Administrative Responsibilities & Affiliations

My current research has been strongly influenced by my experience as a committee member

for various organisations. I strongly believe that under the right conditions, committees have

the potential to lead to positive social change, and my research aims to find ways of improving

their work. I also believe that for this research to be of practical use, I need to maintain

an active involvement with a wide range of committees, in order to be faced with similar

dilemmas to those faced by the members of the committees I am studying. I have chosen

to call this approach 'embodied research practice'. Here are some of the committees I am

currently involved with, and my role within them:

CURRENT COMMITTEE INVOLVEMENT

• Research Network Senior Coordinator, European Federation of Psychology Students' Associations

         Responsible for promoting research collaborations among psychology students in Europe

• Press Officer, Social Psychology Section, British Psychological Society

         Responsible for writing press releases for the section, and for liaising with the media during its annual conference

• Member of The Psychologist Policy Committee, British Psychological Society

         Contributing to policy decisions about the running of The Psychologist, and providing ideas for its re-design

• Committee Member of the Psychology Postgraduate Affairs Group (PsyPAG)

         Responsible to liaise between PsyPAG and the International Committee of the British Psychological Society  

• Postgraduate Representative on the International Committee, British Psychological Society

         Responsible for representing the views of psychology postgraduate students across the UK

• Postgraduate Representative, Edinburgh Union Students Association (EUSA)

         Responsible for representing the views of postgraduate students across all University of Edinburgh schools

OTHER CURRENT ADMINISTRATIVE RESPONSIBILITIES

• Assistant Editor, Europe's Journal of Psychology
• Co-Editor, Psy-PAG Quarterly
• Reviewer, Social Psychological Review
• Regional Coordinator (Scotland), Higher Education Academy, Postgraduates who Teach (PGwT) Psychology Network

PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATIVE RESPONSIBILITIES

• Postgraduate Representative, School of Psychology, Cardiff University, October 2005 - June 2006
• Student Ambassador, University of Edinburgh, November 2004 - September 2005
• UK Representative, 3rd World Youth Congress, Stirling, August 2005
• Undergraduate Student Representative, Psychology Staff Meetings, University of Edinburgh, February - June 2005
• 4th Year Psychology Class Representative, University of Edinburgh, September 2004 - June 2005
• British Psychological Society University Representative, University of Edinburgh, September 2004 - June 2005

CURRENT PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

• Postgraduate Member of the European Association of Experimental Social Psychology
• Graduate Member of the British Psychological Society
• Postgraduate Member of the Social Psychology Section, British Psychological Society
• Postgraduate Member of the British Sociological Association
• Postgraduate Member of the 8th Division of the American Psychological Association (Social Psychology Division)