Department of Psychology
Academic staff
We have internationally recognised scholars on staff who are committed to the University's mandate of producing high quality research and teaching. You can view our staff profiles by searching the staff listing.
| Title | Name | Research area | Phone +64 9 373 7599 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Associate Professor |
Douglas Elliffe (Head of Department) |
Experimental analysis of behaviour: animal and human | ext 85262 or PA on 88557 | d.elliffe@auckland.ac.nz |
| Dr | Donna Rose Addis | Autobiographical memory, future thinking, hippocampal function, neuroimaging (fMRI), neuropsychology | ext 88552 | d.addis@auckland.ac.nz |
| Dr | Angela Arnold-Saritepe | Applied behaviour analysis, developmental disabilities | ext 88518 | a.arnold-saritepe@auckland.ac.nz |
| Dr | Quentin Atkinson | Evolution of language, religion, sustainability and large-scale cooperation, and the human expansion from Africa | ext 84316 | q.atkinson@auckland.ac.nz |
| Dr | Elaine Ballard | Phonological theory, first language acquistion, language development in Pasifika and Asian languages, billingualism in speech and language development, paediatric language disability and disorders | ext 87502 | e.ballard@auckland.ac.nz |
| Dr | Suzanne Barker-Collo | Neurorehabilitation, neuropsychology, clinical | ext 88517 | s.barker-collo@auckland.ac.nz |
| Dr | Virginia Braun | Critical and feminist psychology, sex/sexuality, gendered bodies, practices and identities | ext 87561 | v.braun@auckland.ac.nz |
| Michelle Burstall | ext 88526 | m.burstall@auckland.ac.nz | ||
| Professor | Linda Cameron | Health, self-regulation theory, risk perception, environmental psychology | ext 86869 | l.cameron@auckland.ac.nz |
| Dr | Claire Cartwright | Clinical (theory and practice), impact of divorce and remarriage | ext 86269 | c.cartwright@auckland.ac.nz |
| Erana Cooper | Kaupapa Māori – Psychology | ext 88522 or 88851 | el.cooper@auckland.ac.nz | |
| Dr | Helena Cooper Thomas | Organisational socialisation, person-organisation fit, psychological contract, employee engagement, and work wellbeing | ext 82833 | h.cooper-thomas@auckland.ac.nz |
| Emeritus Professor | Michael Corballis | Cognition, laterality, neuropsychology, evolution | ext 88561 | m.corballis@auckland.ac.nz |
| Associate Professor | Paul Corballis | Visual perception, attention, and cognition. | ext 88562 | p.corballis@auckland.ac.nz |
| Sue Cowie | Clinical, cognitive behavioral therapy, women's and children's issues | ext 88513 | s.cowie@auckland.ac.nz | |
| Professor | Michael Davison | Learning and signal detection, choice, aversive control | ext 88540 or 88486 | m.davison@auckland.ac.nz |
| Professor | John Duckitt | Social, political, cross-cultural, prejudice | ext 88511 | j.duckitt@auckland.ac.nz |
| Liz Fairgray | Hearing impairment, auditory-verbal therapy, paediatric speech & language delay | ext 89265 | l.fairgray@auckland.ac.nz | |
| Gaylea Fritsch | Adult communication and swallowing management- particularly in the areas of stroke rehabilitation and progressive neurological disease. | ext 86649 | g.fritsch@auckland.ac.nz | |
| Associate Professor | Nicola Gavey | Critical psychology of gender | ext 86877 | n.gavey@auckland.ac.nz |
| Dr | Nigel George (Psychology Clinic Director) | Successful ageing, working with people who have behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia, life span development | ext 85267 | n.george@auckland.ac.nz |
| Dr | Kerry Gibson | Psychological trauma, Child and adolescent mental health | ext 88556 | kl.gibson@auckland.ac.nz |
| Bianca Gordon | ext 86604 | b.gordon@auckland.ac.nz | ||
| Professor | Russell Gray | Language evolution, animal cognition, evolutionary psychology, nature/nurture debate | ext 88525 | rd.gray@auckland.ac.nz |
