Dr Fiona White PhD (University of Sydney)

 
 

Academic Qualifications

• Doctor of Philosophy (University of Sydney), 1997
• Bachelor of Arts (Honours) (University of Sydney), 1990

Professional Memberships

• Registered Psychologist with the New South Wales Psychologists Registration (RPsych NSW)
• Member of the Australian Psychological Society (MAPS)
• Member of the Australasian Human Development Association (AHDA)
• Member of the Society of Australasian Social Psychologists (SASP)
• Member of the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues (SPSSI)

Research Interests

Applied Social and Developmental Psychology

• Cooperative contact and other prejudice reduction techniques 
• Controlled versus automatic processes in prejudice formation
• The implicit and explicit measurement of racial prejudice
• Strategies to increase support for Affirmative Action
  
• Understanding the transmission of modern racism from parents to adolescents
• Familial socialisation of complex attitudes in adolescents
• Examining the predictors of the content of adolescent moral thought

Educational Psychology

• Constructive feedback and its role in reducing student plagiarism
  
• Investigating students' feelings and attitudes towards group work and its assessment
• Evaluating modes of lecture delivery: student satisfaction and performance
• Measuring educational and navigational aspects of WebCT
• Goal setting as a predictor of tertiary students' academic performance

Books

• White, F. A., Hayes, B., & Livesey, D. (2005). Developmental Psychology: From Infancy to  adulthood. Sydney: Pearson Education Australia.
• White, F. A., Hayes, B., & Livesey, D. (2009). Developmental Psychology: From Infancy to  adulthood (2nd Ed.,). Sydney: Pearson Education Australia

Book Chapters

• White, F. A. (in press). Prejudice formation and reduction strategies. In C. Reyes and C. Koch (Eds.,) Diversity in Human Behavior, NY:Worth Publishers.
• White, F. A., Lloyd, H., & Goldfried, J. (2007). Evaluating student perceptions of group work and group assessment. In A. Brew and J. Sachs (Eds.,). Transforming a University: The scholarship of teaching and learning in practice (pp. 71-80). Australia: Sydney University Press.
• White, F. A. (2000). The revised Moral Authority Scale (MAS-R). In J. Maltby., C. A. Lewis., & A. P. Hill (Eds.), Commissioned Reviews on 300 Psychological Tests (pp. 746-748). Wales: Edwin Mellen Press.

Journal Articles

• Cranney, J., Turnbull,C., Provost, S., Martin, F., Katsikitis, M.,White. F. A., Voudouris. N.J., Montgomery, I. M., Heaven, P. C. L., Morris, S., & Varcin, K.J. (2009). Graduate attributes of the 4-year Australian undergraduate psychology program. Australian Psychologist, 44, 253-262.
• White, F. A., Wooten, B.,  Man, J., Diaz, H.,  Rasiah, J., Swift, E., & Wilkinson, A. (2009). Adolescent racial prejudice development: the role of friendship quality and inter-racial contact. International Journal of Intercultural Relations, 33, 524 - 534.
• White, F. A., Charles, M. A., & Nelson. J. K.  (2008). The role of persuasive arguments in changing affirmative action attitudes and expressed behavior in higher education. Journal of Applied Psychology, 93, 1271-1286.
  
• White, F. A., Owens, C., & Nguyen, M. (2008). Using a constructive feedback approach to effectively reduce student plagiarism among first-year psychology students. Symposium Proceedings, UniServe Science Conference, The University of Sydney, Australia, 127-132.
  
