Outreach

I am open to being contacted about giving talks about autism, ADHD, and neurodiversity more generally, both from a personal and a research standpoint, and participating in outreach activities. I am also open to being contacted about giving talks related to getting research into policy, particularly focused at Early Career Researchers. I have previously given talks at Primary and Secondary schools, and have spoken about my research, and my experience of being an autistic teacher in higher education.

I am the current host of the PsychologiCALL podcast. All episodes for season 3 are available now (as well as the episodes from seasons 1 and 2 hosted by the original creator, Sue Fletcher-Watson). Season 4 is part way through and currently on pause. Listen here, or find the podcast on your podcast app.

During my postdoc, I secured funding for a research dissemination project. I supervised a wonderful project student (Georg Dayanc, an autistic Art and Psychology UG student) on a six-week placement on the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Programme (UROP) at the University of Reading. As part of the placement, Georg created season 1 of a podcast called NeuroDives: Diving into Neurodiversity, which focuses on all things autism, with a focus on the research priorities of autistic people and the autism community. I won UROP supervisor of the year 2022 for this project.

I have also taken part in two podcast recordings for The Psychology Debrief, the first focused on neurodiversity, and the second focused on writing a thesis.

Dissemination and outreach activities
  • Experimental Psychology Society speaker panel and discussion organisation, to accompany Dr Cathy Manning’s prize lecture talk, 2022-2023
  • Supervising an undergraduate project student to produce the NeuroDives: Diving into Neurodiversity podcast, 2022 (I am also guest host for an upcoming episode)
  • PsychologiCALL season 3 and 4 podcast host, 2022-present
  • The Psychology Debrief ‘Writing a thesis’ podcast recording, 2022
  • The Psychology Debrief ‘Neurodiversity’ podcast recording, 2021
  • THESIS symposium presentation “Being an autistic teacher in higher education”, 2021
  • Journal Club organisation – SAD (Social, Affective, and Decision) Neuroscience (2018-2020)
  • Conference organisation (Royal Holloway, University of London, postgraduate convention, 2019)
  • Lab group presentation at UCL (2019)
  • Talk on autism and my PhD research (at a London Secondary School, 2019)
  • Autism Awareness Week presentation (at a London Primary School, 2018)
  • Admin support for conference (The Cerebellum: Fundamentals and clinical neuroscience – cells, systems and behavior, 2018)