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Dr. Raquel Peel is a Senior Lecturer in Psychology at RMIT University's College of Health and Biomedical Sciences. She holds dual roles as National Psychology Honours Program Coordinator (University of Notre Dame Australia) and oversees foundational health communication curricula. Her research focuses on relationship sabotage, self-defeating behaviors, and trauma's impact on intimate relationships. She has published extensively on attachment theory, online dating dynamics, and gender diversity.
Dr. Peel earned a PhD in Psychology from James Cook University (2020), a Bachelor of Psychology (Honours) from James Cook University (2015), and a Bachelor of Arts (Art History & Music) from the University of Sydney (2011). She has held academic roles at multiple institutions including the University of Southern Queensland and James Cook University.
Her research lab investigates factors influencing relationship maintenance, including first sexual encounter regret, childhood trauma, and social media's role in romantic advice-seeking. She supervises PhD students exploring self-defeating attitudes in online relationships, emerging adult sexual regret, and prosocial online behaviors.
Awarded the 2022 Higher Education Academy Fellowship and 2020 Excellence Award for Early Career Educator, Dr. Peel's work bridges psychological science with practical relationship counseling strategies. She has secured AU$50k+ in research grants and contributed to policy development for rural medical education and mental health programs for higher-degree students.
