Sarah Walker

Dr. Sarah Walker is an Assistant Professor in the School of Education at Durham University, UK, and a Fellow of the Wolfson Research Institute. She previously studied and worked as an academic at the University of Sydney, Australia. Her research focuses on individual differences in self-informant agreement in psychological assessments, emotion regulation (both self- and other-directed), and the impact of these processes on interpersonal outcomes, particularly in educational contexts. She explores how individuals regulate their own and others' emotions, including the role of humor, valuing, and receptive listening in relationships. Her work also examines the Dark Triad personality traits and their relationship with emotional intelligence, as well as the challenges of faking in self-report assessments.

Key research themes include extrinsic emotion regulation strategies, the development of psychometric tools (e.g., the Regulating Others' Emotions Scale), and the interplay between personality traits and emotional processes. She has published extensively in peer-reviewed journals such as Emotion, Assessment, and Personality and Individual Differences.

Dr. Walker collaborates internationally and is actively involved in mentoring prospective PhD students interested in emotion regulation dynamics in educational and interpersonal settings.