College of Health, Psychology and Social Care staff

Dr Simon Sherwood
Senior Lecturer in Psychology

As a part-time Senior Lecturer in Psychology, Dr Simon Sherwood teaches on a variety of foundation and undergraduate psychology modules. He is interested in the psychology of the paranormal, with a particular interest in hauntings and apparitions and experimental investigations of dream ESP.

Dr Boban Simonovic
Lecturer in Psychology

Lecturer in Psychology, Dr Boban (Bob) Simonovic, joined the University of Derby as a Lecturer in Psychology in November 2017, having previously worked as an associate lecturer (online), and as a teaching assistant on campus.

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Dr Karin Spenser
Discipline Lead: Head of Forensic and Health Psychology

Karin Spenser is Discipline Lead: Head of Forensic and Health Psychology and has both academic and professional experience in the field. From an academic perspective, her focus is on quantitative research methods, the paradigms of psychology, working with sexual offenders, offenders with mental or intellectual disabilities, and women veterans.

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Dr Carol Stalker
Lecturer in Psychology

Carol is a lecturer in Psychology on the campus BSc Psychology programme. Dr Stalker is the Level 4 lead for the programme and also teaches across the undergraduate and postgraduate courses. Dr Stalker is an active researcher, currently researching acceptance approaches in patients with chronic kidney disease and compassionate approaches in higher education. 

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Amy Stanhope
Postgraduate Research Student

Amy is an art psychotherapist and postgraduate researcher working with The Beeches Mother and Baby Unit in order to design, deliver and draw data from an art psychotherapy intervention with mothers.

Paul Staples
Senior Lecturer in Psychology

Paul is a Senior Lecturer in Psychology at the University of Derby. He has been teaching psychology for the past 27 years, initially at the University of Manchester, then at Staffordshire University and from 2006 here at the University of Derby.

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Dr Vicki Staples
Programme Director for MSc Health Psychology

Vicki is a Senior Lecturer in Health Psychology and the programme director of the MSc Health Psychology Programme. She is a Chartered Psychologist and an Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society. 

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Cate Starr
Lecturer in Psychology

Cate is a Postgraduate Research Student and Associate Lecturer in Psychology. She is also the PGR Chair. She uses qualitative research methods to explore gender, with a specific focus on power relations and sexuality.

Dr Ed Stupple
Associate Professor in Psychology

Ed is a lecturer in Psychology.

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Dr Elaina Taylor
Senior Lecturer in Psychology

Dr Elaina Taylor is a Lecturer and Chartered Psychologist. She is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, full member of the Division of Health Psychology and Chartered member of the British Psychological Society.