Dr Deborah Earnshaw

• Qualitative research methods – interviews, focus groups, photovoice
• Qualitative analyses – Phenomenology (Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis, Descriptive Phenomenological Psychology and Hermeneutic Phenomenology) and Thematic Analysis
• Gender, identity and representation
• Psychological education
• Parapsychological topics, especially mediumship and apparitional experiences

• Psychology BSc. (Hons) undergraduate degree (2009-2012)
• Master of Research degree in Psychology (2013-2015)
• Doctor of Philosophy in Psychology (2015-2018)
• PGCert (2018-2019)

• BSc (Hons) Psychology (and sister courses)

• Gavin May (Director of Studies) Police Interventions in Intimate Partner Violence Scenarios: The Role of Orientation and Perceived Femininity - current
• Kyle Bridgman-Lewis (Director of Studies) The Blurred Lines of Coercive Control – current
• Laura Gee (Director of Studies) Exploring Gay and Lesbian Gender Inverted Stereotypes and Acceptance Levels in the UK: A Mixed Method Study – completed 2025
• Elizabeth Whiting (Director of Studies) Breathing Space: A Mixed Methods Exploration into the Use and Meaning of Breath in Psychotherapy – completed 2025

• Earnshaw, D., & Thompson, J. (2026). Navigating belief and scepticism: A qualitative exploration of mediumship engagement in the UK. Australian Journal of Parapsychology, 26(1), 47-63.
• Earnshaw, D., Parker, S. & Brookfield. C. (2026). Research Methods in Psychology: An Essential Guide. SAGE: https://uk.sagepub.com/en-gb/eur/research-methods-in-psychology/book288047
• Parker, S., & Earnshaw, D., (2025). Final year undergraduate students’ experiences of completing a qualitative psychology dissertation: Implications for teaching and practice. Psychology Teaching Review, https://doi.org/10.53841/bpsptr.2025.31.1.20
• Earnshaw, D., & Harrison, N. (2024). An exploration of a mentoring programme for at-risk adolescents in the West Midlands, UK. Mentoring & Tutoring: Partnership in Learning, 1–15. https://doi.org/10.1080/13611267.2024.2396468
• Abbott, K., Earnshaw, D., Eadon, S. & Hanlon, O. (2024). ‘It's a much bigger deal than people think’: UK undergraduate University students’ discussions around sexual consent. International Journal of Educational Research, 127, 102392. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijer.2024.102392
• Parker, S., Earnshaw, D., Penn, E. & Kumari, R. (2023). Uncertain futures: perceptions of refugees in a story completion task, Qualitative Research Journal, 23(5), 545-556 https://doi.org/10.1108/QRJ-11-2022-0145
• Parker, S., Bennett, S., Cobden, C.M. & Earnshaw, D. (2021). ‘It’s time we invested in stronger borders’: media representations of refugees crossing the English Channel by boat. Critical Discourse Studies. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/17405904.2021.1920998
• Abbott, K. & Earnshaw, D. (2020). Double the challenge: Reflections on supervising qualitative and critical dissertation projects. Psychology Teaching Review, 26 (1)
• Earnshaw, D. (2016). [Review of the book Gender and Social Hierarchies: Perspectives from Social Psychology, by K. Faniko, F. Lorenzi-Cioldi, O. Sarrasin & E. Mayor]. Social Psychology Review, 18 (2)

Conferences

• Earnshaw, D. & Babicova, I. (June, 2025). Exploring the impact of secondary traumatic stress on student-facing Higher Education staff. 2025 Qualitative Methods in Psychology
• Earnshaw, D. (June, 2015). Masculinity and Qualitative Methods. 2015 Male Psychology Conference
• Earnshaw, D. (April, 2016). “Man, I’m pretty!”: Western media representations of men from the 1980s to now. 2016 Postgraduate Research Conference
• Earnshaw, D. (August, 2016). Men and their masculinity; a phenomenological study of British men aged 25 – 35 years old. 2016 British Psychological Society’s Social Psychology Section Annual Conference
• Earnshaw, D. (December, 2016). Men and their masculinity: a phenomenological study of British men aged 25 – 35 years old. Invited symposium talk at 2016 Political Masculinities as Agents of Change: Interdisciplinary Conference
• Earnshaw, D. (September, 2018). Men and their masculinity: a phenomenological study of British men aged 25 – 35 years old. 2018 British Psychological Society’s Midlands Branch First Annual Conference

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