Ms Janine Crosbie

Biography	My research career started in 1996 when I was employed as an Assistant Psychologist to carry out an evaluation of changes made to mental health services in Newcastle. From there I moved to the PSSRU in Manchester to evaluate the benefits of a medical assessment for older people prior to entry to residential care. In 2001 I joined the University of Salford as a lecture developing new modules for the new Psychology degrees which were first introduced in 2000. As I developed as a lecturer I took on more administrative roles, including Admission Tutor and Programme Leader. In 2006 I went part time after the birth of my son. By 2018 I wanted to expand my research and recognised that since my early research in health psychology that I was now interested in education research. I decided to start a Doctorate in Education and I am now in my final year. My doctoral research has moved me into constructionist methodology from the positivist position I had taken in previously. My research is examining how lecturers and students perceive and experience assessment in higher education. I have used a photo-elicitation methodology with interviews and focus groups. The data has been analysed using reflexive thematic analysis.
Research Interests	Higher Education Wellbeing Health Psychology Constructionist methodology Reflexive Thematic Analysis Photo-elicitation

Biography

My research career started in 1996 when I was employed as an Assistant Psychologist to carry out an evaluation of changes made to mental health services in Newcastle. From there I moved to the PSSRU in Manchester to evaluate the benefits of a medical assessment for older people prior to entry to residential care. In 2001 I joined the University of Salford as a lecture developing new modules for the new Psychology degrees which were first introduced in 2000. As I developed as a lecturer I took on more administrative roles, including Admission Tutor and Programme Leader. In 2006 I went part time after the birth of my son. By 2018 I wanted to expand my research and recognised that since my early research in health psychology that I was now interested in education research. I decided to start a Doctorate in Education and I am now in my final year. My doctoral research has moved me into constructionist methodology from the positivist position I had taken in previously. My research is examining how lecturers and students perceive and experience assessment in higher education. I have used a photo-elicitation methodology with interviews and focus groups. The data has been analysed using reflexive thematic analysis.

Research Interests

Higher Education
Wellbeing
Health Psychology
Constructionist methodology
Reflexive Thematic Analysis
Photo-elicitation