Carol Pearson
Telephone: 020 7911 5000 ext: 2006
Email: pearsoc@wmin.ac.uk
Research Interests
Social psychology; student experiences in Higher Education; health psychology; qualitative research methodology and survey methods
General Information
Carol is a Senior Lecturer in Psychology. Her teaching interests are in Social, Developmental and Critical Psychology. Her research focuses on aspects of teaching and learning in Higher Education, including student expectations and achievement predictors, student progression and social and academic integration. Recent research has also focused on both first year and minority group undergraduate students' experiences in Higher Education and more specifically Psychology as a discipline. Carol specialises in qualitative methodology
Publications/Conferences
Hodges, I. & Pearson, C. (2008). Silent Minority: Exploring British Gay Men's Experience of the Nature and Content of Psychology as a Discipline, Hellenic Journal of Psychology, 5(1), 33-57
Rodgers, J., Buchanan, T., Pearson,C., Parrott, A., Ling, J., Heffernan, TM & Scholey, A. (2005). Differential experiences of the psychobiological sequelae of ecstasy use: quantitative and qualitative data from an internet study, Journal of Psychopharmacology, 20(3), 437-446
Hodges, I. & Pearson, C. (2011) Out in Psychology 1: Exploring Gay and Bisexual Men’s Accounts Of their Educational experiences in Psychology - Presented at the 12th European Congress of Psychology, Istanbul: Psychology for the 21st Century July 2011. Symposium: Responding to Diversity: Exploring Accounts of Learning and Teaching from Non-Traditional and Minority Students in U.K. Psychology DepartmentsPearson, C. & Smith, S. (2011) Out in Psychology 2: Exploring Lesbian and Bisexual Women’s Accounts Of their Educational experiences in Psychology - Presented at the 12th European Congress of Psychology, Istanbul: Psychology for the 21st Century July 2011. Symposium: Responding to Diversity: Exploring Accounts of Learning and Teaching from Non-Traditional and Minority Students in U.K. Psychology Departments
Reed, C, Hodges, I, Jobanputra, S, Pearson, C, & Smith, S (2011) Minority Students and Undergraduate Psychology: Mapping a Common Framework for the Minority Student Experience - Presented at the 12th European Congress of Psychology, Istanbul: Psychology for the 21st Century July 2011. Symposium: Responding to Diversity: Exploring Accounts of Learning and Teaching from Non-Traditional and Minority Students in U.K. Psychology Departments
Rodgers J, Soar K., Buchanan T., Pearson, C., Parrott A.C., Ling J., Heffernan T., & Scholey A.B. (2008, June). Health Beliefs in a sample of ecstasy (MDMA) users. Paper presented at Club Health Conference. Ibiza, Spain, June 25th 2008
Pearson, C., Reed, C. & Ryder, K. (2008). A Qualitative exploration of British first year psychology undergraduates’ experience of the transition into Higher Education. The International Conference on Educational Sciences, Cyprus, June
Reed. C., Pearson, C., Porter. A. (2007) The successful first year student: enhancing academic and social integration in a supportive learning environment. Poster presented at the 20th International Conference on The First-Year Experience, July 9-12, 2007. Hawaii.
Hixenbaugh, P. Pearson, C. Reed, C. Dewart, H. Porter, A. (2007) To what extent should we aim to change the student to fit the institution or the institution to fit the student? Round Table Discussion and Poster presented at the 20th International Conference on The First-Year Experience, July 9-12,. Hawaii.
Smith, S., Jessen, A., Hodges, I., Jobanputra, S., Pearson, C., and Reed, C. Mapping exclusion in undergraduate psychology: Towards a common architecture of the minority student experience. Paper presented at the 4th Annual Conference on Teaching and Learning: Challenge of Diversity Conference, Galway, Ireland. 8-9 June 2006.
