meet the communications Team

Angel (she/her) is a Teaching Fellow and Programme Director for International Partnerships at the School of Psychology, Aston University. Her expertise lies in educational psychology, with a strong focus on developing and implementing innovative, evidence-based teaching methods. She is particularly interested in how technology can be used to enhance learning, especially within higher education settings.

Angel’s research spans several key areas within psychology, including behavioural psychology, online pedagogy, evidence-based educational practice, and statistics education. Her doctoral research explored the role of technology-enhanced learning tools in supporting university students’ mastery of statistics and the development of critical thinking skills. She is currently researching on how online pedagogical strategies can be aligned with learning theories to transform educational outcomes in learning statistics.

Shae Sackman is currently a graduate student at Simon Fraser University in British Columbia, Canada. Their work currently involves the areas of meta-science, the philosophy of science, and asking questions about the methodological practices within the psychological sciences. 

When not staring at rows and rows of data, Shae is trying to figure out the best ways to convince students that statistics isn't scary or boring.

Mag is currently an undergraduate student in Psychology (with Human Rights) at the University of Sussex. She is a mature student who has spent the past four years as a Programme Development Associate at Care Community Services Society, a social service charity in Singapore (where she’s from). From evaluating interventions, understanding the needs of vulnerable communities and working alongside social workers and counsellors, she has seen first-hand and explored the role of statistics and research methods in the broadening gap between evidence and practice. Some of her past projects include implementing psychological scales for senior daycare and prison casework programmes, as well as hosting “Data Parties” to keep social workers up-to-date with relevant research. Thus, Mag is interested in statistics education and anxiety due to its important and foundational role in creating and maximising social impact.

She can also be found fixating on any one of her gazillion crafty hobbies, or last seen in public at a concert/gig.

Amelia is a psychology PhD student at the University of Sussex supervised by Dr Jenny Terry & Professor Andy Field. Her research interests focus primarily on psychometrics and statistics education, with particular interest in the statistical aptitude and understanding of working psychology researchers. She is also a strong proponent of open science practices within psychology research. Her most recent research examines the extent to which specific residual plot characteristics (ratio, point density, degree of heteroscedasticity) affect how accurately psychology researchers can identify heteroscedasticity solely through residual plot interpretation (https://osf.io/yvr5n/).

Torsa holds an MA in Clinical Psychology from India and aspires to pursue a PhD in Developmental/ Clinical Psychology. She is presently a post-bacc research assistant working closely on topics surrounding child developmental trajectories and child and adolescent psychopathology. Her research interests are at the intersection of adverse experiences and their long-term functioning into adulthood, social adjustment, and emotion regulation. Her clinical experience with children at correctional centres and rehabilitation homes strengthens her efforts towards designing scalable psychological interventions for minoritized youth.

Personal bio coming soon!