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Alana James

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  • School Director of Academic Tutoring
  • School Director of Teaching and Learning.

Areas of interest

Social-development and educational psychology, particularly:

  • bullying
  • peer mentoring systems in schools and universities
  • student welfare and the transition into university
  • outreach with schools and colleges
  • parenting interventions.

Postgraduate supervision

 â€“ Children's understanding of the risks associated with social networking site use: online self-disclosure and impact on children's social-emotional wellbeing.

Teaching

  • Research methods
  • Developmental psychology.

Research centres and groups

Psychopathology and Affective Neuroscience

Academic qualifications

  • MA (Edinburgh)
  • MSc (York)
  • PhD (London)
  • Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy

Awards and honours

British Psychological Society Division of Academics, Researchers & Teachers in Psychology (BPS DARTP)/Oxford University Press (OUP) 

Selected publications

Selected pedagogic and public engagement resources:

  •  – resources for teachers and others to develop research skills in A level Psychology students, ESRC Festival of Social Science, 2017
  •  Engage in Teaching and Learning Blog, °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±¼Ç¼, 2017
  •  – workshop slides available, Pupil Diversity, South East Research Network for Schools, 2017
  •  – talk slides and workshop summary available, Literacy & Mental Health in Schools, South East Research Network for Schools, 2016
  •  The Conversation, 2016
  •  HEA Blog, 2015

Publications

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