• Church, A. T., Anderson-Harumi, C. A., del Prado, A. M., Curtis, G., Tanaka-Matsumi, J., Valdez-Medina, J. L., Mastor, K. A., White, F. A., Miramontes, L. A., Katigbak, M. S. (2008). Culture, cross-role consistency, and adjustment: Testing trait and cultural psychology perspectives. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 95, 739-755.
• Marx, B. R., Job, R. F. S., White, F. A., & Wilson, J. C. (2007). Moral comprehension and what it might tell us about moral reasoning and political orientation. Journal of Moral Education, 36(2), 199-219.
• McGrane, J. A., & White, F. A. (2007). Differences in Anglo and Asian Australians' explicit and implicit prejudice and the attenuation of their in-group bias.  Asian Journal of Social Psychology, 10(3), 204-210.
• White, F. A., &  Gleitzman, M. (2006). An examination of family socialisation processes as moderators of racial prejudice transmission between adolescents and their parents. Journal of Family Studies, 12(2), 247-260.
• Church, A. T., Katigbak, M. ., del Prado, A, M.,Ortiz, F. A., Mastor, K.A., Hurami, Y., Tanaka-Matsumi, J., Vargas-Flores, J. J., Ibáñez-Reyes, J. White, F. A., Miramontes, L. G. Reyes, J. A. S., & Cabrera, H. F. (2006). Implicit Theories and Self-Perceptions of Traitedness across Cultures:  Toward Integration of Cultural and Trait Psychology Perspectives. Journal of Cross Cultural Psychology, 37(6), 694-716.
• White, F. A., Daly, M., & Scott, K. (2006). Student evaluations of eLearning technologies in undergraduate psychology: a blended model for the future. Proceedings  of the 23rd Annual Ascilite Conference, Australia, 23, 863-870.
• Messer, B. A. E., & White, F. A. (2006). Employees' mood, perceptions of fairness, and organizational citizenship behavior, Journal of Business and Psychology, 21, 65-82.
• Livesey, D., Keen, J., Rouse, J., & White. F. A. (2006). The relationship between measures of executive function, motor performance and externalising behaviour in 5- and 6-year-old children. Human Movement Science, 25, 50-64.
• Abbott, G., White, F. A., & Charles, M A. (2005). Linking values and organizational commitment: A correlational and experimental investigation in two organizations. Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, 78 (4), 531-551.
• White, F. A., Lloyd, H., Kennedy, G. & Stewart. C. (2005). An investigation of undergraduate students' feelings and attitudes towards group work and group assessment. Research and Development in Higher Education, 28, 616-623.
• White, F. A., Sartore, G., Gallate, J., Cartwright, A., & Curthoys, I. (2005). Digital videotaping (DVT): Evaluating an innovative mode of lecture delivery in Psychology. Psychology Teaching and Learning, 5, 23-31.
• White, F. A. (2004). Developing as a research supervisor. Synergy, 20, 11-13.
• White, F. A. & Matawie, K. (2004). Parental morality and family processes as predictors of adolescent morality. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 13, 219-233.
• White, F. A. (2002). A new scale: Goal Setting and Behaviour Questionnaire (SGBQ). Educational Psychology, 22, 285-304.
• White, F. A., Howie, P., & Perz, J. (2000). Family processes and moral thought in two contrasting samples of school aged adolescents. Ethics and Behaviour, 10, 199-214.
• White, F. A. (2000). Relationship of family socialisation processes to adolescent moral thought. Journal of Social Psychology, 140, 75-91.
• White, F. A., & Provost, S. (1999). Assessing the Impact of Study Behaviour and Goal Setting on Academic Performance. Teaching and Learning Conference (pp.295-302.). Darwin: Teaching and Learning Development Office, Northern Territory University.
• White, F. A. (1997). Measuring the content of moral thought: The Revised Moral Authority Scale (MAS-R). Social Behaviour and Personality, 25, 321-334.
• White, F. A. (1996). Sources of influence in moral thought: the new Moral Authority Scale (MAS). Journal of Moral Education, 25, 421-439.
• White, F. A. (1996). Parent-adolescent communication and adolescent decision-making. Journal of Family Studies, 2(1), 41-56.
• White, F. A. (1996). Family processes as predictors of adolescent’s preferences for ascribed sources of Moral Authority. Adolescence, 31, 133-144.

Book Reviews

• White, F. A. (2006). [Review of the book Ethnicity and Causal Mechanisms], Educational Psychology, 26(6), 849-850.
• White, F. A. (2006). [Review of the book Clinical Issues with Interracial Couples: Theories and research], Journal of Family Studies, 12(1), 36-17.
• White, F. A. (2003). [Review of the book Mixed matches: interracial marriage in Australia], Journal of Family Studies, 9(1), 115-116.
• White, F. A. (2001). [Review of the book What are Human Rights?]. Journal of Family Studies, 7(2),254-255.
• White, F. A. (2000). [Review of the book Having and Raising children: Unconventional Families, Hard Choices, and the Social Good]. Journal of Family Studies, 6(1),147-148 

