Evelyn McGregor
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Dr Evelyn McGregor
Lecturer in Developmental Psychology
Dept of Education & Society
The Moray House School of Education,
The University of Edinburgh,
St Johns Land (Rm 2/15), Holyrood
Road,
Edinburgh EH8 8AQ
Scotland, UK
 Email: Evelyn.McGregor@ed.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0) 131 651 6341 |
[ Qualifications ]
[ Principal Interests ] [ Research
Supervision ]
[ Biographical
Note ] [ Current
and Recent Research ] [ Publications ]
Qualifications
- MA (Hons) Psychology, University
of St. Andrews, 1992
- PhD Psychology University of
Dundee, 1999
Principal
Interests
- Social cognition in autism and typical
development
- Narrative fluency in autism and in typically developing children
- Reading and storytelling in the home
- Attitudes to inclusion of children with disabilities
Research
Supervision
I would
like to supervise research on any of the topics above.
In addition, I have an interest in biases in parental
and teacher perceptions of siblings and also in attachment.
Currently second supervisor to a PhD student at Glasgow Caledonian University
on early indicators of autism in toddlers.
Biographical
Note
I took a degree in Psychology
at St. Andrews University, graduating in 1992, then took a post as a Demonstrator
in Psychology at Dundee University while I studied part-time for my PhD
(Developing a cognitive intervention programme to help people with autism
learn about belief). After completing
my PhD, I held two research posts evaluating interventions for health and
well-being in deprived areas of Scotland. The first, with a children's
charity funded by the Rowntree Trust, evaluated inter-agency working with
families at risk of exclusion. The
second, with the Research Unit in Health, Behaviour and Change, and lottery-funded,
evaluated the national healthy living centre project. Subsequently I held a
lectureship in Developmental Psychology at St Andrews University before taking
my current post with the School of Education in 2007. During this time I have
taken training at St George's Medical School in rating 'The Strange Situation',
a measure of infant attachment; and training at Oxford University in using the
Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule (ADOS). I currently teach on the PGDE
Primary programme, the MSc
in Education, contribute to the Social Theory course
in Community Education and supervise several 4th year undergraduates for their
final year project.
Current
and Recent Research
- British Academy grant (2008-09): 'A parent survey of the narrative interests and skills of children with autism, their siblings and peers'
- Pilot research (part-funded by Mindroom): 'The effect of story format on narrative fluency in autism'
Publications
 Publications
on the School's Publications Database
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