 Dr Ross Bartels – Senior Lecturer in Forensic Psychology & FCRG Lead
My research focuses on using socio-cognitive measures and paradigms to examine processes underlying and associated with deviant sexual thoughts, fantasies, and cognitions. |
 Dr Georgina Gous – Lecturer in Forensic Psychology & FCRG Deputy Lead
My main research examines how variations in voice can affect recognition and perceptions of the speaker, and how this can inform forensic practice (e.g., the errors that can arise in witness testimony when a person disguises their voice). |
 Professor Todd Hogue – Professor of Forensic Psychology
My main research is related to sexual offenders including; measures of risk and clinical change; the impact of individual differences and personality disorder; measuring deviant sexual interest and arousal; and attitudes toward sexual offender and reintegration into society. |
 Dr Amanda Roberts – Associate Professor in Forensic and Clinical Psychology
My current research examines the risk factors for antisocial behaviour, addiction, violence, pathological gambling, smoking and extensive pornography use. |
 Dr Hannah Merdian – Associate Professor in Forensic/Clinical Psychology
My research interests are offenders who use child sexual exploitation material and their offence characteristics. I’m also interested in sexual deviancy and its assessment concerning criminal and non-criminal populations. |
 Dr Aidan Hart – Senior Lecturer in Clinical and Forensic Psychology
My research investigates cognitive processes associated with mental health disorders and what influences individual variability. I study the effects of genotypic variation on cognitive processes known to be affected in mental health disorders and the role of stress. |
 Michelle Smith – Senior Lecturer in Forensic Psychology
My areas of research interest include trauma and resilience in both offender populations and forensic staff, personality disordered offenders, and female offenders, . |
 Rachael Dagnall – Senior Lecturer in Forensic Psychology
My research interests include occupational stress among staff working in high-stress environments and how to increase resilience within such populations. I also research rehabilitative cultures within prison environments. |
 Dr Tochukwu Onwuegbusi – Lecturer in Forensic Psychology
My research focuses mainly on developing implicit/eyetracking measures for forensic assessment (e.g., sexual interest), attitudes to sexual offenders (ATS), among others. |
 Dr Lauren Smith – Lecturer in Forensic Psychology
I specialise in the journeys of people in, through, and out of the Criminal Justice System, with a particular emphasis on supporting transitions and supporting families of people with convictions. |
 Dr Phil Willmot – Senior Lecturer in Forensic Psychology
I am a Consultant Forensic and Clinical Psychologist in the Men’s Personality Disorder Service at Rampton Hospital. My specialist areas include personality disorder, violent and criminally diverse serious offenders, and schema therapy. |
 Charlotte Wesson – PhD researcher and Teaching Assistant
My research focuses on human sexuality, including deviant sexual interest, and the methods used to study this. |
 Greg Westerman-Hughes – PhD Researcher and Teaching Assistant
Investigating the psychological factors that cause and influence online gaming addiction. |
 Melanie St John-Howe – PhD Researcher and Teaching Assistant
Investigating the factors that mediate the link between sexual fantasising and sexual behaviour. |
 Elizabeth Deehan – PhD Researcher
Investigating the nature and correlates of somnophilia and dormaphilia. |
 Alexandra Frost – PhD Researcher
Investigating resilience in bullying victimisation. |
 Matthew King-Parker – PhD Researcher and PGR Rep.
My research focuses on burglary, investigating the potential aetiological factors, particularly cognitions, and social factors. In addition, I use virtual reality to allow for the simulation of burglary offences in an immersive environment. |
Doctoral Alumni
The FCRG’s doctoral alumni are active researchers who have gone on to undertake cutting-edge scholarly work in various Forensic areas of importance. We are proud of our former PhD students and what they have accomplished since their time at the University of Lincoln. Here, we provide some details of our alumni to date.
 Dr Rachel Orritt – completed 2016. Rachel’s doctoral research focused on dog aggression and dog bite prevention. |
 Dr Craig Harper – completed 2016. Craig’s PhD research focused on examining the psychological mechanisms that underpin public views and attitudes about sexual offenders. |
 Dr Iain Reid – completed 2015. Iain’s doctoral research focused on developing a holistic, proactive, and dynamic model of online communication. Related interests included discourses of terrorism and surveillance measures. |
 Dr Charlotte Hall – completed 2011. Charlotte’s PhD investigated the use of gaze patterns (via eye-tracking technology) as a measure of detecting sexual preference in forensic populations. |