Psychology
Dr. James Ost
Associate Head for Research, Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
Psychology
Profile
Background
I joined the department as a lecturer in September 2001. I am Associate Head for Research for the Department of Psychology. I am also a Chartered Psychologist of the British Psychological Society (BPS) and a member of the Association for Psychological Science (APS).
Teaching responsibilities
I co-ordinate a Year 3 unit entitled The Psychology of False and Recovered Memory and the core Year 2 Cognitive Psychology unit. I supervise dissertations at both undergraduate and postgraduate level on memory and suggestibility.
Winner- "Best Personal Tutor" in the 2011 UoP Students' Union Student Led Teaching Awards.
Research interests
My research interests fall mainly within what might loosely be called applied cognitive/social psychology and include:
• False and recovered memory;
• Social influences on remembering and suggestibility;
• Bartlett's theory of reconstructive remembering.
I am a member of the International Centre for Research in Forensic Psychology.
PhD Supervision
Ongoing: Lucy Arnold (1st supervisor)
Successful completions: Jehanne Almerigogna (2008, 1st supervisor); Bridget Waller (2005, 3rd supervisor); Gavin Oxburgh (2012 1st supervisor)