Published Abstracts

• White, F. A., & Owens, C. (2008). Using a constructive feedback approach to effectively reduce student plagiarism and improve scientific writing. Australian Journal of Psychology, 60, (Suppl.), 202.
• McGrane, J., White., F.A. (2006). Measuring ambivalent attitudes by unidimensional unfolding. Australian Journal of Psychology, 58, (Suppl.), 40.
• McGrane, J., White., F.A. (2006). Psychologists’ misunderstanding of measurement and its impact upon the assessment of social attitudes. Australian Journal of Psychology, 58, (Suppl.), 39-40.
• Doumani, D. M., & White, F.A. (2006). Reducing prejudice towards Aborigines: The relevance of culturally salient stereotypes in adapting the accuracy motivation paradigm. Australian Journal of Psychology, 58, (Suppl.), 25-26.
• White, F. A., Diaz, H., Man, J., Rasiah, J., Swift, E., Wilkinson, A., & Wooten, B. (2005). Adolescent racial prejudice development: the role of friendship quality and inter-racial contact. Australian Journal of Psychology, 57, (Suppl.), 173 -174.
• Abbott, G., & White, F. A. (2003). Organisational commitment and work value theories are integrated to demonstrate relationships between higher order work values and positive forms of commitment by employees towards organisations, Australian Journal of Psychology, 55, (Suppl.), 32.
• Davies, A., & White, F. A. (2003). The effect of communication medium and task-type on group polarisation and persuasive argumentation, Australian Journal of Psychology, 55, (Suppl.), 40.
• White, F. A., Sartore, G., Gallate, J., Cartwright, A., & Curthoys, I. (2003). Digital videotaping (DVT): Evaluating an innovative mode of lecture delivery in Psychology. Uniserve Science.
• White, F. A. (2002). Learning racism: A family socialization perspective, Australian Journal of Psychology, 54, (Suppl.), 134.
• Young, T. L., & White, F. A. (2001). Organisational support and reciprocation wariness in the exchange relationship at work. Australian Journal of Psychology, 53, (Suppl.), 134.
• Perz, J., Stevens, K., & White, F.A. (2000). Successful flexible Psychology programs across UWS. Australian Journal of Psychology, 52, (Suppl.), 106.
• White, F. A., & Provost, S. (2000). Academic self-efficacy and goal setting behaviour as predictors of tertiary students' academic performance. Australian Journal of Psychology, 52, (Suppl.), 21.
• White, F.A., & Provost, S. (1999). Assessing the Impact of Study Behaviour and Goal Setting on Academic Performance. Teaching and Learning Conference, 9.
• White, F. A. (1999). Developmental and Gender differences in the content of moral thought: Kohlberg reformulated. Australian Journal of Psychology, 51, (Suppl.), 101.
• White, F. A. (1998). The importance of assessing ‘content over form’ of moral thought for the professional context. Australian Journal of Psychology, 50, (Suppl.), 128.
• White, F. A. (1998). Mediating factors and their role in understanding the relationship between parents’ and adolescents’ moral thought. Australian Journal of Psychology, 50, 38.
• White, F. A. (1997). A family socialisation model of the content of adolescent moral thought. British Psychological Society Social Psychology Conference Proceedings, University of Sussex.
• White, F. A. (1997). Developmental differences in ascribing influence to sources of moral authority. Australian Journal of Psychology, 49, (Suppl.), 77.
• White, F. A. (1996). Measuring the content of moral thought. Australian Journal of Psychology, 48, (Suppl.), 150.
• White, F. A. (1996). Family processes and the nature of adolescent moral thought. Australian Journal of Psychology, 48, (Suppl.), 78.
• White, F. A. (1996). Investigating the role of family processes in the development of adolescent moral thought. Australian Journal of Psychology, 48, (Suppl.), 28.
• White, F. A. (1995). Parent-adolescent communication dyads and the phenomena of social influence. Australian Journal of Psychology, 47, (Suppl.), 49.
• White, F. A. (1995). Generational differences in adolescent and parental perceptions of their family system. Australian Journal of Psychology, 47, (Suppl.), 123.

Conference Presentations

• White, F. A., Owens, C., & Nguyen, M. (October, 2009). Reducing student plagiarism and improve scientific writing: Phase 2 of a constructive feedback approach. The 44th Annual Australian Psychological Society Conference, Darwin, Australia.
  
