Members of the CAR
Meet the members of the Centre for Appearance Research (CAR). Find out their research interests and contact details.
Directors
Name | Key research interests |
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Professor Diana Harcourt Director |
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Dr Amy Slater Deputy Director |
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Staff
Name | Key research interests |
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Dr Issy Bray Senior Lecturer in Public Health |
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Bruna Oliveira Costa Research Associate |
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Nadia Craddock Research Associate |
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Professor Phillippa Diedrichs Professor in Appearance Research |
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Dr Catrin Griffiths Senior Research Fellow |
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Kirsty Garbett Research Associate |
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Ella Guest Research Associate |
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Dr Emma Halliwell
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Claire
Hamlet Research Associate |
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Dr Nic Hooper Lecturer |
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Dr Liz Jenkinson Senior Lecturer in Psychology |
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Dr Mary Keeling Senior Research Fellow |
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Dr James
Kiff Senior Research Fellow |
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Dr Helena Lewis-Smith Research Fellow |
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Emily
Matheson Research Fellow |
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Dr Tim Moss Associate Professor of Health Psychology |
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Dr Nicole Paraskeva Research Fellow |
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Christine Ramsey-Wade Senior Lecturer: Counselling Psychology |
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Professor Emerita Nichola Rumsey |
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Dr
Nicola Stock Senior Research Fellow |
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Nick Sharratt Research Fellow |
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Dr Pippa Tollow Research Fellow |
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Georgia Treneman-Evans |
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Victoria
Williams |
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Dr Heidi Williamson Senior Research Fellow |
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Fabio Zucchelli Research Associate |
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PhD Students
Name |
Title of PhD | Supervisors |
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Chantelle Bailey | Development and evaluation of a school-based body image intervention to change attitudes towards appearance and promote acceptance of appearance diversity | |
Nadia Craddock | Big business and body image | Phillippa Diedrichs, Emma Halliwell, Fiona Spotswood, Meaghan Ramsey |
Caterina Gentili | Body Image, Appearance and Physical Activity after Diagnosis of Prostate Cancer | Diana Harcourt and Stuart McClean |
Peer support for parents of people affected by burn injuries | Diana Harcourt, Heidi Williamson, Lisa Williams |
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Sabrina Meechem | The impact of social media on adolescent health and wellbeing | Amy Slater, Emma Halliwell, Yvette Morey |
Jade Parnell | Developing an intervention for primary school-aged children to increase acceptance of diversity of appearance | Amy Slater and Heidi Williamson |
Matthew Ridley | Redefining resilience in the context of cleft lip and/or palate: Using adult data to inform the development of an intervention to promote positive outcomes | Nichola Rumsey, Amy Slater |
The Impact of Appearance Concerns On Intimacy In People With Disfigurement | Nichola Rumsey, Tim Moss, Elizabeth Jenkinson | |
Maia Thornton | Promoting positive psychological adjustment in parents and carers of children and young people with an appearance-altering condition or injury | Heidi Williamson, Diana Harcourt, James Kiff, Toity Deave |
Completed PhD Students
Name |
Title of PhD | Supervisors |
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Dr Laura Armstrong-James | Paediatric and young people's psychosocial adjustment to burn injuries | Diana Harcourt, Nichola Rumsey, Heidi Williamson, Julia Cadogan |
Dr Jenny Barke | Young people’s experiences of visible differences associated with genetic/inherited conditions | Diana Harcourt |
Dr Alyson Bessell | Facing up to visible difference: The design and evaluation of a new computer-based psychosocial intervention | Tim Moss, Nichola Rumsey, Diana Harcourt |
Dr Heather Brant | Psychosocial and ethical issues around visible difference associated with genetic conditions | Diana Harcourt |
Dr Emma Dures | Psychosocial impact of Epidermylosis Bullosa (EB) | Nichola Rumsey, Marianna Morris, Kate Gleeson |
Dr Fiona Fox | An exploration of online peer support for young people with chronic skin conditions | Marianne Morris, Nichola Rumsey |
Dr Nikki Hayfield | Bisexual women’s visual identities: A feminist mixed-methods exploration | Victoria Clarke, Emma Halliwell, Nichola Rumsey, Helen Malson |
Dr Caroline Huxley | An exploration of the sociocultural influences affecting lesbian and bisexual women’s body image | Emma Halliwell, Victoria Clarke, Nichola Rumsey |
Dr Sue Jackson | The psychosocial importance of eyes and the impact of strabismus on adults | Nichola Rumsey, Marianne Morris, Richard Harrad |
Dr Fiona Kennedy | The psychosocial impact and perception of Ductal Carcinoma in Situ | Diana Harcourt, Nichola Rumsey |
Dr Helena Lewis-Smith | Psychosocial support for appearance-related concerns amongst people living with a visible difference: exploring the use of body image interventions in women with breast cancer | Diana Harcourt, Nichola Rumsey, Phillippa Diedrichs |
Dr Emily Lovegrove | Adolescents, appearance and anti-bullying strategies |
Nichola Rumsey, Keith Postlethwaite |
Dr Geeta Patel | Black Minority Ethnic (BME) women's experiences following breast cancer diagnosis | Diana Harcourt, Nichola Rumsey, Habib Naqvi |
Dr Melissa Pilkington | Psychosocial interventions to support women affected by hair loss due to chemotherapy treatment | Diana Harcourt and Nichola Rumsey, |
Dr Ben Rosser | Cognitive information processing biases and appearance adjustment: The role of the appearance self-schema | Tim Moss, Nichola Rumsey |
Dr Irmgard Tischner | A critical psychological investigation of obesity | Helen Malson, Emma Halliwell, Nichola Rumsey |
Dr Daisy Townsend |
Exploring the role of cognitive, physical and social variables between body image and appearance concerns and physical activity participation |
James Byron Daniel, Emma Halliwell, Diana Harcourt |
Dr Melissa Wallace | The psychosocial impact of conditions altering appearance during adolescence | Diana Harcourt, Nichola Rumsey |
Dr Jamie White | Development of negative body image and disordered eating in adolescents | Emma Halliwell, Tim Moss, Nichola Rumsey |
Visiting Staff - previous
Name | Year | From |
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Dr Jessia Alleva | Sep 2016 -Oct 2017 |
University of Masstricht, Netherlands |
Tara De Paoli (PhD student) | Oct 2016 - Jan 2017 | University of Melbourne, Australia |
Professor Susan Paxton | Sep 2013 - Nov 2013 | LaTrobe University, Melbourne |
Jasmine Fardouly | Feb 2013 - July 2012 | |
Dr Kristin Billaud-Feragen | Sep 2012-Sep2013 | Statped, Norway |
Dr Zali Yager | Nov 2011-Nov 2012 | LaTrobe University, Melbourne |
Dr Lina Ricciardelli | Oct-Nov 2011 | Deakin University, Melbourne |
Honorary CAR Members
Name | Honorary Award |
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Rosanna Preston | UWE Doctor of Science |
Dr Julia Cadogan, University Hospitals Bristol NHS Fdn Trust | CAR Honorary Research Fellow |
Alex Clarke | UWE Doctor of Science |
Dr James Partridge | UWE Doctor of Science |
Dr Martin Persson, Kristianstad University, Sweden |
CAR Honorary Research Fellow |