Pearson, C., and Smith, S. Diversity in Higher Education: Lesbian & Bisexual psychology undergraduate's experiences of studying psychology. Poster presentation at the Challenge of Diversity Conference, Galway, Ireland. 8-9 June 2006
Pearson, C., and Hodges, I. Psychology at the crossroads: Gay and Bi men's accounts of learning and teaching in U.K. psychology departments. Poster presented at the 4th Annual Conference on Teaching and Learning: Challenge of Diversity Conference, Galway, Ireland. 8-9 June 2006.
Hodges, I. & Pearson, C. (2005) Out From The Margins: Exploring Gay Men's Accounts of Learning and Teaching in U.K. Psychology Departments. Paper presented at the BPS Quinquennial Conference, Manchester, UK. 30 March-1April.
Pearson, C., Porter, A., Reed, C., Hixenbaugh, P. (2005) First year undergraduate assessment experience: A qualitative perspective. Paper presented at the Polytechnic of Hong Kong. The first International Conference on Enhancing Teaching and Learning through Assessment. 13th 15th June.
Reed, C., Porter, A., Pearson, C., Hixenbaugh, P. (2005) Student preferences for assessment and approaches to studying. Paper presented at the Polytechnic of Hong Kong. The first International Conference on Enhancing Teaching and Learning through Assessment. 13th 15th June.
Smith, S., Pearson, C. 2005. Diversity in Higher Education: Lesbian Psychology Undergraduate's Experiences of Studying Psychology. Widening Participation Symposium. Paper presented at the BPS Quinquennial Conference, Manchester, 30 March-1 April.
Hodges, I. & Pearson, C. (2004) Invited presentation Exploring Gay Men's Experience of Undergraduate Psychology. Paper Presented at the Quality of Life and Psychology Conference, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece.
Pearson, C and Porter, A (2004) An Investigation of Undergraduate Students' Transferable Skills: Initial Expectations and Perceived Outcomes Proceedings of the 2nd Annual Hawaii International Conference on Education January 3-6, 2004, Honolulu, United States of America.
Hodges. I & Pearson, C. (2003) Silent Minority: Exploring Gay Men's Experience of the Nature and Content of Pychology as a Discipline. Paper presented at the BPS Annual Conference, Bournemouth, UK.
Reed, C. Pearson, C. Jobanputra, S. Hixenbaugh, P. Dewart, H. and Porter, A. (2003) An investigation of the relationship between undergraduate students' expectations of studying psychology and their learning and thinking styles. Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Measurement and Evaluation in Education, August 27-30, 2003, Penang, Malaysia.
Hodges, I. & Pearson, C. (2002). Time for Change: Exploring Gay Men's Experience of the Nature and Content of Psychology as a Discipline. Paper presented at the ICOPE 2002 conference, St. Petersburg, Russia.
Porter, A. & Pearson, C. (2002). Expectations and orientation of psychology students. International Conference on Psychology Education: Curriculum and Teaching, Saint Petersburg, Russia. 15-19 June.
Pearson C and Graupp H. (1997) Race, Gender and the perceived credibility of Lawyers. Forensic Update, Issue 48, Feb. Division of Criminological and Legal Psychology (BPS).
Wait J D and Pearson C. (1996) Relationship between sex-roles of children and their parents. Submitted to the proceedings of the BPS Developmental Section Annual Conference, Oxford.
Wait J D and Pearson C. (1996) Sex Typing and toy preferences: Comparisons within and between children and their parents. Proceedings of the British Psychological Society Vol. 4(2).
Pearson C and Graupp H. (1996) The Credibility of Lawyers: Race and Gender effects. Proceedings of the British Psychological Society Vol. 4(2).
Kemp R, Towell N, Pearson C, Wright D, Donnely P, Woods J and Milner D. (1995) Sex, Lies and Videotape. In Davies G, Lloyd-Bostock S, Mcnurran M and Wilson C (Eds).
Psychology and Law: Advances in Research. (pp 216-220). Berlin, De Gruter.
Kemp R, Towell M, Pearson C, Wright D, Donnely P, Woods J and Milner D. Sex, Lies and Videotape. Submitted to the proceeding of the Third European Conference of Law and Psychology (BPS), Oxford University, 1992.
