Dr Damien Williams
Teaching Fellow
Psychology
Personal statement
Personal statement
I received my BSc (Hons) and PhD in Psychology from the University of Bristol, and MPH (specialism in Health Promotion) from the University of Manchester. I am a Chartered Psychologist (Division of Academics, Researchers and Teachers in Psychology) and Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society, and an Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. I contribute to teaching, supervision, and/or assessment on the BA Psychology, MSc Clinical Health Psychology, MSc Research Methods in Psychology, and the MSc Psychology with Specialisation in Health.
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Prize And Awards
- Teaching Excellence Award: Support and Feedback
- Recipient
- 2021
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Publications
- Co-production in curriculum development through student-staff collaboration
- Ferguson Aimee Margaret Denver, Preston Kate, Williams Damien
- HE Teaching Development Conference 2024 (2024)
- A new measure of feeling safe : developing psychometric properties of the neuroception of psychological safety scale (NPSS)
- Morton Liza, Cogan Nicola, Kolacz Jacek, Calderwood Calum, Nikolic Marek, Bacon Thomas, Pathe Emily, Williams Damien, Porges Stephen W
- Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy Vol 16, pp. 701–708 (2024)
- https://doi.org/10.1037/tra0001313
- Are images of seized knives an effective crime deterrent? A comparative thematic analysis of young people's views within the Scottish context
- Cogan N, Chin-Van Chau Y, Russell K, Linden W, Swinson N, Eckler P, Knifton L, Jordan V, Williams D, Coleman C, Hunter S C
- Journal of Youth Studies Vol 26, pp. 1293-1311 (2023)
- https://doi.org/10.1080/13676261.2022.2086038
- Co-creation of sustainability education : 'made by students'
- Gallou Eirini, Williams Damien
- Conference on Sustainable Development, pp. 1-9 (2023)
- The emotional and social impact on young people of using knife seizure images to tackle knife crime : the need for a public health approach
- Cogan Nicola, Hunter Simon, Lindon Will, Eckler Petya, Knifton Lee, Russell Kirsten, Williams Damien, Swinson Nicola, Coleman Charlotte
- Trinity Health and Education International Research Conference (THEconf2022)
(2022) - A new measure of feeling safe : developing psychometric properties of the neuroception of psychological safety scale (NPSS)
- Morton L, Cogan N, Kolacz J, Nikolic M, Calderwood C, Bacon T, Williams Damien, Pathe E, Porges SW
- (2021)
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Professional Activities
- Teaching in Higher Education: Supporting and Inspiring Students (THESIS) (External organisation)
- Member
- 2024
- PLoS Global Public Health (Journal)
- Peer reviewer
- 6/2023
- ESD Me and a cup of tea
- Speaker
- 18/4/2023
- External Examiner of the BA Education with Psychology and Counselling
- Examiner
- 2023
- ESD, me, and a cup of tea
- Speaker
- 28/3/2022
- External Examiner of the BSc (Hons) Psychology programme
- Examiner
- 2022
Projects
- Staff-Student Collaborative Curriculum Review
- Peddie, Nicola (Co-investigator) Rehman, Aliyah (Co-investigator) Williams, Damien (Co-investigator)
- 09-Jan-2023 - 09-Jan-2024
- Impact of knife imagery on school-aged children: Knife Eagle project
- Coleman, Charlotte (Principal Investigator) Cogan, Nicola (Co-investigator) Williams, Damien (Co-investigator)
- A mixed methods collaborative project exploring a Kent police initiative to reduce knife crime, that involves the use of different forms of knife imagery. The initiative focuses on the impact of the knife eagle: a model of an eagle made from seized knives.
- 01-Jan-2021
- Learning from failure project
- Findlay, Kellyanne (Principal Investigator) Rasmussen, Susan (Co-investigator) McGilvray, Lisa (Co-investigator) Williams, Damien (Co-investigator)
- A mixed methods pedagogical research project exploring the role of "failure" on student learning. The project seeks to understand student perceptions of failure, and how it influences learning.
- 28-Jan-2021
- Impact of knife seizure imagery in Scotland
- Cogan, Nicola (Principal Investigator) Williams, Damien (Research Co-investigator) Chau, Chin-Van Yvonne (Researcher) Eckler, Petya (Co-investigator) Swinson, Nicola (Co-investigator) Hunter, Simon (Co-investigator) Knifton, Lee (Co-investigator) Lindon, Will (Co-investigator) Russell, Kirsten (Co-investigator)
- A mixed methods collaborative project exploring the impact of images of knives seized by Police Scotland on adults in Scotland.
- 14-Jan-2020
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Contact
Dr
Damien
Williams
Teaching Fellow
Psychology
Email: damien.williams@strath.ac.uk
Tel: Unlisted