I am the Course Director of the Bachelor of Psychology degree at Macquarie University, a role I have been in since 2020. My teaching is mostly focused on research methods and statistics, teaching into first-, second-, and third-year design and statistics units in Psychology. I have also been Course Director for the Bachelor of Psychology (OUA) degree at Macquarie University, from 2018 - 2023.

In my Teaching and Leadership roles at Macquarie University, I have led curriculum design, both at a unit-level and a whole-of-degree level. I am passionate about teaching, and about psychology.

My PhD work focused on emotion regulation, emotional intelligence and stress; investigating how personality traits (like emotional intelligence) are related to emotion regulation strategies (like cognitive reappraisal) in order to help individuals cope with life stress. Post-PhD, I have applied this work to the context of health conditions, particularly gastrointestinal conditions. I am particularly interested in the role of psychological processes (cognitions, emotions, and behaviours) in the development, maintenance, and treatment of functional gastrointestinal disorders. I have a particular interest in using novel methods, such as ecological momentary assessment, to answer these sorts of questions.

In addition, I have a keen interest in Educational Psychology, particularly in factors driving student success in higher education, including self-efficacy, engagement, motivation, and resilience.

I regularly supervise honours, Masters and PhD students in psychology, in the areas of: psychological measurement and methods; chronic pain and functional gastrointestinal conditions; stress, wellbeing, resilience and emotion regulation; educational psychology; and personality and positive psychology.

Most of my teaching is focused on statistics and research methods. I also lecture in health psychology. I love using humour and making teaching content accessible to students, meaning memes feature heavily in my lectures, particularly statistics memes and cartoons, and have won Faculty- and University-level teaching awards.

The units I teach into are:

• STAT/STAX1103 Introduction to Psychological Design and Statistics
• PSYU/PSYX1102 Introduction to Psychology II ( Health Psychology)
• PSYU/PSYX2222 Psychological Health and Wellbeing
• PSYU/PSYX2248 Design and Statistics II
• PSYU3349 Design and Statistics III
• PSYU3351 Research Methods in Psychology

I have led the review, reaccreditation, and redesign of the Bachelor of Psychology degree from 2022-2023, rolling out the new Course structure in 2024. Prior to that, I led the design and delivery of the Bachelor of Psychology via Open Universities Australia (OUA) from 2018-2023. In 2023, I was awarded Senior Fellowship of the Advance Higher Education Academy (SFHEA).

I am involved in a number of teaching-related service roles within the School and Faculty. For example, I am a member of the School of Psychological Sciences (SoPS) Educational Leadership Committee; and the Faculty of Medicine, Health, and Human Sciences (FMHHS) Curriculum Quality and Standards Subcommittee; FMHHS Faculty Board; FMHHS Promotions Committee; SoPS Web Engagement Committee. 

I serve as a reviewer for journals such as Journal of Personality and Individual Differences, Journal of Personality Assessment, and Annals of Behavioral Medicine. 

I am a proud member of MQ's Ally Network and the MQ node of Academics for Refugees.