Natalie鈥檚 research interests focus on children鈥檚 reading development, with her doctoral research including topics such as word type reading, emerging reading difficulties and the impact of synthetic phonics teaching. She is interested in how children make the transition from novel readers to skilled adult readers and the...
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Dr Greg Westerman-Hughes
Course Lead for BSc Psychology and Counselling
Dr Greg聽Westerman-Hughes聽 聽research focus and interest are on Addiction, specifically Behavioral addictions such as Gaming disorder and Gambling disorder. This also includes aspects of Clinical, Social and Individual psychology.
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Dr Rebecca Wheeler-Mundy
Senior Lecturer in Psychology
Becky聽 research focuses on how psychology (particularly cognitive and social psychological principles) can be applied to real life issues. This work often focuses on eyewitness memory or investigative interviewing, but is also of value in other applied contexts (e.g. education).