Psychology staff
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Ruth Roberts
Course Lead for BSc Psychology and Counselling
Ruth Roberts is passionate about Higher Education and lifelong learning. She has worked in a variety of roles in Higher Education including in academic policy, as a university counsellor and as a lecturer.
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Dr Paraic Scanlon
Senior Lecturer in Development Psychology, Course Director Foundation in Psychology
Dr Paraic Scanlon entered the world of academia through his interest in cognitive development, how the brain grows and changes, and the impact that ageing has on that process. Paraic completed his PhD at the National University of Ireland, Maynooth, in 2010 and has worked at UCL and now BCU as a researcher and lecturer.
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Dr Rebecca Semmens-Wheeler
Senior Lecturer
Rebecca Semmens-Wheeler joined BCU’s Psychology department in 2016 and is co-Course Director for the BPS accredited MSc in Psychology.
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Amy-Louise Simkiss
Psychology Technical Manager
Amy-Louise graduated from Psychology and completed her Masters in Applied Research at Staffordshire University. Whilst still very early on in her 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 Lecturer in Psychology and a Chartered psychologist with expertise in social identity, social interaction and intergroup relations. Vasilena completed her PhD in social psychology at Queen’s University Belfast in 2022. Vasilena’s current projects investigate social issues such as stereotyping and...
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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 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’s research interests focus on children’s 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...