جست‌وجوی استاد و پژوهشگر

Lanice Averyمشاهده پروفایل

دانشیار

• Intersectionality (Race, Gender, Sexuality)
• Media Studies
• Black Women's Identity Development
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Lanice Avery is an Associate Professor at the University of Virginia with a joint appointment in the Department of Psychology and the Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality. She investigates intersections of race, gender, sexuality, and media, focusing on Black women's identity development and how systemic stereotypes impact health outcomes. B.A., San Francisco State University M.S., University of Michigan Ph.D., University of Michigan Her research examines: Gendered racism's impact on psychosocial development Media (mainstream/digital/social) effects on self-esteem and mental health Cultural assets in romantic relationship development Intersectional frameworks for health disparities Recent publications analyze social media addiction, intimate partner violence coping, and Eurocentric beauty norms through structural equation modeling and feminist methodologies.

• Body Schema & Self-Objectification
• Psychological Distress in Pandemics
• Mental Body Representations in Adolescence
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Dr. hab. Beata Mirucka (Assistant Professor) is affiliated with the Institute of Psychology at the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin , where she specializes in psychotherapy and health psychology. Her research focuses on body schema, self-objectification, and mental health impacts of global crises. Academic Rank: Assistant Professor University: John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin School: Faculty of Social Sciences Department: Psychotherapy and Health Psychology Research Themes: Mirucka investigates how body perception influences psychological development across life stages, particularly in adolescents and seniors. Her work connects body schema malleability to creativity, anxiety reduction in schizophrenia, and gender-specific mental health challenges. She also explores human-animal relationships and pandemic-induced psychological distress. Key Trends in Publications: Recent studies examine avatar research terminology, body dissatisfaction in adolescent girls, post-surgical adaptation in breast cancer patients, and cultural variations in martial artists' body self-perception. Her methodological contributions include experimental designs and psychometric tools for body schema assessment. Grants & Leadership: Mirucka leads projects funded by the National Science Centre (NCN) and internal KUL grants, including the development of psychological tools for transgender individuals. She has participated in international conferences (e.g., 6th International Jubilee Conference on Psychology of Religion and Spirituality) and contributed to educational initiatives like Erasmus+ programs.

• Psychology
• Eating Disorders
• Body Image
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Akansha Mahesh Naraindas is a Research Fellow at Queen's University Belfast's School of Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Sciences, actively contributing to psychological research with a focus on body image and eating disorders. Her ORCID profile (0000-0002-8673-2426) documents her scholarly activities and publications. Her research interests center on psychological aspects of body image disturbances, with particular emphasis on interoceptive sensibility, self-objectification, and eating disorders including anorexia nervosa and bulimia. Her work explores gender differences in body dissatisfaction and employs network analysis to understand complex relationships between psychological factors. She has conducted systematic reviews of experimental studies on mental and motor imagery disturbances in eating disorders. Analysis of her publication record reveals a consistent focus on clinical psychology with strong methodological approaches including pre-registered studies and systematic reviews. Her research spans both theoretical exploration of body schema and practical applications for understanding eating disorders across female adulthood. Dr. Naraindas demonstrates active engagement in academic community building through her organization of the 'Our Data, Our Research, Our Future' workshop series scheduled throughout 2025, indicating leadership in research methodology and data practices within her field.

• Body Image
• Interoception
• Perception and Cognition
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Dr. Sarah Cooney is an Assistant Professor at University College Dublin's School of Psychology and Director of the UCD Body Lab. She holds a PhD from University College Dublin and has postdoctoral experience at Trinity College Dublin. Her research focuses on body image, interoception, perceptual cognition, and eating disorders, with a particular interest in how these factors interact across diverse populations. She has secured grants including the Ad Astra Start-Up and the HRB-funded BodyWise project. Dr. Cooney actively contributes to public engagement, including events on body image and mental health, and serves on committees such as the EDIP (Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion in Psychology). She teaches courses like 'Brain & Behaviour' and coordinates advanced research methods modules. Her work bridges experimental psychology with educational technology, exemplified by her development of the Cartesian-Garden VR tool for teaching mathematics. PhD: University College Dublin Postdoctoral Fellowships: Trinity College Dublin (2017–2019) and UCD (2018–2019) Her research interests include: Body representation and sensorimotor integration Interoceptive awareness and its clinical implications Developmental spatial-numerical cognition Multisensory learning in immersive environments Dr. Cooney's articles explore topics ranging from body image disturbances in adulthood to the influence of sports/music experience on motor imagery. She has authored over 50 peer-reviewed publications and actively participates in academic conferences, including the Psychonomic Society and Spatial Cognition events.