My undergraduate training was in Tasmania, followed by a D.Phil. in Experimental Psychology at Oxford University as Tasmania’s Rhodes scholar (1980-83). I have worked in the UK (Oxford, Durham, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Nottingham), the USA (UC: Berkeley), Canada (McGill) and Australia (Uni of Melbourne, Uni of Western Australia). I have both policy experience (President of The Psychology Foundation of Australia, Chair of the Australian Academy of Science, National Committee for Brain and Mind, co-ordinator of the Australasian Society for Experimental Psychology (1996-2024), a member of the APS division for Research, Education and Training over several decades and the committee that designed the current training pathways for Psychology) and teaching & research experience in sensory neuropsychology. My work has been recognised by Fellowships of the APS, the Academy of Social Sciences in Australia, the Association for Psychological Science and the APS President’s award for a Distinguished contribution to Psychology in Australia.

I have been working as a School Psychologist for 20 years and a Senior School Psychologist for 12 of those years in Tasmania. I hold a teaching degree. I am a full member of the APS and Board Approved Supervisor. I have worked in rural and remote areas of the NW coast of Tasmania for my whole career. I am passionate about working in schools and providing access to a free psychological service for children, young people, and their families through their school. Working in schools gives me variety in my job, with challenges and lots of reward. I have found working in the state service provided me with a supportive and great place to learn and develop my skills as a psychologist.