Academic staff
The School of Psychology is a community of over 50 academics and professional clinicians undertaking innovative research and delivering high quality teaching.
Meet the team
Academic leads
Professor Emily Farran
Director of Research; Academic Lead Research Culture and Integrity; Professor in Developmental Psychology
Mary John
Head of Department Psychological Intervention
Dr Harriet Tenenbaum
Director of Learning and Teaching; Reader in Developmental Psychology
Dr Ian Walker
Deputy Head of School of Psychology, Head of Department of Psychological Sciences
Academic staff
Dr Chris Askew
Lecturer in Psychology
Dr Tibor Auer
Research Fellow
Dr Adrian Banks
Senior Lecturer
Dr Thorsten Barnhofer
Professor of Clinical Psychology
Kathryn Bates
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Emma Casey
Teaching Fellow
Dr Tina Cohen
Senior Teaching Fellow
Dr Kathrin Cohen Kadosh
Reader in Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience
Professor Mark Cropley
Professor of Health Psychology
Emma Crouch
Senior Teaching Fellow
Dr Philip Dean
Research Fellow
Dr Bridget Dibb
Senior Lecturer in Health Psychology, Foundation Year Lead, PhD Health Psychology Course Director
Dr Laura Driesen
Senior teaching fellow & programme lead (advanced practice in psychological wellbeing)
Dr Bernadette Egan
Senior Research Fellow/Deputy Director NIHR Research Design Service South-East
Dr Katherine Ellis
Research Fellow
Dr Simon Evans
Lecturer in Neuroscience
Dr Fabio Fasoli
Lecturer in Social Psychology
Dr Emily Fisher
Research Fellow
Dr Hannah Frith
Principal Teaching Fellow
Professor Birgitta Gatersleben
Professor of Environmental Psychology
Dr Judith Gentle
Director of Undergraduate Programme for Psychology
Dr Katie Gilligan-Lee
Lecturer in Developmental Psychology
Dr Kate Gleeson
Research Director, Doctorate in Clinical Psychology
Dr Debbie Gooch
Lecturer in Developmental Psychology
Dr Alexandra Grandison
Senior Lecturer
Dr Francesca Guizzo
Lecturer in Social Psychology
Dr Jessica Guzman
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Dr Sarah Hack
Teaching Fellow
Dr Lucy Hale
Teaching Fellow, Clinical Psychologist
Dr Paul Hanna
Clinical Psychology Research Director
Emma Henderson
Research Fellow
Dr Erica Hepper
Lecturer in Personality/Social Psychology
Dr Charo Hodgkins
Research Fellow
Dr Aife Hopkins-Doyle
Lecturer in Social Psychology
Deborah Howard
Teaching Fellow
Deborah Howard
Teaching Fellow
Dr Catherine Huckle
Teaching Fellow
Dr Jane Iles
Clinical Director, PsychD Clinical Psychology Programme. Senior Teaching Fellow. Clinical Psychologist
Dr Amy Isham
Research Fellow
Circe Jackson
Teaching Fellow
Dr Lewis Jayes
Teaching Fellow
Dr Sarfraz Jeraj
Teaching Fellow
Dr Chrissie Jones
Reader in Clinical Health Psychology
Dr Christopher Jones
Senior Lecturer in Social and Environmental Psychology
Dr Manveer Kaur
Teaching Fellow
Dr Tom Kent
Teaching Fellow
Lucy Longhurst
Teaching Fellow
Dr Melissa Marselle
Lecturer in Environmental Psychology
Dr Oliver Mason
Reader in Clinical Psychology
Dr Emily McDougal
Research Fellow
Dr Lisa Mohebati
Research Fellow
Dr Joanna Moss
Lecturer
Dr Jonathan Nelson
Lecturer in Experimental Cognitive Psychology
Dr Terry Ng-Knight
Lecturer in Personality and Individual Differences
Professor Jane Ogden
Professor of Health Psychology
Professor Bertram Opitz
Professor in Neuroimaging and Cognitive Neuroscience
Adam Ottley-Porter
Teaching Fellow - Advanced Practice in Psychological Wellbeing
Dr Bob Patton
Lecturer in Clinical Psychology & Lead for the Drugs, Alcohol & Addictive Behaviours Research Group
Dr Gemma Perman
Teaching Fellow
Bliss Pidduck
Teaching Fellow Low Intensity Psychological Interventions
Professor Monique Raats
Professor; Director of the Food, Consumer Behaviour and Health Research Centre
Dr Eleanor Ratcliffe
Lecturer in Environmental Psychology
Dr Sophie Russell
Lecturer in Social Psychology
Anna Sagredou
Teaching Fellow
Dr Juha Silvanto
Reader in Neuroscience
Dr Laura Simonds
Senior Teaching Fellow and Academic Director - Clinical Psychology Doctorate
Sian Sinnott
Teaching Fellow A
Dr Kimberley Smith
Senior lecturer in Health Psychology
Dr Mojtaba Soltanlou
Lecturer in Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience
Professor Annette Sterr
Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuropsychology
Dr Lada Timotijevic
Principal Research Fellow
Dr Alessandra Valentini
Teaching Fellow
Dr Ines Violante
Senior Lecturer in Psychological Neuroscience
Dr Anna-Stiina Wallinheimo
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Dr Emma White
Research Fellow in Environmental Psychology
Dr Emma Williams
Lecturer in Developmental Psychology
Visiting staff
Dr Flavia Filimon
Visiting Lecturer
Linda Morison
Visiting Lecturer
Dr David Rose
Visiting Reader
Professor Paul Sowden
Visiting Professor
Professor Annette Sterr
Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuropsychology
Emeritus staff
Professor Martyn Barrett
Emeritus Professor of Psychology
Professor Nick Emler
Emeritus Professor of Psychology
Professor Richard Shepherd
Emeritus Professor of Psychology
Professor David Uzzell
Professor (Emeritus) of Environmental Psychology