Laura Dean (psychologist)

Laura Dean
Dean in 2020
Academic background
EducationUniversity of Leeds (BSc)
Alma materUniversity of Sheffield (PhD)
Academic work
DisciplinePsychology
Sub-disciplineOccupational Psychology

Laura Dean is a British occupational psychologist.

Education

Laura Dean graduated from the University of Leeds with a BSc Applied Psychology in 2000 and later graduated from the University of London with a MSc Occupational Psychology in 2006.[1]

Dean was granted Chartered status by the British Psychological Society in 2016. She completed her Doctorate in Education at the University of Sheffield.[1]

Career

Dean has academic appointments at the University of Sheffield's Institute of Work Psychology[2] and Management School[3] as well as Birkbeck, University of London.[2]

She has worked as an assessor, youth worker, teacher, careers adviser, and mental health professional. And has been employed in education, mental health, the private sector, and at one time was seconded to the American military.[4]

In 2024 she was voted in as the next President of the British Psychological Society.[5] Her term as President-Elect is from 2024 to 2026 and her term as President is from 2026 to 2028.[3]

Publications

  • Dean, Laura and Cousans, Fran (2023) Work Psychology: The Basics, London: Routledge. ISBN 1138048968

References

  1. ^ a b Gennaro, Maria Di (8 June 2020). "Open & Inclusive SIG – Presentations on Autism | OpenTEL". Retrieved 18 February 2025.
  2. ^ a b "Who We Are". The British Psychological Society. Retrieved 18 February 2025.
  3. ^ a b "Dr Laura Dean is voted in as the next President of the British Psychological Society". University of Sheffield. 12 June 2024. Retrieved 18 February 2025.
  4. ^ https://learn.bps.org.uk/pluginfile.php/1/local_intellicart/description/293/BPS%20Student%20Career%20Development%20%20Progression.pdf
  5. ^ Rhodes, Ella (20 June 2024). "BPS election results; plus in brief". The British Psychological Society. Retrieved 18 February 2025.