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; counselling; clinical psychology; health psychology feminist theory; and academic writing
  • Leading a first year module in Investigative Methods
  • Coordinating undergraduate research projects with staff from across the department
  • Supervising and marking undergraduate dissertations
  • Providing pastoral care for personal tutees

Associate Lecturer (Part-time)          01/01/10 - 31/10/10

Open University, South West Region

  • Teaching a level two module on child development through online resources and face-to-face, small group tutorials
  • Designing supporting course materials
  • Marking exams and essay-based assignments
  • Providing pastoral care to students from a broad range of backgrounds, abilities and experience
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, discursive psychology, applied 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
  • Marking research dissertations at undergraduate and masters levels
  • Designing and coordinating undergraduate units, including developing teaching materials, setting assignments and coordinating teaching with all other departmental teaching staff
  • Supervising undergraduate dissertations
  • Providing pastoral care and support for personal tutees
  • Liaising with other staff to coordinate research and teaching activities
  • Contributing to research groups, such as CRISP (Critical Research in Social Psychology) and the interdisciplinary Childhood and Youth Research Group

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 Lecturer (Part-time)                    09/05 – 05/06  and 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 abroad

  • 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

British Psychological Society

Division 10 of the American Psychological Association

European Sociological Association


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


 

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.  She recently completed her PhD thesis.  This 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 to how slam participants mobilise discourses around slam to construct their identities.

 

REFERENCES

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