Dr Leanne Jackson PhD
Lecturer Psychology
Teaching
I am module coordinator for PSYC336: Psychology of Health third year BSc Psychology module. In this module I am responsible for the delivery of fundamental theories in health Psychology, including predictors of behaviour and behaviour change interventions. As part of PSYC336 I also deliver content on medicalised birth, infant feeding, and maternal mental health. As module coordinator I am responsible for staff lecturing allocation, and the organisation, marking, and moderation of coursework and exam assignments. Alongside lecture content I run a Reproductive Health Journal Club to supplement core lecture content with real world examples from relevant research fields. For PSYC230 I deliver core and research-focused content on perinatal mental health disorders and its relationship with birth and infant development outcomes, and contribute to the development of teaching materials and marking of coursework and exam assignments. Across various Master's modules I deliver lectures and seminars on qualitative research methodology, analysis, dissemination and impact, and perinatal mental health and infant feeding. I supervise across BSc, MSc, and Dclin cohorts, both internally and externally. Part of this role involves provision of transferable academic and research field-specific skills, review and collaboration to produce publishable dissertation outputs. I am the Disability support lead for Year 1 of the BSc Psychology cohort which involves providing pastoral support and coordinating support plans with student academic needs.
Psychology of Health
Lectures in the field of health promotional strategies, health interventions, theories and motivations underlying health behaviour and health-related change. Also lectures on perinatal mental health, infant feeding, medicalised birth, and health-related careers and employability.
Qualitative research methods
Teach across various undergraduate and MSc modules on qualitative methodology (phenomenology, epistemology etc.), analysis, write up, and applications spanning across research disciplines.
Transferable skills
Small group teaching with tutorial students on academic integrity, and essay, report, and oral presentation skills which have relevance across all modules in their undergraduate degree.