Dr Helen Gregory

CURRICULUM VITAE


EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

Below is a selective list of the teaching positions which Helen has held over the past 12 years.


Psychology Lecturer                         08/03/10 - ongoing

University of Gloucestershire

  • Teaching, marking and designing materials for: qualitative and quantitative research methods; clinical/abnormal psychology; social psychology; and conceptual issues in psychology
  • Leading a first year module in Investigative Methods and second year  module in Abnormal Psychology
  • Coordinating undergraduate research projects with staff from across the department
  • Supervising and marking undergraduate and postgraduate dissertations
  • Providing academic support for personal tutees
  • Sitting on the Assessments Scrutiny Panel
  • Conducting research in specialist areas, including work with the Creativity Research Group and CRACKLE (Centre for Research in Applied Cognition, Knowledge, Learning and Emotion)

Associate Lecturer (Part-time)          01/01/10 - ongoing

Open University, South West Region

  • Teaching undergraduates child development and core issues/concepts in psychology through online resources and face-to-face, small group tutorials
  • Designing supporting course materials
  • Marking exams, research reports and essay-based assignments
  • Providing pastoral care and academic support to students from a broad range of backgrounds, abilities and experiences
Psychology Teaching Fellow                                01/01/08 - 28/02/10

University of Bath, School of Psychology, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Bath

  • Teaching psychology undergraduates: qualitative research methods, feminist theory, social constructionism, critical social psychology, psychology and introductory psychological theory
  • Teaching postgraduates: multivariate statistics, health psychology and qualitative research methods
  • Marking essays, research projects and exams at undergraduate and postgraduate levels
  • Supervising and marking research dissertations at undergraduate and postgraduate levels
  • Designing and coordinating undergraduate units, including developing teaching materials, setting assignments and coordinating teaching with all other departmental teaching staff
  • Providing academic support for personal tutees
  • Contributing to research groups, such as CRISP (Critical Research in Social Psychology) and the interdisciplinary Childhood and Youth Research Group

Sociology Seminar Tutor (Part-time)             01/07 – 07/08 and 07/09 

University of Exeter, School of Sociology, HuSS, Exeter

  • Introducing first year undergraduates to core sociological texts, issues, methods, theories and study skills
  • Planning and teaching seminar sessions
  • Monitoring students’ progress
  • Overseeing and marking assignments
  • Teaching 16-18 year olds on the 2007, 2008 and 2009 summer lecture series

Visiting Psychology Lecturer (Part-time)          09/05 – 05/06  & 09/07 – 03/08

University of the West of England, School of Psychology, FAS, Bristol

  • Teaching small groups of students in seminars and workshops
  • Teaching second year psychology and joint honours undergraduates social psychology, developmental psychology and qualitative research methods
  • Planning and running lectures
  • Marking assignments
Performance Poetry Workshop Facilitator (Part-time)    10/04 – Ongoing
                                                                                                       (occasional)  

Various locations around England and North America
  • Planning and teaching workshop sessions for children and adults
  • Running workshops in the art of writing and performing poetry
  •  Working alone and with colleagues
  •  Planning, promoting and running poetry events to showcase students’ skills
English Language Teacher (Full-time)             10/00 – 5/02         

ABC; Lolo English School, Osaka, Japan
  • Teaching children (from 1-16 years old) and adults
  •  Planning lessons
  • Creating teaching materials
  • Teaching individual and group lessons

MEMBERSHIP OF PROFESSIONAL ORGANISATIONS

European Sociological Association (Graduate Member)

Division 10 of the American Psychological Association

British Psychological Society (Graduate Member)


QUALIFICATIONS

Archway Secondary School, Stroud, Glos.       Sept 1989 - June 1994

English Language                                                   GCSE             A*

English Literature                                                    GCSE             A

Mathematics                                                             GCSE             B

Science (Modular)                                                   GCSE             B/B

Art and Design                                                         GCSE             C

French                                                                       GCSE             B

Geography                                                                GCSE             A

History                                                                       GCSE             A

Sociology                                                                  GCSE             A

 
Stroud College, Stroud, Glos.                               Sept 1992 – July 1993

Typewriting Skills                                                    Level One       Pass

 
GLOSCAT, Gloucester                                           Sept 1994 – June 1996

Psychology                                                               AS/A Level    A/A

Sociology                                                                  A Level           A

English Literature                                                   A Level           A

 
GLOSCAT, Cheltenham                                        Feb 1996 – March 1997

Counselling Skills                                                  Level One       Pass

 
The Painswick Inn Project, Stroud, Glos.           Feb 1997 – July 1997

C25 Coaching                                                         Level One       Pass

 
Stroud College, Stroud, Glos.                               March 1997 – Sept 1997

Teaching Basic Literacy                                        Level One       Pass

 
University of the West of England, Bristol          Sept 1997 - May 2000

BSc (Hons) Psychology                                        First Class

 
University of the West of England, Bristol          Sept 2003 – December 2005

MSc Qualitative Research Methods                    Distinction


University of Bath, Bath                                          Feb 2008 - August 2008

Teaching Development Programme (Unit 1)    Merit

                 
University of Exeter, Exeter                                    Sept 2005 – Sept 2009

PhD Sociology                                                          Passed, with no revisions

University of Gloucestershire, Cheltenham        Sept 2011 – Sept 2012

Postgraduate Certificate in Teaching in Higher Education  - Ongoing


RESEARCH INTERESTS

Helen's research has drawn on social psychology, sociology, anthropology, cultural studies and other disciplines to achieve an eclectic, multi-layered understanding of the arts, popular culture and the construction of self and identity in society.  Her doctoral work explores the ways in which poetry slam - a kind of knockout oral poetry contests - is constructed and reconstructed in different social, historical and geographical contexts.  Particular attention was paid in this research to how slam participants mobilise discourses around slam to construct their identities.  Her subsequent research has built on this, investigating educational and health-based applications of poetry.  At present she is engaged in several research projects focusing on: students' internet use; poetic interventions in dementia; and the creative processes of novices and professionals.

REFERENCES

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