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Contributors

Ansgar Allen is a Lecturer of Education at the University of Sheffield and author of Benign Violence: Education in and beyond the Age of Reason (2014, Palgrave).

Catherine Beal currently works as an educational psychologist (Complex Needs Service, East North East Leeds, and Youth Offending Sector). She has experience within mainstream and specialist settings with young people described as complex/vulnerable and those who demonstrate challenging behaviour or have specialist therapeutic needs. Catherine works directly with young people, provision and systems development. Her qualifications include a Doctorate in Educational and Child Psychology, University of Sheffield, National Programme for Specialist Leaders in Behaviour and Attendance (NPSL-BA) and she is currently completing a Diploma in Narrative Therapy.

Pat Bennett worked previously as an Associate Tutor, and is now an Honorary Lecturer at the University of Sheffield. She is a Chartered Educational Psychologist working in both local authority and private practice.

Tom Billington is Professor of Educational and Child Psychology at the University of Sheffield and Director of the existing research Critical Educational Psychology Centre for the Human.

Dawn Bradley is a Chartered Educational Psychologist with the British Psychological Society. Before training to be an educational psychologist, Dawn taught in a young offenders institute for young men and has also taught in mainstream schools at secondary level. Dawn trained to be an educational psychologist in 2005 at the University of Sheffield, where she completed her Doctorate in Educational Psychology in 2012. Dawn is a member of the Divisions of Child and Educational Psychology and Counselling Psychology as well as being registered as a practitioner psychologist with the Health and Care Professions Council. As an applied psychologist, Dawn is particularly interested in working with vulnerable, marginalised and excluded children and young people. From a methodological perspective she is particularly interested in qualitative, feminist and relational research with her interests sitting more generally within the wider frame of social justice.

Harriet Cameron is Academic Director for the Specialist SpLD Tutorial Service within the English Language Teaching Centre at the University of Sheffield. She has worked with students with specific learning difficulties within higher education for over 10 years. Prior to this, Harriet worked as a school teacher and as a teacher of academic English to overseas students studying at university. She has a master’s degree in Applied Psychology and a doctorate in Critical Educational Psychology with a focus on dyslexia. Her particular interest is in how dyslexia and other learning differences are discursively and ideologically constructed, and how a better understanding here may assist students to reflect critically on their learning identities.

Tim Corcoran is Associate Professor and Academic Director for Professional Learning at the School of Education, Deakin University, Melbourne, Australia. He has extensive experience in educational psychology as a school psychologist and researcher/academic. His work has involved teaching, research and professional practice in Australia, the UK, Singapore and Iraq. He edited Psychology in Education: Critical Theory Practice (2014, Sense Publishers), an international collection of contributions examining critical approaches to educational psychology. More recently he co-edited Disability Studies: Educating for Inclusion (2015, Sense Publishers) and Joint Action: Essays in Honour of John Shotter (2016, Routledge).

Sahaja Davis is a mindfulness practitioner and teacher. He lectures at the University of Sheffield and is Honorary Lecturer at Manchester University. In addition, Sahaja is a senior practitioner educational psychologist at Leeds City Council.

Niall Devlin is a Senior Educational Psychologist, Wakefield Metropolitan District Council. He gained his Doctorate in Educational Psychology at University of Newcastle following an MSc. Niall has a wide range of experience as a practising educational psychologist, having worked in numerous local authorities in the north of England.

Penny Fogg is an Educational Psychologist for Bradford EPS and also a Lecturer in Educational Psychology at the University of Sheffield. Her substantive experience is as a generic educational psychologist working with families and schools. Penny’s areas of specialism relate to the social and emotional well-being of children who have experienced relationship trauma, and working with parents to improve their relationships with their children. Penny qualified as an educational psychologist at Manchester University in 2004 and has also been a teacher, both in mainstream and special schools.

Dan Goodley is Professor of Disability Studies and Education at the University of Sheffield.

Nick Hammond is Senior Educational and Child Psychologist at Norfolk County Council, a trained social theatre practitioner and film maker. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society. Nick is Honorary Lecturer at the University of Manchester and delivers regular workshops to universities and at conferences.

Victoria Harold has worked as an educational psychologist since qualifying in 2006 from the University of Manchester, prior to which she worked as a primary teacher. Victoria gained a BSc in Psychology (University of Leeds), a PGCE (Manchester Metropolitan University), an MSc in Educational Psychology (University of Manchester) and most recently an EdD in Educational Psychology (University of Sheffield).

Martin Hughes has taught on the Doctor of Educational and Child Psychology course since 2008 and is currently the Professional Practice Programme Director. Previously, he taught in a secondary school for five years and since training in 1988, has been recognised as a Chartered Psychologist, gaining experience in Essex, Nottinghamshire and in Singapore, working for the Ministry of Education. Martin currently works part-time for Sheffield City Council as one of the Principal Educational Psychologists where he has been responsible for a large multidisciplinary service as well as managing a multidisciplinary team.

Majid Khoshkhoo is a senior practitioner, educational psychologist, early years. He also works as a Lecturer and Senior Associate Lecturer for the Open University. He gained his Doctorate in Educational Psychology at University of Sheffield following an MSc and prior to that a BSc Hons Psychology. Majid has a wide range of experience, including working in electronics, computing and data analysis, teaching and training.

Daniela Mercieca is a practising educational psychologist and Senior Lecturer within the Department of Education Studies at the University of Malta. Her research interests are in problematising the assumptions that underpin educational practice with children and deconstructing situations in which decisions are made concerning children’s well-being in schools.

Duncan P. Mercieca is Senior Lecturer of Philosophy of Education in the Department of Education Studies at the University of Malta. His research draws on French post-structuralist philosophers to think through educational issues.

China Mills is a Lecturer in Critical Educational Psychology at the School of Education, University of Sheffield. China carries out research into global mental health and the intersections of mental health and poverty, using post-colonial and psycho-political methodologies.

Helen Monkman works in Wakefield as an educational psychologist. She gained her Doctorate in Educational Psychology (University of Sheffield) following an MSc (University of Sheffield) and prior to that a BSc Hons Psychology (University of Nottingham). Helen previously taught in numerous schools and has a long-standing professional interest in the nuances of language and discourse.

Kathryn Pomerantz is Deputy Principal Educational Psychologist working for Derbyshire County Council. She is the former Academic Director of the Doctor of Educational and Child Psychology initial training course for educational psychologists at the University of Sheffield. Kathryn is a qualified practitioner in video interaction guidance (VIG); she actively uses this technique in her work with parents/carers and with staff in schools. She also provides supervision to professionals training to become VIG practitioners.

Samana Saxton currently works as Senior Educational Psychologist with Kirklees LEA, having first worked as an educational psychologist at Leeds Psychology Service after qualifying. Prior to this, Samana worked as a religious education teacher in a mainstream secondary school in Leeds. Samana gained a BSc in Psychology (University of Leicester), a PGCE (Leeds University) and DEdCPsy (University of Sheffield). Samana is particularly interested in working with multicultural communities.

Antony Williams is Lecturer in Educational and Child Psychology at the University of Sheffield where he is Academic Director of the professional training programme in Educational and Child Psychology.

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