| Dr | Jeff Hamm | Mental transformations, visual illusions, visual attention | ext 88519 | j.hamm@auckland.ac.nz |
| Dr | Linda Hand | Language disorders in children, diversity in communication disorders, functional linguistics | ext 88735 | l.hand@auckland.ac.nz |
| Associate Professor | Niki Harré | Community, social, youth development, driver attitudes, political activism | ext 88512 | n.harre@auckland.ac.nz |
| Dr | Michael Hautus | Psychophysics, sensory evaluation, diagnostic systems | ext 85924 | m.hautus@auckland.ac.nz |
| Dr | Annette Henderson | Language and cognitive development in early childhood (esp. conventionality, collaboration) | ext 82521 | a.henderson@auckland.ac.nz |
| Fiona Howard | Adult clinical psychology; drug and alcohol abuse; clinical supervision, coaching and mentoring; positive psychology; stress and well-being. | ext 88420 | f.howard@auckland.ac.nz | |
| Dr | Barry Hughes | Perceptual-motor control, active touch, spatial cognition | ext 85265 | b.hughes@auckland.ac.nz |
| Professor | Ian Kirk | Systems and cognitive neuroscience, neural bases of memory, EEG, fMRI | ext 88524 or 88421 | i.kirk@auckland.ac.nz |
| Associate Professor | Tony Lambert | Visual attention, eye movements, conscious awareness, laterality | ext 88520 | t.lambert@auckland.ac.nz |
| Associate Professor | Ian Lambie | Adolescent and adult offending, arson, family therapy | ext 85012 | i.lambie@auckland.ac.nz |
| Dr | Brenda Lobb | Ergonomics, human factors, industrial/organisational | ext 86870 | b.lobb@auckland.ac.nz |
| Andrea Mead | ext 86253 | a.mead@auckland.ac.nz | ||
| Dr | Clare McCann | Acquired speech and language disorders | ext 85221 | c.mccann@auckland.ac.nz |
| Anna Miles | Acquired neurogenic swallowing and communication disorders | ext 86649 | a.miles@auckland.ac.nz | |
| Dr | Oliver Mudford | Applied behaviour analysis, intellectual disabilities (mental retardation) | ext 82319 | o.mudford@auckland.ac.nz |
| Dr | Danny Osborne | Social psychology; political psychology; intergroup relations; prejudice, stereotyping, and discrimination; legitimacy | ext 82287 | d.osborne@auckland.ac.nz |
| Dr | Nickola Overall | Social psychology, intimate relationships, interpersonal regulation and influence | ext 89120 | n.overall@auckland.ac.nz |
| Professor | Glynn Owens | Health and fitness, cancer and dying, eating disorders | ext 86845 | g.owens@auckland.ac.nz |
| Dr | Elizabeth Peterson | Educational psychology, beliefs and expectations, student achievement and engagement, individual differences | ext 89693 | e.peterson@auckland.ac.nz |
| Dr | Chris Podlesnik | Learning, behavior persistence and relapse, stimulus control | ext 83401 | c.podlesnik@auckland.ac.nz |
| Professor | Suzanne Purdy (Head of Discipline, Speech Science) | Auditory processing disorder, audiology, auditory evoked potentials, speech and language disorders | ext 82073 | sc.purdy@auckland.ac.nz |
| Professor | John Read | Psycho-social causes of psychosis, primary prevention, attitudes towards 'mental illness', the role of the pharmaceutical industry in clinical research and practice | ext 85011 | j.read@auckland.ac.nz |
| Professor | Fred Seymour | Family therapy, parent separation, child sexual abuse | ext 88414 | f.seymour@auckland.ac.nz |
| Dr | Chris Sibley | Intergroup and interpersonal relations, personality, environmental psychology | ext 88353 | c.sibley@auckland.ac.nz |
| Dr | Lynette Tippett | Alzheimer's, Huntington's, Parkinson's, neuropsychology | ext 88551 | l.tippett@auckland.ac.nz |
| Associate Professor | Karen Waldie | Developmental neuropsychology, cognitive disorders (e.g., dyslexia, ADHD), cerebral laterality | ext 88521 | k.waldie@auckland.ac.nz |
| Professor | Margaret Wetherell | Developing discourse theory and methods for social research and the study of identity | ext 82933 | m.wetherell@auckland.ac.nz |
