Psychology Staff

69 items found, viewing items 1 to 10.

  • Dr Keeley Abbott

    Senior Lecturer in Applied Psychology, Athena SWAN Lead

    Dr Keeley Abbott  career to date has been characterised by an interest and awareness around issues related to equality, diversity and inclusivity. This is based on her research focus related to sexualities, sexual health and sex education.

  • Dr Athfar Akhtar

    Senior Lecturer in Applied Psychology

    Prior to coming to BCU, Athfah Akhtar was a researcher working alongside clinicians in primary and secondary mental health services for 7 years. Her PhD was on an area within occupational psychology, specifically well-being in Trainee Teachers.

  • Dr Silvio Aldrovandi

    Senior Lecturer in Psychology, Research Director (Centre for Applied Psychological research)

    Dr Silvio Aldrovandi graduated in Psychology at the University of Bologna (Italy). Prior to joining the Department of Psychology at Birmingham City University in 2013, Dr Aldrovandi completed a PhD in experimental psychology at City University London and then spent three years at the University of Warwick as a post-doctoral...

  • Dr Nkansah Anakwah

    Lecturer in Forensic Psychology

    Dr Anakwah is a lecturer in forensic psychology with specialty in legal psychology. He completed a Dual Award Ph.D. in legal Psychology at the University of Portsmouth and Maastricht University, as part of the Erasmus Mundus Joint Doctorate programme, The House of Legal Psychology.

  • Dr Anusnighda

    Lecturer in Psychology

    Anusnigdha is a psychoanalytically oriented researcher with a socio-constructivist perspective, focusing on the interdisciplinary nature of understanding development. Specifically, Anusnigdha’s research interests include: (a) the socio-cultural influences on child and adolescent development, with an emphasis on sexuality and...

  • Dr Ivana Babicova

    Lecturer in Psychology

    Dr  Ivana Babicova is a lecturer in Psychology, with particular interests in dementia, observational pain assessment, wellbeing and positive psychology.

  • Dr Elle Boag

    Associate Professor in Applied Social Psychology / Teaching, Learning and Quality Lead

    Dr Elle Boag  returned from industry to academia as a mature student due to a diagnosis of MS. She studied at the University of Southampton and gained her BSc., MSc., and PhD. in Social Psychology.

  • Dr Emma Bridger

    Senior Research Fellow in Psychology

    Emma is an established cognitive researcher with extensive publications in the use of electrophysiology to inform models of long-term memory.

  • Fiona Brook

    Lecturer in Counselling

    Fiona is the Deputy Course Lead for the BSc Psychology and Counselling programme. She is a BACP registered and UKCP accredited psychotherapist/counsellor. She has been in practice since 2017 and has worked as a lecturer in counselling since 2021. Alongside her work as a lecturer at BCU Fiona also runs her own private...

  • Professor Michael Brookes OBE

    MSc Forensic Psychology Programme Director

    Professor Michael Brookes was formerly Director of Therapeutic Communities at HMP Grendon where for eleven years he was the clinical lead within this accredited therapeutic community prison.

69 items found, viewing items 1 to 10.