Personal profile

Overview

I am a Postdoctoral Research Associate and Lecturer in Education, currently working on a project that aims to adapt and co-design the Parents and Children Together (PACT) early language teaching programme specifically for parents and young children with Down syndrome: PACT-DS.

Prior to my current roles, I completed a BSc Speech and Language Therapy degree at the University, then joined the Child Study Centre as a Psychology PhD researcher.

Research interests

My research interests focus on how young children's socio-cognitive skills, language, and communication unfolds during both typical and atypical development- and how children's learning and development can be supported through intervention.

My PhD research investigated the development of young children’s (aged 2-5) verbal and non-verbal reasoning (via the use of gestures), joint decision-making, and cooperative argumentation.

My group

I am part of the Education and Psychology research group at Manchester Institute of Education.

Memberships of committees and professional bodies

Teaching

Teaching 2024-2025:

MEd Psychology of Education (unit lead):

  • EDUC60721 Learning and Individual Differences
  • EDUC60732 Social Psychology, the Classroom and Communities

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  • SDG 4 - Quality Education
  • SDG 16 - Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

Education/Academic qualification

Doctor of Philosophy, Human Cognition: A developmental account of human reasoning skills, The University of Manchester

Sept 2018Dec 2022

Award Date: 1 Dec 2022

Bachelor of Science, BSc (Hons) Speech and Language Therapy, The University of Manchester

Sept 2014Sept 2018

Bachelor of Arts, BA (Hons) English Literary Studies and Journalism, University of Worcester

10 Sept 200830 Jun 2011

Research Beacons, Institutes and Platforms

  • Healthier Futures

Keywords

  • developmental psychology
  • cognitive development
  • social development
  • reasoning
  • developmental disorders
  • language development
  • language intervention
  • non-verbal communication
  • speech and language therapy

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