Dr Carrie Childs
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Job title: Lecturer in Psychology
Email: c.childs@derby.ac.uk
Phone No: 01332 594286
Room: N203a Kedleston Road
Recent publications
- Childs, C. (2012, in press) Directing and requesting: Two interactive uses of the mental state terms 'want' and 'need'. Text and Talk, 32(6).
- Childs, C. (2012). 'I'm not X, I just want Y': Formulating 'wants' in interaction. Discourse Studies, 14(2), 181-196.
- Childs, C., & Murray, C. (2010). 'We all had an experience in there together': A discursive psychological analysis of collaborative paranormal accounts by paranormal investigation team members. Qualitative Research in Psychology, 7: 1-13.
Faculty: Education, Health and Sciences
School: School of Science
Subject Area: Psychology
I am a full time lecturer in Psychology.
Teaching responsibilities
I teach on a range of modules, mainly social psychology and qualitative research methods.
Research interests
My research interests are interaction in a range of settings using discursive and conversation analytic techniques.
Membership of professional bodies and advisory committees
British Psychological Society
Recent Conferences
- Childs, C. (2012). "I don't want chips, I want rice, chips and gravy": Formulating 'wants' in interaction. Paper presented at Discourse, Communication, Conversation Conference, Loughborough, March, 2012.
- Childs, C. (2011). 'I'm not X, I just want Y': Formulating intentions in interaction. Paper presented at The Department of Social Sciences PGR Conference, Loughborough, February, 2011.
- Childs, C. (2010). 'Want' and 'need' in directive and request sequences. Paper presented at The 4th Loughborough University December CA Conference on Conversation Analysis at Work and at Home, Loughborough, December 2010.
- Childs, C. (2010). 'Wanting' in an interactional context: The performative nature of mental state expressions in everyday family interaction. Paper presented at The Fifth International Conference on Interdisciplinary Social Sciences, Cambridge, August 2010.
- Childs, C. (2010). Interactive uses of the mental state expression 'want' in everyday family interaction. Paper presented at The British Psychological Society Annual Conference, Stratford-Upon-Avon, April 2010.
Undergraduate qualifications
- BA (Hons) Psychology/Writing, Manchester Metropolitan University
Research qualifications
- MRes Psychology, The University of Manchester
- PhD Social Psychology, Loughborough University