• White F. A., & Abu-Rayya., H.  (July, 2009). Attitudes of Anglo-Australians towards Australian Muslims: The role of acculturation orientations. The 16th Biennial Conference of the Australasian Human Development Association, Adelaide.
• White. F.A., & Abu-Rayya, H. (April, 2009). Anglo-Australians’ acculturation orientations and outgroup attitudes towards Australian Muslims. Society of Australasian Social Psychologists Conference, Melbourne.
• White, F. A., Owens, C., & Nguyen, M. (October, 2008). Using a constructive feedback approach to effectively reduce student plagiarism among first-year psychology students. The UniServe Science Conference, The University of Sydney, Australia.
• White, F. A., Owens, C., & Nguyen, M. (September, 2008). Using constructive feedback to effectively reduce student plagiarism and improve scientific writing. The 43rd Annual Australian Psychological Society Conference, Hobart, Australia.
  
• Curtis, G. J., White, F. A. Church, A. T., Anderson-Harumi, C. A., del Prado, A. M., Tanaka-Matsuma, J., Valdez Medina. J. L., Mastor, K. A., Miramontes, L. G., &, Katigbak, M. S. (December, 2007). Cross-role consistency of traits, and psychological adjustment in Australia and five other cultures: Comparing trait and cultural psychology perspectives. Paper Presented to the 5th Australian Conference on Personality and Individual Differences, Sydney.
• Tadros, M., White, F. A., Ciarrochi, J., & Blackledge, J.T. (August, 2007). The impact of cognitive defusion on prejudiced thoughts and behaviour. The International Conference on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Relational Frame Theory (RFT) and Contextual Behavioral Science. University of Wollongong.
• White, F. A., & Weitzel, C. (July, 2007).  An experimental comparison of the efficacy of intergroup bias reduction models: Group size matters. The Xth European Congress of Psychology, Prague.
• Rouse, J., Livesey, D., & White, F. A. (July, 2007). The role of higher order cognitive functions on moral development. The 15th Biennial Conference of the Australasian Human Development Association, Sydney.
• Anderson-Harumi, C. A., Church, A. T., del Prado, A. M., Curtis, G., Tanaka-Matsumi, J., Valdez-Medina, J. L., Mastor, K. A., White, F. A., Miramontes, L. A., Katigbak, M. S. (July, 2007). Cross-role trait consistency and adjustment: A six-culture study. Contribution to the symposium Trait and cultural psychology perspectives in cross-cultural personality research, the IV Latin American Regional Congress of Cross-Cultural Psychology, Mexico City.
• White, F.A., Daly, M., & Scott, K. (December, 2006). Student evaluations of eLearning technologies in undergraduate psychology: a blended model for the future. Proceedings  of the 23rd Annual Ascilite Conference, Australia.
• Miramontes, L. G., Church, A. T., Katigbak, M. S., Winskel, H., Vargas-Flores, J., Iborez-Reyes, J., Reyes, J. A. S., White, F. A., Ortiz, F. A., & Del Prado, A. M. (August, 2006). Culture and everyday explanations of behavior. Contribution to the symposium Trait and cultural psychology perspectives in cross-cultural personality research. A. T. Church (Chair), presented at the 114th Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association, New Orleans, LA.
• White, F. A. (July, 2006). Understanding adolescent racial prejudice development. ISSBD, Melbourne.
• Rouse, J.,  Livesey, D., & White. F. A. (July, 2006). The relationship between Theory of Mind, Executive Functioning and Fluid Intelligence in 3-to-5-year old children. ISSBD, Melbourne.
• White, F. A., Lloyd, H., Kennedy, G. & Stewart. C. (June, 2006). Student perceptions of group work and its assessment. Best Practice Forum, The University of Sydney, Sydney.
