Dr Steven McNair

  • Lecturer (Psychology & Neuroscience Education Hub)

email: Steven.McNair@glasgow.ac.uk

R427, 62 Hillhead Street, School of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom, G12 8QB

Import to contacts

Mondays 12noon - 2pm, in-person and Online via Zoom

ORCID iDhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-4716-0557

Research interests

Scholarship interests:

  • Mapping and embedding employability in the higher education curriculum
  • Supporting psychology students' employability development
  • Lived experiences of inclusivity of LGBTQ+ and neurodiverse students in higher education

 

Dissertation supervision:

I have a preference towards qualitative projects, but I am happy to discuss mixed methods or quantitative approaches where suitable. I would be happy to discuss supervision of Honours and MSc conversion course dissertations on the following topics:

  • LGBTQ+ lived experience
  • Student's experiences of developing employability/readiness for work and their perceptions experiences of finding graduate employment
  • Cyberpsychology, particularly the processes underlying online social interactions
  • Developmnent in adulthood and older adulthood, with a focus on lived experiences

 

Previous research experience:

  • Pre-stimulus oscillatory neural correlates of sound pitch and intensity in healthy ageing
  • Oscillatory and ERP correlates of audiovisual speech perception in healthy ageing
  • Perception of facial expressions of emotion in healthy ageing

Teaching

Lectures:

  • Psychology 1B (Social Psychology topic)
  • Social Psychology L3/4/Msc/ODL (Leadership and Cyberpsychology topics)
  • Current Issues in Psychology L3/MSC/ODL (LGBTQ+ psychology topic)

Labs:

  • L3/4 Qualitative project 
  • MSc Research Methods 2

Other teaching/admin roles:

  • Honours and MSc dissertation project supervision
  • Current Issues in Psychology L3/MSC/ODL Course Lead
  • School of Psychology and Neuroscience Employability Network Co-lead
  • Adviser of Studies

Professional activities & recognition

Professional & learned societies

  • Chartered Member, British Psychological Society
  • Fellow (FHEA), Advance HE (HE Academy)