Psychology

Since joining Roehampton in 2020, I have taught on a range of modules on our BSc Psychology course, as well as our MSc Psychology (Conversion) and MSc Applied Cognitive Neuroscience programmes. These have been modules focused predominantly on cognitive neuropsychology and research methods. I also supervise a range of student research projects using different methods, including cognitive measures of behaviour in the lab, neuropsychological measures such as EEG and MRI, and the development of novel self-report questionnaires. My research explores how attention is influenced by our current goals, and how this can explain patterns of behaviour seen in conditions such as anxiety and addiction.

I’m Paul Dickerson, I’m a Principal Teaching Fellow and I started at Roehampton way back in 1991! Even though I have been at the University for nearly 30 years each year still feels fresh. I teach across multiple modules and programmes with a particular interest in qualitative research and social psychology and I want to enthuse everyone about this amazing subject. I love sharing my passion for psychology in all of my teaching and writing and – but don’t tell anyone – I do sometimes share a song I have written for the students that I teach. I have a particular interest in helping you to reach your full potential and I run weekly lunchtime sessions to help with this – use this link https://study.sagepub.com/psychologybrilliantessays to find out about the sorts of things covered. I hope that I will have the opportunity to help you enjoy this wonderful subject as much as I have.

Hi, I'm Piril! I've been at Roehampton since 2021 and I contribute to BSc Psychology and MSc Applied Cognitive Neuroscience courses. I specialise in biological/health psychology and cognitive neuroscience. My research focuses on:

1. Understanding affective and cognitive impairments (as well as their neural and biological manifestations) associated with poor mental health (e.g., anxiety, stress, etc.) and lifestyle factors (e.g., poor diet, poor sleep, etc.)
2. Improving these impairments by using non-pharmacological (e.g., dietary) approaches.

I'm Lottie and I'm the Programme Convenor of our BSc Psychology. What's most enjoyable about this degree for me is the opportunity to think and talk about psychology and how it relates to real-world concerns and contemporary issues. I love the seminar discussions and workshop activities. My own interests in Psychology are varied, but my research of late focuses on the prejudice towards Gypsies and Travellers and therapeutic discourse, specifically how depression is constructed in therapy.

Hi, I am Marco! I have been at Roehampton since 2015. I graduated in Experimental Psychology at the University of Padua (Italy). I then obtained a PhD in Neuroscience at the University of Verona (Italy) and undertook a two-year post-doctoral fellowship at the Centre for Mind/Brain Sciences (University of Trento, Italy) and spent five-years as a research fellow at the National Institutes of Health (USA), the largest biomedical research agency in the world.

The focus of my research is interventions to enhance memory in aging and reduce the frequency of intrusive memories of trauma using the combination of neuroimaging and non-invasive brain stimulation.

I am primarily involved in the teaching of research methods and statistics and cognitive neuroscience. I am the module convenor for the second year undergraduate module “Psychological Research: Design, Analysis and Impact” and “Use of Cognitive Neuroscience Techniques” for the master in Applied Cognitive Neuroscience

I'm an Associate Professor in Biopsychology, a Chartered Psychologist, Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society, and Registered Nutritionist, in the School of Psychology.

After a BSc in Psychology and Physiology at the University of London, and a PhD and post-doc at the School of Psychology, University of Birmingham on biopsychological influences on food choice and appetite, I held research posts at the Institutes of Neurology and Psychiatry, and UCL. I am currently President of the Food and Health Forum, Royal Society of Medicine.

My research, supported by national and international funding from governments, industry, academia and charities, aims to understand processes controlling people's habitual diet, and their interactions with stress, health, cognitive and emotional well-being; I have authored over 130 publications. I teach across many areas of psychology at all UG and PG levels, especially biological and health psychology, and supervise UG, MSc and PhD/PsychD students in their research dissertations.

I'm Rebecca and I teach across our postgraduate, professional training and undergraduate programmes.

I teach on the BPS accredited MSc Forensic Psychology and am the Module Convener of Forensic Mental Health and The Criminal Justice Framework. Additionally, I have a substantive teaching role on the Assessment and Consultancy module on the programme. I deliver further teaching and tutorial support across the School of Psychology, including the Research Practice and Portfolio module for our MA Psychological Practice and the Criminal and Forensic Psychology module on our BSc Psychology.

I am particularly interested in practice, evaluation and policy development which are informed, essentially, by service user needs. My research to date has explored the gendered nature of women's offending and desistance, within the context of violence and abuse. Further to this, I have developed research interests in trauma resilience, risk, and also development of practice and policy in relation to practitioner resilience. This relates particularly to working with mental health vulnerabilities within the criminal justice system. These areas have been incorporated within my teaching and supervisory roles.

I am a Director of Studies and also co-supervisor for professional doctorates in Forensic Psychology and Counselling Psychology. I also supervise Masters and undergraduate projects. I have a PhD in Psychology from Durham University, School of Applied Social Sciences and Health (2016).

I obtained my BSc and MSc in Psychology from University of Padua, Italy (2000), and received my Ph.D. in Neuroscience from the University of Verona, Italy (2006).

I was a postdoctoral research fellow at the Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience (ICN), University College London (2006-2007), and then a Lecturer in Psychology at the University of Leicester (2007-2016), before being appointed to the University of Roehampton London in 2016 as a Senior Lecturer in Psychology.

My current research explores the neural mechanisms underlying attentional control processes using electroencephalography (EEG) and Transcranial Magnetic stimulation (TMS) techniques. I am also conducting translational research in cognitive and educational psychology, studying the association between individual differences in executive function (EF) skills and academic achievement in adolescence. I teach techniques in cognitive neuroscience to MSc Applied Cognitive Neuroscience students and research methods, statistics and neuropsychology to BSc Psychology students.

Maria has a BSc in Psychology from the University of Roehampton, as well as MSc in Psychiatric Research, and a PhD in Clinical Neuroscience from the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience (KCL).

Maria is Head of Year 1 for BSc Psychology, and teach across all the BSc Psychology programmes in topics of developmental psychology, neurodevelopmental disorders, and some educational and clinical psychology. She also contributes to to the MSc Applied Cognitive Neuroscience, with a specialty in structural MRI and analysis.

Maria is also conducting her own research at the university, primarily in 22q11.2 deletions syndrome, autism and mental health.