Head of Department
 | Professor Jamin Halberstadt BA(Swarth) PhD(Indiana) Email psy.hod@otago.ac.nz |
Academic staff
 | 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. |
| Professor Siautu Alefaio A MA (Auckland), PGDip (Massey), PhD (Monash) |
 | Dr Brent Alsop MSc PhD(Auck) |
 | Dr Hitaua Arahanga-Doyle BCom BA(Hons) PhD(Otago) |
 | Professor David Bilkey BA(Hons) PhD(Otago) |
 | Dr Amanda Clifford BSc (Hons) PhD(Otago) |
 | Professor Mike Colombo BA(Colorado) MS PhD(Rutgers) |
 | Professor Tamlin Conner BA(Colorado) PhD(Boston College) Emotional and physical well-being, happiness, nutrition, genetics, mobile-phone based experience sampling methods. |
 | 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. |
| Professor Jamin Halberstadt BA(Swarth) PhD(Indiana) Interaction of emotion and cognition, intuition and reasoning in decision making, social cognition. |
 | Dr Olivia Harrison BPhEd(Hons) BSc(Otago) DPhil(Oxford) The physiology and psychology of breathing; interoception and its relationship to physiological and psychological conditions; the effects of exercise and anxiolytics on anxiety. |
 | Professor Dione Healey BA(Hons) MSc PhD DipClinPsych(Cant) Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, temperament and psychopathology, neuropsychological development in childhood. |
 | Associate Professor Jackie Hunter BSc DPhil(Ulster) Social identity, self-esteem, prejudice, intergroup relations. |
 | Dr Mariska Kappmeier PhD(Hamburg) Intergroup trust, intergroup relations, identity-related policies, minority-majority relations. New Zealand Certificate in Tikanga (Matauranga Māori) Level 3 from Te Wānanga o Aotearoa. |
 | Associate Professor Richard Linscott BSc(Hons) PhD GDipCIPs(Otago) Schizophrenia and risk for psychosis; ethics and informed consent; taxometrics. |
 | Professor Liana Machado BA(UCLA) PhD(UCDavis) Neuropsychology, visual attention, automaticity, and control. |
 | Professor Jeff Miller BA(Ohio State) PhD(Mich) FRSNZ Cognitive psychology and psychophysiology, visual perception and attention, mathematical and statistical models and methods. |
 | Dr Narun Pat (Pornpattananangkul) BSc(Chula) MSc PhD(Northwestern) Decision-making; reward-processing; cognitive, affective and social neuroscience; human neuroimaging and electrophysiology (fMRI and M/EEG); mood disorders; aging. |
 | Professor Elaine Reese BA(Trin Texas) MA PhD(Emory) Research interests: autobiographical memory development; language and literacy development; social influences on cognitive development. |
 | Professor Ted Ruffman BA(York Can) MEd PhD(Tor) Social understanding in infants, children, older adults, and dogs. |
 | Associate Professor Damian Scarf BSc PhD(Otago) We are saddened to acknowledge the recent passing of our cherished colleague, mentor, and friend. He will be greatly missed. |
 | Professor 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. |
 | Dr Ryan Ward BS MS PhD (Utah State) Neurobiology of learning, motivation, and cognition; animal models of psychiatric disease; motivations, experiences, and consequences of human drug taking. |
 | Professor Rachel Zajac BSc BA(Hons) PhD PGDipCIPs(Otago) Psychology and the law, eyewitness testimony, legal/investigative procedures for witnesses. |
Honorary Academics
 | Dr Elizabeth Schaughency BS(Pittsburgh) MS PhD(Georgia) |
Emeritus Professors
 | Emeritus Distinguished Professor Richie Poulton CNZM MSc PGDipClPs(Otago) PhD(NSW) FRSNZ |
 | Emeritus Professor Bob Knight MA PhD DipClinPsych(Cant) FNZPsS Emeritus Professor, Retired. |
 | Emeritus Professor Neil McNaughton MA(Oxf) PhD(S'ton) FRSNZ Emeritus Professor, Retired. |
 | Emeritus Professor Janice Murray BSc(Dal) MA PhD(Wat) Emeritus Professor, Retired. |
 | Professor David O'Hare BA PhD(Exe) Cognitive ergonomics, human factors, aviation psychology, expertise and decision-making. |
 | Emeritus Professor Geoff White ONZM BSc PhD(Otago) FNZPsS FAPS FABAI FRSNZ Emeritus Professor, Retired. |
Professional Practice Fellows
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Rachel Drew DipArts MSc DipClinPsych(Cant) Email rachel.drew@otago.ac.nz | |
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Stacy-Lee Esterhuizen BA (Pretoria) MClinPsych(SA) Email stacey-lee.esterhuizen@otago.ac.nz | |
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Sam Flannery BSc MSc PGDipCIPs(Otago) Email sam.flannery@otago.ac.nz | |
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Dr Miriama Ketu-McKenzie GradDipArts MA MClinPsych PhD(Massey) Email miriama.ketu-mckenzie@otago.ac.nz | |
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Paul Knox BA(Hons) PhD PGDipClPs(Otago) Email paul.knox@otago.ac.nz | |
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Michelle Milmine BSc PGDipSci MSc PGDipClPs(Otago) Email michelle.milmine@otago.ac.nz |
Teaching Fellows
