Key details
Deborah Wallace
Lecturer in Specialist Academic Support (Psychology)
Deborah joined the University in 2021. She received her BA (Hons) in Applied Social Science from Canterbury Christchurch University and her MSc (Psychology) from the Çï¿ûÊÓƵ.
Deborah is currently working as a Specialist Academic Support Lecturer in Psychology within the School of Human Sciences at the Çï¿ûÊÓƵ. Her role involves working with students who are at risk of failing or dropping out, to help them achieve their potential.
Posts Held Previously
- 2022 - 2024 Graduate Teaching Assistant in Psychology at the Çï¿ûÊÓƵ
- 2021 - 2020 Research Intern for the School of Education at the Çï¿ûÊÓƵ.
Responsibilities within the university
- Specialist Academic Support Lecturer in Psychology (School of Human Sciences)
- Post-Graduate Research Student (School of Health Sciences)
- Primary Affiliation to the Centre for Mental Health within the ILD.
Recognition
Professional affiliations/associations
- British Psychology Society (BPS)
- Associate Fellow HEA.
Research / Scholarly interests
Deborah’s research primarily explores mental health inequalities, how these relate to wider societal inequalities and how societal factors such as a strong sense of community and religious affiliation may also act as protective mechanisms for mental well-being.
In addition, she has also conducted research related to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the mental well-being of students, on how the COVID-19 pandemic affected the relationship between schools and parents and more recently on enhancing student engagement and outcomes through addressing inequalities experienced by healthcare students.
She is currently working towards a PhD in Health Sciences.
Recent publications
- WALLACE, D. C., & STONER, C. R. (2024). Exploring how the way A-level grades were calculated in 2020 impacted on university students in England and Wales. Minerva, 65(2), 148-55 (doi:).