Our people in the Department of Psychology
Head of Department
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Professor David Bilkey BA(Hons) PhD(Otago) |
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Norma Bartlett (HoD’s secretary) |
Academic Staff
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Professor Cliff Abraham BA(Virg) PhD(Flor) FRSNZ Neural mechanisms of learning and memory, cellular and molecular events underlying nervous system plasticity and Alzheimer’s disease. |
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Dr Brent Alsop MSc PhD(Auck) |
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Professor David Bilkey BA(Hons) PhD(Otago) |
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Professor Mike Colombo BA(Colorado) MS PhD(Rutgers) |
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Dr Tamlin Conner BA(Colorado) PhD(Boston College) Emotional and physical well-being, implicit social cognition, genetics, computerised experience sampling methods. |
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Professor Liz Franz BA(Whittier) MSc PhD(Purdue) Planning, attention, and memory processes of complex actions in neurologically-normal and impaired individuals, with a specific focus on bimanual skills. |
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Professor Jamin Halberstadt BA(Swarth) PhD(Indiana) Interaction of emotion and cognition, intuition and reasoning in decision making, social cognition. |
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Professor Harlene Hayne ONZM BA(Colorado) MS PhD(Rutgers) FRSNZ
Memory development in infants and children, childhood amnesia, the development of children’s drawing skills, interviewing children in clinical and legal contexts, risk-taking by adolescents. |
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Dr Dione Healey BA(Hons) MSc PhD DipClinPsych(Cant) Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, temperament and psychopathology, neuropsychological development in childhood. |
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Dr Kristin Hillman BSc PhD(North Dakota) Neural Basis of Effortful Behaviour, Neuroscience, decision-making, goal –directed behaviour, cost-benefit decision, effort expenditure, motivation, anterior cingulate cortex, prefrontal cortex, ambition, neuropharmacology |
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Dr Jackie Hunter BSc DPhil(Ulster) Social identity, self-esteem, prejudice, intergroup relations. |
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Professor Bob Knight MA PhD DipClinPsych(Cant) FNZPsS Prospective remembering, the development of assessment procedures for clinical practice, memory, and ageing. |
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Dr Richard Linscott BSc(Hons) PhD GDipCIPs(Otago) Schizophrenia and risk for psychosis; ethics and informed consent; taxometrics. |
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Dr Liana Machado BA(UCLA) PhD(UCDavis) Neuropsychology, visual attention, automaticity, and control. |
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Professor Neil McNaughton MA(Oxf) PhD(S'ton) The neural basis of anxiety and its disorders; the Reinforcement Sensitivity Theory of human personality; neuroeconomics; the contribution of theta rhythm to these various aspects of mental processing. |
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Professor Jeff Miller BA(Ohio State) PhD(Mich) FRSNZ Cognitive psychology and psychophysiology, visual perception and attention, mathematical and statistical models and methods. |
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Dr Tamar Murachver BA(Calif State) MA PhD(UCSD)
Social use of language, relation between language and thought, development of social understanding. |
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Dr Janice Murray BSc(Dal) MA PhD(Wat) Visual cognition, face and object recognition, face perception and aging, visual attention. |
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Associate Professor David O’Hare BA PhD(Exe) Cognitive ergonomics, human factors, aviation psychology, expertise and decision-making. |
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Professor Elaine Reese BA(Trin Texas) MA PhD(Emory)
Research interests: autobiographical memory development; language and literacy development; social influences on cognitive development. |
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Professor Ted Ruffman BA(York Can) MEd PhD(Tor) Social understanding in infants, children, older adults, and dogs. |
| Dr Damian Scarf BSc PhD(Otago) Comparative animal cognition; eg, testing the ability of pigeons to learn novel sequences and solve problems. Developmental psychology; eg, testing the ability of 3- and 4-year-old children to plan for the future and delay gratification. |
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Dr Elizabeth Schaughency BS(Pittsburgh) MS PhD(Georgia) How to promote evidence-based practices and decision-making to bridge the research-to-practice gap in professional practice with children. |
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Dr Mele Taumoepeau BA(Well) BSc(Hons) QM Edin) PhD(Otago) Children’s social understanding, parent-child conversations about mental states, culture and social understanding |
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Dr Gareth Treharne BSc(Hons) PhD(Birm) The experience of chronic illness. Treatment decisions and adherence to medications and lifestyle advice. Social constructions of health, illness and identity. Reflexivity and research methods. |
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Professor Geoff White ONZM BSc PhD(Otago) FNZPsS FAPS FABAI FRSNZ Memory and discrimination animals; human memory; impulsivity. |
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Dr Rachel Zajac BSc BA(Hons) PhD PGDipCIPs(Otago) Psychology and the law, eyewitness testimony, legal/investigative procedures for witnesses. |
Emeritus Professor |
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Emeritus Professor James Flynn MA PhD(Chicago) HonDSc(Otago) FRSNZ Emeritus Professor, Joint Department of Politics |
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Adjunct Lecturer |
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Dr Dannette Marie BSc BA(Hons) PhD(Cant) Email dmarie@otago.ac.nz |
