Alana James
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Associate Professor
- 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
Beatrice Hayes – 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) Higher Education Psychology Teacher of the Year 2019
Selected publications
Selected pedagogic and public engagement resources:
- Social Scientists in Training – resources for teachers and others to develop research skills in A level Psychology students, ESRC Festival of Social Science, 2017
- Reflections on university transition from a new staff member. Engage in Teaching and Learning Blog, University of Reading, 2017
- Supporting mental health during educational transitions – workshop slides available, Pupil Diversity, South East Research Network for Schools, 2017
- Running and evaluating peer support systems in schools – talk slides and workshop summary available, Literacy & Mental Health in Schools, South East Research Network for Schools, 2016
- How do children learn to form social bonds? The Conversation, 2016
- Using mentoring to support transition into and out of higher education. HEA Blog, 2015