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Teaching and Research Staff

Academic staff in the Department of Psychology carry out a range of duties. All of our academic staff actively engage in research. A number also teach in the department, and supervise research students. The Department's research only staff members may be available to supervise research students, but are not involved with course-work teaching.

 

Teaching & Research Academic Staff
For telephone and room details see the phone list	Position	Email
Dr Boris BIZUMIC	Lecturer	Boris.Bizumic@anu.edu.au
Key Interests: Personality, self-categorization theory, ethnocentrism, narcissism, intergroup relations, prejudice, authoritarianism
Dr Jay BRINKER	Lecturer	Jay.Brinker@anu.edu.au
Key Interests : Geriatric psychology, developmental theories of aging, late life depression and depression in the general population, cognitive factors in depression, specifically rumination.
Dr Phillipa BUTCHER	Lecturer	Phillipa.Butcher@anu.edu.au
Key Interests : Developmental neuropsychology, developmental disabilities, plasticity
Professor Don BYRNE	Professor, Head of Department	Don.Byrne@anu.edu.au
Key Interests : Health and cllnical psychology including stress; adolescence; smoking; stress; Type A behaviour; cancer; coping, child health
Dr Mark EDWARDS	Associate Professor [Honours Convenor]	Mark.Edwards@anu.edu.au
Key Interests : Perception including motion perception; stereoscopic depth perception
Dr Bernd HEUBECK	Senior Lecturer	Bernd.Heubeck@anu.edu.au
Key Interests : Clinical child & family psychology, school psychology, psychological therapy, parent training, psychological assessment, program evaluation
Dr Brendan O'BRIEN	Lecturer	B.OBrien@anu.edu.au
Key Interests : Visual Neuroscience
Dr Richard O'KEARNEY	Associate Professor	Richard.OKearney@anu.edu.au
Key Interests : Clinical psychology including language and psychopathology; emotion regulation; anxiety disorders
Dr Romina PALERMO	Lecturer	Romina.Palermo@anu.edu.au
Key Interests : Cognitive psychology including face and object recognition; emotion; attention; memory.
Dr Kristen PAMMER	Senior Lecturer [Undergraduate Advisor]	Kristen.Pammer@anu.edu.au
Key Interests : Cognitive neuroscience including reading; dyslexia; attention; neuroimaging
Dr Michael PLATOW	Associate Professor	Michael.Platow@anu.edu.au
Key Interests : Social psychology including fairness, marginalizing racism, social influence, leadership, group-based trust, helping
Dr Elizabeth RIEGER	Senior Lecturer [Clinical Program Director]	Elizabeth.Rieger@anu.edu.au
Key Interests : Eating disorders, obesity, body image, psychological interventions (including cognitive behavioural therapy, motivational enhancement therapy and interpersonal psychotherapy)
Professor Mike SMITHSON	Professor [Deputy HoD & Graduate Program Convenor]	Michael.Smithson@anu.edu.au
Key Interests : Decision science including uncertainty; risk; social dilemmas; fuzzy logic; statistical methods
Dr Dirk VAN ROOY	Lecturer	Dirk.VanRooy@anu.edu.au
Key Interests : Connectionist modeling of psychological processes, social psychology, and in particular the cognitive processes underlying stereotyping, social categorization and development of socially shared knowledge; the role of socially shared knowledge within organizations.
Dr Ross WILKINSON	Senior Lecturer	Ross.Wilkinson@anu.edu.au
Key Interests : Clinical psychology; interpersonal relationships; adult and adolescent attachment; psychological well-being and adjustment
Research Academic Staff
For telephone and room details see the phone list	Position	Email
Dr Luisa BATALHA	Post Doctoral Fellow	Luisa.Batalha@anu.edu.au
Key interests: Social psychology in particular social identity and self-categorization. Issues related to self-categorization and personality and how these interplay in explaining prejudice.
Dr Carlos CASSANELLO	Post Doctoral Fellow	Carlos.Cassanello@anu.edu.au
Dr Diana GRACE	Post Doctoral Fellow	Diana.Grace@anu.edu.au
Key Interests : Social-developmental psychology including gender development, social influence, categorization processes and marginalizing racism.
Dr Elinor McKONE	QEII Discovery Fellow	Elinor.McKone@anu.edu.au
Key Interests : Cognitive psychology including face and object recognition; memory
Dr Kate REYNOLDS	Australian Research Fellow	Katherine.Reynolds@anu.edu.au
Key Interests : Social psychology including stereotyping and prejudice; the interface of social and organizational psychology; self-categorization and personal identity
Dr Emina SUBASIC	Post Doctoral Fellow	Emina.Subasic@anu.edu.au
Key Interests: Social identity and self-categorization processes in: social change and political solidarity; social influence, power, leadership and prejudice; individuality and personality
Research General Staff
For telephone and room details see the phone list	Position	Email
Ms Carolyn NEWBIGIN	Research Assistant	Carolyn.Newbigin@anu.edu.au
Ms Lisa OLIVE	Research Assistant	Lisa.Olive@anu.edu.au
Psychology Clinic Staff
For telephone and room details see the phone list	Position	Email
Ms Antoinette HARMER	Clinical Placement Supervisor	Antoinette.Harmer@anu.edu.au
Mr Salih OZGUL	Clinic Manager	Salih.Ozgul@anu.edu.au
Key Interests : Anxiety disorders, grief and bereavement, depression, body dysmorphic disorder, trichotillomania, shame and guilt, primary care