Key details
Dr Rebecca Smith
Senior Lecturer, Psychology
Rebecca Smith joined the university in 2005. She received her PhD (Psychology) and MA (Psychology) from the University of Dundee.
Her teaching specialism is social psychology, and her research interests are ostracism, rape myth acceptance and the stigmatization of the homeless.
She supervises a number of PhD and EdD students in areas of social psychology and gender equality.
Previous positions
- 2015-16, Deputy Head of Department
- 2009-13, TMC Link Tutor
Responsibilities within the university
- Senior Lecturer, Psychology
- Link tutor
Recognition
Rebecca is a regular reviewer for the following journals:
- Applied Social Psychology
- Death Studies
- Motivation and Emotion
Rebecca is on the Undergraduate Education Committee of the BPS.
Professional affiliations/associations
- British Psychology Society (BPS)
- European Association of Social Psychology (EASP)
- Senior Fellow HEA
Research / Scholarly interests
Rebecca’s research interests include ostracism and social exclusion, this extends to research with homeless people and prejudice directed towards the homeless. More recently Rebecca has developed a research interest is in rape myth acceptance and the impact of sexual violence prevention training.
Rebecca has also conducted research on attitudes towards close relationships.
Key funded projects
- University of 杏吧app下载: the meaning of death-personal meaning as a terror management strategy, 2012
Recent publications
Article
Thompson, L , Turley, E, Beetham, T, Donnelly, L C , Lazard, L , Bassra, S , Castellino, C , Christie, D , Cole, J , Hubbard, K (2023), . British Psychological Society (BPS). In: , , , . British Psychological Society (BPS), Psychology of Women and Equalities Section Review, 6 (1) . pp. 5-19 ISSN: 2976-8799 (Print), 2517-4932 (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.53841/bpspowe.2023.6.1.5) NB Item availability restricted.
Smith, Rebecca and , Stathi, Sofia (2021), . Routledge - Taylor and Francis. In: , , , . Routledge - Taylor and Francis, Journal of Social Psychology . pp. 1-12 ISSN: 0022-4545 (Print), 1940-1183 (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/00224545.2021.1963204).
Willis, Malachi and , Smith, Rebecca (2021), . SAGE Publications. In: , , , . SAGE Publications, Journal of Interpersonal Violence . pp. 1-27 ISSN: 0886-2605 (Print), 1552-6518 (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.1177/08862605211044101).
Morgan, Jessica , Smith, Rebecca, Singh, Amrik (2019), . De Gruyter. In: , , , . De Gruyter, HUMOR International Journal of Humor Research, 32 (3) . pp. 433-448 ISSN: 0933-1719 (Print), 1613-3722 (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.1515/humor-2017-0063).
Tamplin-Wilson, Jay , Smith, Rebecca, Morgan, Jessica, Maras, Pamela (2019), . Elsevier. In: , , , . Elsevier, Computers in Human Behavior, 97 . pp. 130-136 ISSN: 0747-5632 (Print), (doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2019.03.008).
Van Zalk, Nejra and , Smith, Rebecca (2019), . Frontiers Media. In: , , , . Frontiers Media, Frontiers in Psychology: Psychopathology, 10: 350 ISSN: 1664-1078 (Print), 1664-1078 (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.00350).
Smith, Rebecca , Morgan, Jessica, Monks, Claire (2016), . Elsevier. In: , , , . Elsevier, Computers in Human Behavior, 68 . pp. 276-285 ISSN: 0747-5632 (Print), (doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2016.11.041).
Smith, Rebecca and , Klases, Antonia (2016), . In: , , , . , Interpersona: An International Journal on Personal Relationships, 10 (1) . pp. 90-108 ISSN: 1981-6472 (Print), (doi: https://doi.org/10.5964/ijpr.v10i1.204).
Conference item
G枚rzig, Anke , Smith, Rebecca, Monks, Claire, Thompson, Jessica , Charafeddine, Dima (2022), . In: Annual Meeting of the Social Psychology section of the British Psychological Society, 5th September 2022, London , . , (doi: ).
Chopra, Priti , Withey, Carol, Ragab, Sara, Smith, Rebecca , Fanghanel, Alexandra (2022), . In: #Its not okay: Sexual Violence Awareness Mini Conference, 11 February 2022, Online , . , (doi: ) NB Item availability restricted.