Our people in the Department of Psychology
Head of Department
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Professor David Bilkey Email hod@psy.otago.ac.nz |
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Norma Bartlett (HoD’s secretary) Please phone to make appointments to see David: Tel (479) 7644 |
Academic Staff
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Professor Cliff Abraham 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 |
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Professor David Bilkey |
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Professor Mike Colombo |
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Dr Tamlin Conner Emotional and physical well-being, implicit social cognition, genetics, computerised experience sampling methods. |
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Associate Professor Liz Franz 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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Associate Professor Jamin Halberstadt Interaction of emotion and cognition, intuition and reasoning in decision making, social cognition. |
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Professor Harlene Hayne
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 Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, temperament and psychopathology, neuropsychological development in childhood. |
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Dr Kristin Hillman 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 Social identity, self-esteem, prejudice, intergroup relations. |
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Professor Bob Knight Prospective remembering, the development of assessment procedures for clinical practice, memory, and ageing. |
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Dr Louis Leland Applications of behavioural analysis to community and child problems, occupational safety, learning. |
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Dr Richard Linscott Schizophrenia and risk for psychosis; ethics and informed consent; taxometrics; violence. |
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Dr Liana Machado Neuropsychology, visual attention, automaticity, and control. |
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Professor Neil McNaughton 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 Cognitive psychology and psychophysiology, visual perception and attention, mathematical and statistical models and methods. |
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Dr Tamar Murachver
Social use of language, relation between language and thought, development of social understanding. |
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Dr Janice Murray Visual cognition, face and object recognition, face perception and aging, visual attention. |
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Associate Professor David O’Hare Cognitive ergonomics, human factors, aviation psychology, expertise and decision-making. |
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Associate Professor Elaine Reese
Research interests: autobiographical memory development; language and literacy development; social influences on cognitive development. |
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Professor Ted Ruffman Social understanding in infants, children, older adults, and dogs. |
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Dr Elizabeth Schaughency 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 Children’s social understanding, parent-child conversations about mental states, culture and social understanding |
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Dr Gareth Treharne Psychosocial influences on the experience of illness, treatment decisions and constructions of health in the media. |
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Professor Geoff White Memory and discrimination animals; human memory; impulsivity. |
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Dr Rachel Zajac Psychology and the law, eyewitness testimony, legal/investigative procedures for witnesses. |
Emeritus Professor |
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Emeritus Professor James Flynn Emeritus Professor, Joint Department of Politics |
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Adjunct Lecturer |
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Dr Dannette Marie Email dmarie@otago.ac.nz |
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Brian Dixon Tel (479) 7625 Email brian@psy.otago.ac.nz |
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Joanna Prince Tel (479) 4229 Email jprince@psy.otago.ac.nz |
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Ione Wooles Tel (479) 9015 Email ione@psy.otago.ac.nz |
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Philippa Youard Tel (479)4227 Email philippa@psy.otago.ac.nz |
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Teaching Fellows |
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Dr Celia Lie 100-Level Teaching Fellow Tel (479) 3765 Email celia@psy.otago.ac.nz |
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Dr Ann Reynolds 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) Email andrew.clarkson@otago.ac.nz |
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Dr Julien Gross BSc PGDipSci MSc PhD(Otago) Email jules@psy.otago.ac.nz |
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Dr Bruce Mockett BSc DipSci PhD(Massey) Email mockettb@psy.otago.ac.nz |
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Postdoctoral Fellows |
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| Matthias Bluemke Dip PhD(Heidelberg) Email matthias.bluemke@psy.otago.ac.nz |
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| Sarah Hulme BA(Hons) PhD(Otago) Email hulme@psy.otago.ac.nz |
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Fiona Jack BA PGDipArts PhD(Otago) Email fiona@psy.otago.ac.nz |
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| Helena McAnally BSC MSc PhD(Otago) Email helena.mcanally@otago.ac.nz |
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Phoebe Neo BA(NUSingapore) DipGrad PGDipSci PhD(Otago) Email phoebe@psy.otago.ac.nz |
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Damian Scarf BSc PhD(Otago) Email damianscarf@gmail.com |
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Amy Wolff BA(Hons) PhD(Otago) Email ar.wolff@gmail.com |
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Support Staff
Research Staff
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Dr Yan Chen |
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| Jackie Clearwater Tel (479) 7642 Email jackie@psy.otago.ac.nz |
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Barbara Logan Tel (479) 7632 Email blogan@psy.otago.ac.nz |
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Dianne Morrison Tel (479) 5114 Email dianne@psy.otago.ac.nz |
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Dr Shane Ohline Tel (479) 7632 Email shane@psy.otago.ac.nz |
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Sarah-Jane Robertson 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 Technician Tel (479) 7668 Email jason@psy.otago.ac.nz |
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Richard Hamelink 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 |
| 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 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 & Postgraduate Administrator Tel (479) 5049 Email kally@psy.otago.ac.nz |
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Cara Duffy Receptionist/Secretary Tel (479) 7645 Email cduffy@psy@otago.ac.nz |
| Andrea Heaven Clinic Administrator Tel (479) 7627 Email clinicaladmin@psy.otago.ac.nz |
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Diane Inder PSYC 100 Administrator Tel (479) 7631 Email di@psy.otago.ac.nz |
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Jill Leichter BHRRC/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 |
| Michelle Moss PSYC 210, 211, 212 Administrator Tel (479) 6541 Email michelle@psy.otago.ac.nz |
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Jacinta Taylor Finance Administrator Tel (479) 7521 Email jacinta.taylor@otago.ac.nz |
