Dr Jennie Ferrell

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  • Qualifications:PhD, University of North Carolina at Greensboro
  • Position:Associate Head - Department of Health and Social Sciences (Psychology)
  • Department:HAS - Health and Social Sciences
  • Telephone:+4411732 82197
  • Email:Jennie.Ferrell@uwe.ac.uk
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About me

Dr Jennie Ferrell is an Associate Head of Departement of Social Sciences for Psychology and coordinator for the Departement of Social Sciences Sandwich Year. Prior to working at UWE she has worked at London Metropolitan University and the University of Bedfordshire as well as originally moving to the UK in 2004 for a post-doctoral research position at the University of Kent.


Jennie's background is in the area of the development of social cognition and has studied areas such as risk estimation emotional understanding subjective group dynamics and social cognition from a developmental perspective. Recently she has been working in the area of intergenerational contact as well as student community and engagement. Jennie is part of the Psychological Sciences Research Group (PSRG).

Jennie's teaching specialisms are in developmental and cognitive psychology as well as coordinating sandwich year placements.

Area of expertise

developmental psychology, child development, counterfactual reasoning, social cognition, intergenerational contact, play

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