• McGrane, J., & White., F.A. (April, 2006). Measuring ambivalent attitudes by unidimensional unfolding. Australian Journal of Psychology, Society of Australasian Social Psychologists Conference, ANU, Canberra.
• McGrane, J., White., F.A. (April, 2006). Psychologists’ misunderstanding of measurement and its impact upon the assessment of social attitudes. Society of Australasian Social Psychologists Conference, ANU, Canberra.
• Doumani, D. M., & White, F. A. (April, 2006). Reducing prejudice towards Aborigines: The relevance of culturally salient stereotypes in adapting the accuracy motivation paradigm. Society of Australasian Social Psychologists Conference, ANU, Canberra.
• White, F. A., Owens, C., & Daley. M. (2005, November). Evaluating the functional and educational aspects of WebCT in undergraduate psychology, The College of Sciences and Technology Teaching and Learning Showcase, The University of Sydney, Sydeny.
• White, F. A., Lloyd, H., Kennedy, G. & Stewart. C. (2005, November). Student perceptions of group work and its assessment. The College of Sciences and Technology Teaching and Learning Showcase, The University of Sydney, Sydney.
• White, F.A., Lloyd, H., Kennedy, G. & Stewart. C. (2005, July). An investigation of undergraduate students' feelings and attitudes towards group work and group assessment. HERDSA Conference: Higher Education in a Changing World, Sydney, Australia.
• White, F.A. (2005, July). Adolescent racial prejudice development: the role of friendship quality and inter-racial contact. Australasian Human Development Conference, Perth, Australia.
• Miramontes, L. A., Church, A. T., Katigbak, M. S., Winskel, H., Vargas-Flores, J., Ibanez-Reyes, J., Reyes, J. A. S., & White, F. A. (2005, March). Culture and explanations of everyday behavior. Contribution to the symposium Trait Psychology in Cross-Cultural Perspective, conducted at the Globalization, Diversity, and Education Conference, Pullman, Washington.
• Livsesy, D., Keen, J., Rouse, J., & White, F.A. (2005, Feb). The relationship between measures of executive function, motor performance and externalizing behaviour in 5 year-old children. Presented at the 7th Motor Control and Human Skill Conference, Fremantle, Western Australia.
• Church, A. T., Katigbak, M. S., del Prado, A. M., Ortiz, F. A., Vargas-Flores, J., Ibanez-Reyes, J., Miramontes, L. G., White, F. A., Reyes, J. A. S., Mastor, K. A., Harumi, Y., Tanaka-Matsumi, J., Cabrera, H., Pe-Pua, R. (2004, August). Individual and cultural differences in implicit trait theories. Contribution to the invited symposium Personality and Person Perception, Y.-T. Lee (Chair), presented at the 28th International Congress of Psychology, Beijing, China.
• Del Prado, A. M., Church, A. T., Katigbak, M. S., Ortiz, F. A., Mastor, K. A., Harumi, Y, Tanaka-Matsumi, J., Vargas-Flores, J., Ibanez-Reyes, J., White, F. A., Miramontes, L. G., Reyes, J. A. S., Cabrera, H. F. (2004, July-August). Implicit trait beliefs, self-construals, and self-monitoring across six cultures: testing elements of an integrated cultural trait psychology. Poster presented at the 112th Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association, Honolulu, Hawaii.
• White, F.A., Lloyd, H., Kennedy, G., & Stewart, C. (2004). Student attitudes towards group work and group assessment: results and recommendations. Uniserve Science CST Showcase, Sydney University.
• White, F. A., Sartore, G., Gallate, J., Cartwright, A., & Curthoys, I. (2004, April). Digital videotaping (DVT): Evaluating an innovative mode of lecture delivery in Psychology. PLAT 2004, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland.
• White, F. A., Sartore, G., Gallate, J., Cartwright, A., & Curthoys, I. (2003). Digital videotaping (DVT): Evaluating an innovative mode of lecture delivery in Psychology. Faculty of Science Teaching and Learning Showcase, The University of Sydney.
