Background

I have taught at degree level since 2004, lecturing in many applied areas of Psychology. Fluent in quantitative and qualitative methodologies, I support students through all levels of the undergraduate degree. I have a passion for teaching.

I am honoured to have won a couple of teaching awards, one from the Students' Union and one from the Vice Chancellor's Awards - both were nominated by our lovely students.

My main research interests focus upon critical social psychology, applied psychology and the socio-cultural aspects of intellectual disability; working alongside and with people experiencing disability.

Current research interests

• Obsessive compulsive symptoms, superstitions and the notion of 'luck'
• Cognitive models of delusional idiation and paranoid beliefs
• Constructions of (dis)ability
• Advocacy and learning difficulties
• Althusian ideas of ‘hailing’ and ‘recognition’ in the construction of identities
• Psychological, practical and political notions of ‘feeding’ and nutrition within social care.
• Attitudes towards (dis)ability and mental health
• Experiences of using Health Services
• What is meant by meeting ‘minimum’ care standards in supported housing and residential care?

FHEA

Member of the British Psychological Society

BSc (Hons) Psychology (1:1) - University of Wolverhampton

MSc in Intellectual and Learning Disability - University of Birmingham

Galbraith, N. D., Morgan, C. J., Jones, C. L., Ormerod, D. R., Galbraith, V. E., & Manktelow, K. I. (2014). The Mediating Effect of Affect: Different Pathways From Self and Other Schemas to Persecutory Ideation. Canadian Journal of Behavioural Science/Revue canadienne des sciences du comportement, 46 (4), 497-505. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/a0036263

Ormerod, D. R. (In Prep). Implications for ‘compliance’ with food and drink modifications for people with intellectual disability and swallowing problems.