Dr Ian Baker

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Dr Ian Baker

Job title: Lecturer in Psychology

Email: i.s.baker@derby.ac.uk
Personal website: ianbaker.org/
Phone No: 01332 593026
Room: N202b

Faculty: Education, Health and Sciences

School: School of Science

Subject Area: Psychology

Lecturer in Psychology

Teaching responsibilities

I teach across a range of modules at undergraduate level. I also supervise several PhD students.

Research interests

I have research interest in parapsychology, paranormal belief, religious belief, and the use of electrophysiology measures (eg, EEG, ERP, Skin Conductance, etc).

Membership of professional bodies and advisory committees

  • Chartered Psychologist (C.Psychol.)
  • Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society (AFBPsS)
  • Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA)
  • Part of the Core Advisory Group for the Mind-Matter Mapping Project
  • Member of the British Association of Cognitive Neuroscience (BACN)
  • Member of the Parapsychological Association
  • Member of the Society for Psychical Research

Additional Interests and Activities

I am a reviewer for the International Journal of Parapsychology (IJP), the Journal of Parapsychology (JP), the Journal of the Society for Psychical Research (JSPR), the Journal of Consciousness Studies (JCS), and Cognitive Processing (CogPro). I have been on the conference committee (and one of the reviewers) for the annual convention of the Parapsychological Association (PA) for several years. I was the Editor of the European Journal of Parapsychology (EJP). I have acted as an Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) Rapporteur.

Undergraduate qualifications

  • BSc (Hons) in Psychology, Coventry University

Postgraduate qualifications

  • Postgraduate Certificate in Learning and Teaching, University of Derby

Research qualifications

  • MSc by Research in Psychology, University of Edinburgh
  • PhD in Psychology, University of Edinburgh

Research posts

InstitutionProjectDates
University of EdinburghRemote Facilitation of Attention FocusingApril 2001 to September 2001

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