• White, F.A., (2003, July). Generational differences in adolescent and parent implicit and explicit racial attitudes, 13th Australasian Human Development Conference, Waiheke Island, New Zealand.
• Abbott, G., & White, F.A., (2003, April). Organisational commitment and work values: Testing models through underlying turnover intention, Society of Australasian Social Psychologists Conference, Sydney.
• Davies, A., & White, F.A., (2003, April). The effect of communication medium and task type on group polarisation and persuasive argumentation, Society of Australasian Social Psychologists Conference, Sydney.
• White, F.A., (2002, July). Learning racism: A family socialization perspective, Society of Australasian Social Psychologists Conference, Adelaide.
• White, F.A., (2001, July). Family processes and parents' racial attitudes and their influence on adolescent racial attitudes, 12th Australasian Human Development Conference, Melbourne
• Young, T. L., & White, F. A. (2001, July). Organisational support and reciprocation wariness in the exchange relationship at work, Society of Australasian Social Psychologists Conference, Melbourne.
• Perz, J., Stevens, K., & White, F.A. (2000, October). Successful flexible Psychology programs across UWS, 35th Australian Psychological Society Conference, Canberra.
• White, F.A., & Provost, S. (2000, April). Academic self-efficacy and goal setting behaviour as predictors of tertiary students' academic performance. Society of Australasian Social Psychologists Conference, Perth.
• White, F. A. (1999, July). Developmental and gender differences in the content of moral thought: Kohlberg reformulated, 11th Australasian Human Development Conference, Sydney.
• White, F. A. & Provost, S. (1999, June). Assessing the Impact of Study Behaviour and Goal Setting on Academic Performance, Teaching and Learning Conference, Darwin.
• White, F. A. (1998, September). The importance of assessing 'content over form' of moral thought for the professional context, 33rd Australian Psychological Society Conference, Melbourne.
• White, F.A. (1998, April). Parental morality and the adolescent. Society of Australasian Social Psychologists Conference, Christchurch, New Zealand.
• White, F.A. (1997, September). A family socialisation model of the content of adolescent moral thought, British Psychological Society Social Psychology Conference, Sussex, United Kingdom.
• White, F.A. (1997, July). Developmental differences in ascribing influence to sources of moral authority, 10th Australasian Human Developmental Conference, Adelaide.
• White, F.A. (1996, September) Measuring the content of moral thought, 31st Australian Psychological Society Conference, Sydney.
• White, F. A. (1996, May) Family processes and the nature of adolescent moral thought, 25th Australasian Social Psychologists Conference, Canberra.
• White, F. A. (1996, April) Family processes and the nature of adolescent moral thought, 9th Australasian Human Developmental Conference, Perth.
• White, F.A. (1995, September) The nature of parent-adolescent discrepant perceptions of their family system, 30th Australian Psychological Society Annual Conference, Perth.
• White, F.A. (1995, April) Parent-adolescent communication dyads and the phenomena of social influence, 24th Australasian Social Psychologists Conference, Hobart.
• White, F.A. (1994, September) The Moral Authority Scale (MAS): - A new measure, 29th Australian Psychological Society Conference, Wollongong.
• White, F.A. (1994, July) Reconceptualising moral reasoning and the Moral Authority Scale (MAS), 8th Australasian Human Developmental Conference, Melbourne.

