Dr Emma Clayes
Dr Emma Clayes
Emma is a Lecturer in Psychology at the University of the Highlands and Islands based at UHI Perth. Emma graduated from the University of Dundee in 1998 with a MA (Hons) Psychology. Emma then combined her interests in language, communication, and eye tracking by completing a PhD in multi-mediated communication at the University of Glasgow in 2003.
Now teaching on various degrees at UHI including the BSc (Hons) Psychology, BA (Hons) Social Sciences, MSc Interpretation and MSc Psychology (Conversion) degree programmes. Research interests include communication, technology and learning, literature and psychology, culture and psychology including the effects of language, identity and the environment on cognition.
Roles:
- Programme Leader – MSc Applied Social Sciences: Globalisation and Crime
- Module Leader – Culture and Cognition, Cognition, Developmental Psychology, Advanced Social Research Methods, Communication, Cognition and E-learning, Cognitive Psychology and Intelligence, Applied Research Project.
Teaching Subjects:
- BA (Hons) Social Sciences
- BSc (Hons) Psychology
- MSc Interpretation
- MSc Psychology (Conversion)
- MSc Globalisation and Crime
Qualifications:
- MA (Hons) Psychology – University of Dundee
- PhD – University of Glasgow
- TQFE – University of Dundee
Research Interests:
- Culture: how do factors such as technology, identity, environment, language impact on cognition?
- Reading and Psychology: does Zola beat Freud?
- Professional Membership
- Reviewer-Journal of Applied Research
Hobbies:
- Sewing, cooking and bread making- all good survival skills started even before the pandemic.
- Walking and cycling- for a greener world.
- Reading -preferably German or Russian novelists, a hard exterior masks a soft heart.
- Football: St Johnstone, Jeanfield Swifts and Celtic (not necessarily in that order).
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