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Brian Dixon BSc PGDipSci MSc DipCIPs(Otago) FNZPsS Tel (479) 7625 Email brian@psy.otago.ac.nz |
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Joanna Prince BSc MSc PGDipCIPs(Otago) Tel (479) 4229 Email jprince@psy.otago.ac.nz |
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Ione Wooles BA MA DipClinPsych(Cant) Tel (479) 9015 Email ione@psy.otago.ac.nz |
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Philippa Youard BSc(Hons) MSc PGDipCIPs(Otago) Tel (479)4227 Email philippa@psy.otago.ac.nz |
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Teaching Fellows |
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Sabrina Goh BA(Hons)(Otago) 200-Level Teaching Fellow Tel (479) 5883 Email sabrina@psy.otago.ac.nz |
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Dr Celia Lie BSc(Hons) PhD(Otago) 100-Level Teaching Fellow Tel (479) 3765 Email celia@psy.otago.ac.nz |
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Dr Ann Reynolds BA(Massey) MA PhD(Otago) 200-Level Teaching Fellow Tel (479) 7646 Email ann@psy.otago.ac.nz |
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Research Fellows |
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Dr Andrew Clarkson BSc PGDipSci PhD(Otago) |
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| Dr Julien Gross BSc PGDipSci MSc PhD(Otago) Tel (479) 8843 Email jules@psy.otago.ac.nz |
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Dr Bruce Mockett BSc DipSci PhD(Massey) Tel (479) 3474 Email mockettb@psy.otago.ac.nz |
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| Dr Tess Patterson BA PGDipArts PhD(Otago) Tel 474 0999 ext 7362 Email tess.patterson@otago.ac.nz |
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Dr Damian Scarf BSc PhD(Otago) Tel (479) 7636 Email damian@psy.otago.ac.nz |
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Postdoctoral Fellows |
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Dr Fiona Jack BA PGDipArts PhD(Otago) |
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Dr Helena McAnally BSC MSc PhD(Otago) Tel (479) 9426 Email helena.mcanally@otago.ac.nz |
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Dr Phoebe Neo BA(NUSingapore) DipGrad PGDipSci PhD(Otago) Tel (479) 5835 Email phoebe@psy.otago.ac.nz |
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| Dr Ming Ruan MBBS(Hubei) PhD(Otago) Tel (479) 7621 Email ming.ruan@otago.ac.nz |
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Dr Lucia Schoderböck Tel (479) 3570 Email lucia.schoderbock@otago.ac.nz |
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Support Staff
Research Staff
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Dr Yan Chen BA(Hons) PhD(Otago) |
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Jackie Clearwater Tel (479) 7642 Email jackie@psy.otago.ac.nz |
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Barbara Logan BSc DipSci(Otago) Tel (479) 7632 Email blogan@psy.otago.ac.nz |
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Dianne Morrison BA PGDipArts MA |
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Dr Shane Ohline BA(Grinnell College) PhD(UCLA) Tel (479) 7632 Email shane@psy.otago.ac.nz |
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Sarah-Jane Robertson BA MA(Otago) Tel (479) 3934 Email sarah-jane@psy.otago.ac.nz |
Technical Staff
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Jeremy Anderson (NZCE) Senior Technical Officer / Lab Manager Tel (479) 7669 Email jeremy@psy.otago.ac.nz |
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Jason Campbell (NDE) Technician Tel (479) 7668 Email jason@psy.otago.ac.nz |
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Richard Hamelink (NZCE) Technician Tel (479) 7668 Email richard@psy.otago.ac.nz |
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Meric Hoffman Technician Tel (479) 7668 Email meric@psy.otago.ac.nz |
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Sara-Lee Illingworth Technician Tel (479) 5945 Email saralee@psy.otago.ac.nz |
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Natasha O'Docherty Technician Tel (479) 5945 Email tashaod@psy.otago.ac.nz |
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Paul O'Donnell IT Support Tel (479) 7635 Email paul@psy.otago.ac.nz |
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Russell Phillips (NZCE) Technical Officer Tel (479) 7668 Email russell@psy.otago.ac.nz |
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Lindsay Robertson (NZCE) Senior Technician / Safety Officer Tel (479) 7668 Email lindsay@psy.otago.ac.nz |
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Stephanie Sherburd Technician Tel (479) 5945 Email steph@psy.otago.ac.nz |
| William van der Vliet BA BSc(Otago) Computer Programmer Tel (479) 7637 Email william@psy.otago.ac.nz |
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Hadyn Youens BSc/BCom (Otago) Computer Programmer Tel (479) 5402 Email hadyn@psy.otago.ac.nz |
Administrative Staff
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Norma Bartlett Administrative Secretary Tel (479) 7644 Email psyhod@psy.otago.ac.nz |
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Kally Barton PSYC 400 and Postgraduate Administrator Tel (479) 5049 Email kally@psy.otago.ac.nz |
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Cara Duffy |
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Diane Inder PSYC 100 Administrator Tel (479) 7631 Email di@psy.otago.ac.nz |
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Jill Leichter BS MSciComm GradDipTchg BHRC/HRC Administrator Tel (479) 4066 Email jleichter@psy.otago.ac.nz |
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Margaret McMurtrie PSYC 203, 204 & 300 Administrator Tel (479) 6542 Email margaret@psy.otago.ac.nz |
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Michelle Moss PSYC 210, 211, 212 Administrator Tel (479) 6541 Email michelle@psy.otago.ac.nz |
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Aggie O'Leary BAgrSc(Lincoln) DipTchg(Cant) Clinic Administrator Tel (479) 7627 Email clinicaladmin@psy.otago.ac.nz |
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Jacinta Taylor BCom(Otago) Finance Administrator Tel (479) 7521 Email jacinta.taylor@otago.ac.nz |
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