Contact our people
To contact a member of the School of Psychology, browse the details below. Here you will find our location, student advisors, and academic and professional staff.
For all enquiries regarding admission, enrolment, concessions and academic standing, please contact the Science Student Centre.
Psychology office
School of Psychology
Science Centre
Level 2, Building 302,
23 Symonds Street
Auckland Central
Location map (Google)
Phone: +64 9 373 7599 ext 88413
Email: psych@auckland.ac.nz
Twitter: @PsychUoA
Facebook: Speech Science UOA
Student advisors
Undergraduate
Coordinator Stage I
Professor Tony Lambert
Coordinator Stage II
Dr Barry Hughes
Coordinator Stage III
Associate Professor Paul Corballis
Postgraduate
Honours advisor
Dr Sarah Cowie
Postgraduate Diploma advisor
Dr Alex Taylor
Masters advisor
Dr Shiloh Groot
Doctoral advisor
Associate Professor Karen Waldie
International advisors
Associate Professor Karen Waldie
Dr Barry Hughes
Search for Psychology staff
If you know the name of the person you want to contact, please search the Psychology staff directory.
Or browse the research categories listed below.
Key academic staff
Head of School
Professor Suzanne Purdy
Deputy Head of School (Academic)
Associate Professor Claire Cartwright
Deputy Head of School (Research)
Professor Ian Kirk
Applied behaviour analysis
Dr Katrina Phillips (Director)
Dr Angela Arnold-Saritepe
Dr Sarah Leadley
Clinical and forensic psychology
Dr Sue Cowie (Co-director)
Dr Margaret Dudley, Te Rarawa, Te Aupōuri, Ngāti Kahu (Co Director)
Dr Nigel George (Psychology Clinic Director)
Professor Suzanne Barker-Collo
Associate Professor Claire Cartwright
Associate Professor Kerry Gibson
Ms Fiona Howard
Associate Professor Ian Lambie
Associate Professor Gwenda Willis
Developmental psychology
Dr Christopher Erb
Dr Annette Henderson
Dr Elizabeth Peterson
Evolutionary psychology
Professor Quentin Atkinson
Professor Russell Gray
Dr Alex Taylor
Industrial and organisational psychology
Dr Lixin Jiang
Learning and behavioural psychology
Dr John Yihao Bai
Dr Sarah Cowie
Professor Doug Elliffe
Neuroscience and cognitive psychology
Associate Professor Paul Corballis
Associate Professor Jeff Hamm
Associate Professor Michael Hautus
Dr Barry Hughes
Professor Ian Kirk
Dr Florian Kurth
Professor Tony Lambert
Associate Professor Eileen Lueders
Dr David Moreau
Associate Professor Lynette Tippett
Associate Professor Karen Waldie
Social, cultural and political psychology
Professor Virginia Braun
Professor Nicola Gavey
Dr Shiloh Groot
Professor Niki Harre
Dr Jade Le Grice
Dr Sam Manuela
Associate Professor Danny Osborne
Professor Nickola Overall
Professor Chris Sibley
Professor Margaret Wetherell
Speech science
Dr Clare McCann (Director)
Ms Philippa Friary (Director of Clinical Education)
Dr Elaine Ballard
Dr Linda Hand
Dr Anna Miles
Professor Suzanne Purdy
Academic advisors
Michelle Burstall
Andrea Mead
Click the link for the contact details of our Professional Teaching Fellows or Research Fellows.
For a searchable database of our masters and doctoral supervisors and research projects visit FindaThesis.
Professional staff
Group Services Manager
Michael Groom
Group Services Team Leader
Anna-Marie Simcock
Group Services Coordinator
Odette Groom
Group Services Administrator
Apoorva Nayak
Adeline Fung (Tāmaki)
Facilities Coordinator
Ruth Owen
Technical Team Leader
Dr Veema Lodhia
Technicians
Dr Angela Carr
Peter Johnson
Michael Owens
Academic Services Coordinator
Nadia Kennington
Sheryl Robertson
Kharmin Sukhia (Speech Science)