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Department of Psychology

Our research students

Our research students are undertaking a research degree with supervision from at least one Department of Psychology academic.

Research students can also apply for paid roles as Graduate Laboratory Assistants. These roles help them develop their teaching skills, with the support of experienced staff in our department.

Graduate Laboratory Assistants (GLAs)

James Babington

Graduate Laboratory Assistant, Department of Psychology

Graduate Laboratory Assistant, Department of Psychology

Ask me about: Social Media, Internet Studies, Digital Sociology; Web Scraping, Data Mining, Computational Content Analysis; R, STATA, Python (occasionally), MATLAB (occasionally), SPSS (occasionally), SQL (occasionally) Research interests: What Are We Talking About When We Row About Shang-Chi on Social Media? How Networked Individualism Interprets Cultural Differences in Online Film Reviews; Media Manipulation: Common Ways and Effects; Cross-Cultural Factors in the Translation of Films and TV Shows

Graduate Laboratory Assistant, Department of Psychology

Graduate Laboratory Assistant, Department of Psychology

Graduate Laboratory Assistant, Department of Psychology

Ask me about: (Multi)sensory processing.; Neurodevelopmental conditions.; Peripersonal and interpersonal space representations in autism.; Supporting development for babies, toddlers and children.

Maria Escobar Rico

Graduate Laboratory Assistant, Department of Psychology

Domiziana Falaschi

Graduate Laboratory Assistant, Department of Psychology

Graduate Laboratory Assistant, Department of Psychology

Graduate Laboratory Assistant, Department of Psychology

Ask me about: Cognitive reflection; intuitive logic; intuition and deliberation; Dual process theory

Priyasha Khurana

Graduate Laboratory Assistant, Department of Psychology

Graduate Laboratory Assistant, Department of Psychology

Ask me about: Romantic Relationships; Relationship Wellbeing and Maintenance; Childhood Experiences; Emotion

Niharika Madala

Graduate Laboratory Assistant, Department of Psychology

Ask me about: Sense of Agency Research interests: Sense of Agency

Graduate Laboratory Assistant, Department of Psychology

Graduate Laboratory Assistant, Department of Psychology

Graduate Laboratory Assistant, Department of Psychology

Charlotte Roberts

Graduate Laboratory Assistant, Department of Psychology

Graduate Laboratory Assistant, Department of Psychology

Graduate Laboratory Assistant, Department of Psychology

Shashank Singhal

Graduate Laboratory Assistant, Department of Psychology

Graduate Laboratory Assistant, Department of Psychology

Research interests: Menopause

Jamie-Louise Williams

Graduate Laboratory Assistant, Department of Psychology

Research students

Postgraduate Research Student, Department of Psychology

Postgraduate Research Student, Department of Psychology

Postgraduate Research Student, Department of Psychology

James Babington

Postgraduate Research Student, Department of Psychology

Postgraduate Research Student, Department of Psychology

Postgraduate Research Student, Department of Psychology

Postgraduate Research Student, Department of Psychology

Postgraduate Research Student, Department of Psychology

Camila Bottger Garcia Godos

Postgraduate Research Student, Department of Psychology

Postgraduate Research Student, Department of Psychology

Postgraduate Research Student, Department of Psychology

Postgraduate Research Student, Department of Psychology

Postgraduate Research Student, Department of Psychology

Postgraduate Research Student, Department of Psychology

Postgraduate Research Student, Department of Psychology

Ask me about: Neurodiversity; Emotional Regulation

Postgraduate Research Student, Department of Psychology

Ask me about: (Multi)sensory processing.; Neurodevelopmental conditions.; Peripersonal and interpersonal space representations in autism.; Supporting development for babies, toddlers and children.

Postgraduate Research Student, Department of Psychology

Stephanie Dunaieff

Postgraduate Research Student, Department of Psychology

Maria Escobar Rico

Postgraduate Research Student, Department of Psychology

Domiziana Falaschi

Postgraduate Research Student, Department of Psychology

Postgraduate Research Student, Department of Psychology

Postgraduate Research Student, Department of Psychology

Ask me about: Cognitive reflection; intuitive logic; intuition and deliberation; Dual process theory

Postgraduate Research Student, Department of Psychology

Ask me about: Dyspraxia and Reading Comprehension Research interests: Neuroimaging of Reading Comprehension

Chelsea Harmsworth

Postgraduate Research Student, Department of Psychology

Research interests: How teachers communicate through voice with students with ADHD

Postgraduate Research Student, Department of Psychology

Postgraduate Research Student, Department of Psychology

Amy Hollingworth

Postgraduate Research Student, Department of Psychology

Francis Idiaghe

Postgraduate Research Student, Department of Psychology

Postgraduate Research Student, Department of Psychology

Postgraduate Research Student, Department of Psychology

Postgraduate Research Student, Department of Psychology

Postgraduate Research Student, Department of Psychology

Ask me about: Romantic Relationships; Relationship Wellbeing and Maintenance; Childhood Experiences; Emotion

Niharika Madala

Postgraduate Research Student, Department of Psychology

Ask me about: Sense of Agency Research interests: Sense of Agency

Postgraduate Research Student, Department of Psychology

Postgraduate Research Student, Department of Psychology

Postgraduate Research Student, Department of Psychology

Postgraduate Research Student, Department of Psychology

Postgraduate Research Student, Department of Psychology

Richard Philpot

Postgraduate Research Student, Department of Psychology

Postgraduate Research Student, Department of Psychology

Charlotte Roberts

Postgraduate Research Student, Department of Psychology

Sophia Scarpellini

Postgraduate Research Student, Department of Psychology

Postgraduate Research Student, Department of Psychology

Postgraduate Research Student, Department of Psychology

Siti Aisyah Shamshun Baharin

Postgraduate Research Student, Department of Psychology

Ask me about: prosody, disclosure, tone of voice, social-emotional learning (SEL)

Shashank Singhal

Postgraduate Research Student, Department of Psychology

Postgraduate Research Student, Department of Psychology

Postgraduate Research Student, Department of Psychology

Postgraduate Research Student, Department of Psychology

Research interests: Menopause

Megan-Ann Thornhill

Postgraduate Research Student, Department of Psychology

Postgraduate Research Student, Department of Psychology

Penelope Verrier

Postgraduate Research Student, Department of Psychology

Jamie-Louise Williams

Postgraduate Research Student, Department of Psychology

Postgraduate Research Student, Department of Psychology

Ask me about: Midwifery ; Birth Trauma; Child Development ; Regulation of Health and Social Care; Breastfeeding ; Health Visiting ; Perinatal Mental Health ; Children and Adult Safeguarding ; Infant Neurobiological Development; Public Health and Health Promotion ; Adult Mental Health

Amirhossein Zandi

Postgraduate Research Student, Department of Psychology

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