Emily Coyne

Dr. Emily Coyne is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Psychology and Counselling at Birmingham City University, specializing in Developmental and Educational Psychology. Her research focuses on emergent reading strategies in young children and methodological challenges in self-report data collection.

• Current affiliation: Birmingham City University (since transitioning from Nottingham Trent University)
• Prior role: Research Fellow at Nottingham Trent University
• Research themes: Child development, educational interventions, and ICT-based learning methodologies

Her doctoral thesis "Capturing Reading Strategies in Young Children" revealed novel patterns of adaptive strategy use during early literacy development. She contributes to interdisciplinary research clusters related to health psychology and educational innovation.

Notable projects she previously worked on include:

• "Personalised Learning in Classrooms via ICT" at Nottingham Trent University
• Collaborative initiatives linking psychological research to educational practice