 
 

Psychological Measurement Scales Developed *

• The revised Moral Authority Scale (MAS-R)
• The Goal Setting and Behaviour Questionnaire (GSBQ)
• The Australian Cultural Issues Scale (ACIS)
• The Modes of Lecture Delivery Scale (MLDS)
• Attitudes Towards Peer Evaluation (ATPE)
• Attitudes Towards Group Work Assessment (ATGA)
• Student Evaluation of E-learning in Psychology Survey

* Please email for a copy of any of these scales.

Grants & Awards

2009- 2011:	$100,000	ARC Discovery Project: "Cooperative dual identity: A new approach to promote ethnic harmony between Muslim and non Muslim Australians"
2009	$42,612	Feedback in the Sciences: What is wanted, what is given, and how it can be improved amongst a diverse student population (Drs Meloni Muir, Miriam Frommer, Fiona White, Vanessa Gysbers)
2008:	$10,000	University Teaching Improvement and Equipment Scheme (TIES) Grant: "Using a constructive feedback approach to effectively reduce student plagiarism and improve scientific writing"
2007:	$10,000	University Teaching Improvement and Equipment Scheme (TIES) Grant: "An innovative audio-visual library and database to enhance interactive learning in Psychology and the wider University"
2006:	$4,000	Faculty of Science Excellence in Teaching Award
2005:	$12,000	Teaching Development Fund, Fac. of Science, USyd. "Developing interactive elearning materials for Intermediate Psychology"
2004:	$12,000	Teaching Development Fund, Fac. of Science, USyd. "Flexible modes of delivery for first year Psychology"
2003:	$25,000	Teaching Improvement Fund, Fac. of Science, USyd . "Managing group work and assessment"
2003:	$1,200	Overseas Travel Grant awarded by the Fac. of Science, USyd. "Generational differences in adolescent and parent implicit and explicit racial attitudes"
2000:	$8,000	UWS Macarthur ARC Small Grant awarded by Research and Research Degrees Committee. "The role of family processes in the transmission of racial prejudice" (White)
2000:	$18,594	UWS Macarthur Teaching Committee. "Psyflex: Foundations for flexible Psychology Program across UWS" (Perz, Stevens & White)
1999:	$29,894	UWS Macarthur Teaching Committee. "Implementation and integration of flexible teaching methods into the UWSM psychology undergraduate program" (Perz, Stevens & White)
1999:	$5,000	UWS Macarthur New Researcher Grant awarded by the Research and Research Degrees Committee. "The use of goal setting behaviour and students’ academic performance" (White)
1997:	$6,000	New Staff Project Grant awarded by the University of Newcastle's. "Family processes and their influence on adolescent"
1995:	$14,500	The Margaret Stewart Fund Scholarship, awarded by the University of Sydney. "Family processes as predictors of adolescents' prescriptions for sources of moral authority" (White)

 

Teaching Responsibilities

• Social and Developmental Psychology (PSYC2013)
• Personality (PSYC2014)
• Social Psychology (PSYC3017)
• Current Approaches in Advanced Social Psychology (Honours Seminar)

 

Current PhD Supervision

Student                      Research Project

Michelle Tadros         An evaluation of Acceptance Commitment Therapy (ACT) as a prejudice reduction intervention

Maram Abu-Rayya    Identity, psychological well-being, and school adjustment among Australian Muslim adolescents

Chris Hunt                  Threat to masculinity and gender-role conforming behaviour

Postgraduate Completions

Student                      Research Project

Joshua McGrane        The significance of attitudinal ambivalence to attitude theory and measurement (USyd, PhD)

Jane Rouse                 Moral judgement, theory of mind and executive functioning in pre-school children (USyd, PhD)

Ben Marx                   Understanding the relationshsip between moral reasoning and liberalism-conservatism (USyd, PhD)

Renee Glass               Psychological reactions to contemporary dance (UWS, PhD)

Stephen Pomfrett       The concept of career (USyd, Masters)

Bozena Zawic            Family expressiveness as a variant of culture (UWS, Masters)

Tammy Schwartz       Immigration and its effects on coping amongst an elderly South African sample (UWS, Masters)

Wendy Thomas          Social support networks as a stress buffer (UWS, Masters)

Susan Kench              Alexithymia and fantasy proneness (UWS, Masters)

Administration and Service to the University and Profession

Profession

• Member of the Organising Committee for the 2010 International Conference on Psychology Education (ICOPE2010)
• Committee member of the Teaching Learning and Psychology Interest Group (TLAPIG)
  
• Member of the Australasian Human Development Association (AHDA) Executive Committee
• Member of the Organising Committee for the 2007 Australasian Human Development Association (AHDA) Conference
• Member of the Australian Psychology Education Network (APEN) 
• Member of the Australian Learning and Teaching Council (ALTC) Discipline-Based Initiative (DBI) Team to improve student learning outcomes in the professional and service teaching of Psychology

University

• Associate Dean, Bachelor of Liberal Arts and Science (BLAS)
• Member of the Undergraduate Degree Structure Working Group
• Academic Board Nominee
• Associate Dean of Liberal Studies (August 2005- March 2006)
• Member of the CREO (Committee for Regional Education at Orange) task force
• Member of the Working Party on Cultural Diversity in Learning and Teaching

Faculty

• Member of the Faculty of Science Learning and Teaching Committee
• Member of the Special Consideration Working Party
• Member of the Science 'Think Tank' Working Party on e-learning
• Member of Teaching Development Fund Review committee
• Member of Teaching Equipment Grant Review committee
• Member of the Women's Forum: exploring strategies for promotion

School

• Associate Head, Learning and Teaching
• 2nd and 3rd Year Undergraduate Co-ordinator
• Chair of the Learning and Teaching Committee
• Member of the Head of School Advisory Committee (HoSAC)
• Member of the School of Psychology Board