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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
Coordinators Stage I
Michelle Burstall
Andrea Mead
Coordinator Stage II
Dr Barry Hughes
Coordinator Stage III
Associate Professor Jeffrey Hamm
Postgraduate
Honours advisor
Dr Sarah Cowie
Postgraduate Diploma advisors
Professor Tony Lambert
Dr Sarah Kapeli
Masters advisor
Dr Anna Miles
Doctoral advisor
Professor Karen Waldie
International advisors
Professor Karen Waldie
Dr Barry Hughes
Health, Safety and Wellbeing Reps
Professor Suzanne Purdy (Chair)
Carley Braddock (Student Rep)
Amy Lawrence (Student Rep)
Dr Lixin Jiang
Dr Veema Lodhia
Michael Groom
Key academic staff
Head of School
Professor Suzanne Purdy, Te Rarawa, NgāiTakoto
Deputy Head of School (Academic)
Associate Professor Kerry Gibson
Deputy Head of School (Research)
Professor Quentin Atkinson
Kaiwhakaako Mātai Hinengaro
Hineatua Parkinson
Director Applied Behaviour Analysis
Dr Katrina Phillips
Clinical Psychology Director
Dr Sue Cowie
Psychology Clinic Director
Glynnis Carolissen
Director of Speech Science
Dr Clare McCann
Director of Clinical Education (Speech Science)
Philippa Friary
Post Graduate Coordinator (Speech Science)
Dr Anna Miles
Director of Master of Organisational Psychology
Dr Lixin Jiang
Director of Behavioural Insights Masters Exchange Programme
Professor Quentin Atkinson
Māori & Pacific Psychology Committee Chairs
Hineatua Parkinson
Sam Manuela / Sarah Kapeli
Director of Graduate Diploma in Applied Psychology
Associate Professor Michael Hautus
Search for Psychology staff
To contact a member of our academic staff you can search for their profile.
To contact someone about a particular area of research you can visit our Psychology research section or find a supervisor.
Professional staff
Group Services Manager
Michael Groom
Group Services Team Leader
Anna-Marie Simcock
Group Services Coordinator
Odette Groom
Group Services Administrator
Adeline Fung (Grafton)
Angel Talluri (City)
Technical Team Leader
Dr Veema Lodhia
Technicians
Peter Johnson
Dr Margaret Francis
Lydia Beetham
Valerie Chang (temp.)
Research Programme Manager
Kate Presswell
Research Programme Coordinator
Xavier Gillette
Accountant
Louise Jones
Associate Finance Business Partner
Ganga Asrani
Finance Administrator
Kamalini Gnaniah
Facilities Coordinator
Luis Marin