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Dr Marea Colombo BA(Hons)(Middlebury) PhD(Otago) Senior Teaching Fellow Email marea.colombo@otago.ac.nz | |
 | Sabrina Goh BA(Hons) MSc(Otago) |
 | Dr Celia Lie BSc(Hons) PhD(Otago) 100-Level Teaching Fellow Tel +64 3 479 3765 Email celia.lie@otago.ac.nz |
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Becky Marshall Kaiāwhina Teaching Fellow Email becky.marshall@otago.ac.nz |
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Dr Abigail Pigden BA(Hons) PhD (Otago) Teaching Fellow Email abigail.pigden@otago.ac.nz | |
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Dr Ann Reynolds BA(Massey) MA PhD(Otago) 200-Level Teaching Fellow Tel +64 3 479 7646 Email ann.reynolds@otago.ac.nz |
Academic Research Fellows
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Dr Ashleigh Barrett-Young BA(Hons)(Otago) CertArts(Massey) DipGrad BSc (Hons) PhD(Otago) Research Fellow Email ashleigh.barrett-young@otago.ac.nz | |
 | Dr Kirsten Cheyne BSc(Hons) PhD(Otago) |
 | Dr Owen Jones BSc(Hons)(Liverpool) PGDipSci PhD(Otago) |
 | Dr Bruce Mockett BSc DipSci PhD(Massey) |
 | Dr Sandhya Ramrakha BA(Honolulu) MA(Sydney) MA(Hons) ClinPsy (Woollangong) PhD(Otago) |
 | Research Professor Reremoana (Moana) Theodore BA(Auck) PGDipArts(Otago) PhD(Auck) |
 | Dr Karen Tustin BA(Hons) PhD(Otago) |
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Dr Calvin Young BSc(Hons) MSc(Otago) PhD(Calg) Research Fellow, Neuropsychology of Anxiety Lab Tel +64 3 479 5835 Email calvin.young@otago.ac.nz |
Postdoctoral Fellows
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Dr Tugce Bakir-Demir BS(METU) MS(METU) PhD(Otago) Tel +64 3 479 5952 Email tugce.bakirdemir@otago.ac.nz |
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Dr Shruthi Sateesh BE (BMSCE, India), PhD (Otago) Postdoctoral Fellow, Neural Mechanisms of Memory Lab Tel +64 3 479 7632 Email shruthi.sateesh@otago.ac.nz | |
Research staff
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Dr Jane Carroll PGDipLitEd(Auck) BEd(Cant) DipTchg(SLT(ChchCE)PhD(Cant) Tel +64 3 479 5267 Email jane.carroll@otago.ac.nz |
 | Faye Gorman |
 | Sean Hogan BA(Hons)(Surrey) MSW(York) GIPM(KingstonBus) |
 | Ms Barbara Logan PGDipSci |
Technical staff
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Jeremy Anderson (NZCE) Senior Technical Officer / Lab Manager Tel +64 3 479 7669 Email jeremy.anderson@otago.ac.nz |
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Thomas Bullock Technician Tel +64 3 479 7669 Email tommy.bullock@otago.ac.nz | |
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JP Cronje Technician Tel +64 3 479 7668 Email jp.cronje@otago.ac.nz | |
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Richard Hamelink (NZCE) Technician Tel +64 3 479 7668 Email richard.hamlink@otago.ac.nz |
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Natasha O'Docherty Technician Tel +64 3 479 5945 Email natasha.odocherty@otago.ac.nz |
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Lindsay Robertson (NZCE) Senior Technician / Safety Officer Tel +64 3 479 7668 Email lindsay.j.robertson@otago.ac.nz |
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Stephanie Sherburd Technician Tel +64 3 479 5945 Email steph@psy.otago.ac.nz |
Support staff
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Ryan Abraham Administrator Tel +64 3 479 7631 Email ryan.abraham@otago.ac.nz | |
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Hussein Al-Foj Technician – Research and Teaching IT Support Email hussein.alfoj@otago.ac.nz | |
 | Kally Barton Administrator Tel +64 3 479 7627 Email psy.clinicaladmin@otago.ac.nz |
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Lucy Beres Operations Lead Tel +64 3 556 5116 Email psy.hod@otago.ac.nz | |
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Denise Botting Administrator Tel +64 3 556 5562 Email denise.botting@otago.ac.nz | |
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Maddy Hamel-Nind Administrator Email maddy.hamel-nind@otago.ac.nz | |
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Jacinta Taylor BCom(Otago) Finance Associate Tel +64 3 479 7521 Email jacinta.taylor@otago.ac.nz |
| Nicole Whelan Administrator Tel +64 3 479 7645 Email nicole.whelan@otago.ac.nz |
Research units
Dunedin Multidisciplinary Health & Development Research Unit (DMHDRU)
| Research Professor Reremoana (Moana) Theodore BA(Auck) PGDipArts(Otago) PhD(Auck) | ||
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Dr Hayley Guiney BSc MSc PhD(Otago) Research Fellow DMHDRU, Early Learning Project Tel +64 3 479 4760 Email hayley.guiney@otago.ac.nz | |||
| Sean Hogan BA(Hons)(Surrey) MSW(York) GIPM(KingstonBus) | ||
| Cody McRae Administrator - DMHDRU Tel +64 3 556 5754 Email cody.mcrae@otago.ac.nz | |||
 | Dr Sandhya Ramrakha BA(Honolulu) MA(Sydney) MA(Hons)ClinPsy (Woollangong) PhD(Otago) | ||
| Dr Kirsten Cheyne BSc(Hons) PhD(Otago) | ||
Dr David Ireland BMedScHon(Syd) PhD(NSW) |