Dr Jessica Padgett

Qualifications:

BA Hons, MSc, PhD, FHEA

Position:

Lecturer in Psychology

Department:

School of Social Sciences

Email:

Jessica.Padgett@uwe.ac.uk

About me

I am a social and cultural psychologist with a keen interest and emphasis on quantiative methodology.

I completed all of my education in Canada: BA from the University of Waterloo (joint honours in History and Psychology); MSc from Western University (Personality and Measurement Psychology); and PhD from York University (Social and Personality Psychology with a diploma in Quantitative Methods).

My research is interdisciplinary, incorporating theory and methods from psychology, sociology, historiography, gender studies, communication science, and data science. My current work focuses on the relationship between national identity and historical narratives and their influence on contemporary sociopolitical attitudes. Other projects and areas of interest include assessing progressive forms of masculinity, considering the effect of stereotypes on wellbeing, understanding motivation in educational settings, and various topics within media psychology, such as exploring parasocial relationships. I also work as a statistical consultant, primarily supporting measure development and psychometric analyses. 

I am an active member of the Psychological Sciences Research Group (<a href="https://www1.uwe.ac.uk/hls/research/psychologicalsciencesgroup.aspx">PSRG</a>) and foundational to my work is a commitment to Open Science (OSF).

Area of expertise

social identity; masculinity; sociopolitical attitudes; stereotypes; parasocial relationships; psychometrics and measure development; latent profile analysis; structural equation modelling 

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