Dr Tammy Dempster

I have worked for CCCU for more than 10 years in both teaching and research related positions.

I have a PhD in cognitive neuropsychology but have a diverse range of research interests and experience.  I have worked in a variety of different disciplines (e.g., Psychology, Media, Business, Criminal Justice, and Policing…) with a range of team members, often working on multiple projects for multiple different teams and stakeholders simultaneously.  Having worked for the university for nearly 15 years, I have a range of teaching and research experience spanning multiple areas of psychology and am currently the Psychology Team's full-time Research Assistant.

Additionally, I also work as a researcher for Canterbury Christ Church University's Justice Support Dogs International Lab (https://blogs.canterbury.ac.uk/psychology/justice-dogs/) which was established to prompt the use of professionally trained Justice Facility Dogs (also known as ‘courthouse facility dogs’) in the UK Criminal Justice System. This lab incorporates both the local and international work we do with both our justice facility dog and our therapy dog, supporting vulnerable people in the criminal justice system and helping to improve undergraduate and postgraduate students’ mental health and well-being.

I have ten years of experience as an Associate Lecturer. During this time I've taught psychology to level 4, 5, and 6 psychology students, and research methods to psychology undergraduates, level 6 computing undergraduates, and external Masters research students.

Teaching Experience

Modules and programs include: Master's Level Introduction to SPSS and Research Methods (external activity); Level 6 Human-Computer Interaction; Level 5 Research Experience Scheme, Research Methods in Psychology, Exploring Cognition, and Cognitive Psychology; and Level 4 Key Skills in Psychology, Introduction to Research Methods in Psychology, Brain and Mind, The Social and Developing Self, and Introduction in Psychology.

Marking Experience

Modules include: Cognitive Psychology, Optimal Performance, Psychobiology, Social Psychology, Developmental Psychology, Health Psychology, Clinical Psychology, Key Skills, Introduction to Psychology, Brain and Mind, The Social and Developing Self, Quantitative Research Methods, Qualitative Research Methods, Introduction to Research Methods.

Although I have a PhD in cognitive neuropsychology, my research interests and experiences are wide ranging and I conduct quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methods research in a large range of fields, both within and outside of psychology.

I have been the Editorial Assistant for the Journal of the Society for Psychical Research since 2017.

Editorial Assistant for the Journal of the Society for Psychical Research (https://www.spr.ac.uk/publications-recordings/journal-society-psychical-research)