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Dr Keri Wong
Room 307
25 Woburn Square
London
WC1H 0AA
Appointment
- Lecturer in Psychology
- IOE - Psychology & Human Development
- UCL Institute of Education
Biography
I am a developmental psychologist and criminologist. I received my BA (Hons.) in Psychology and MA in Criminology from the University of Pennsylvania and a PhD in Psychology from the University of Cambridge. I was subsequently awarded the Betty Behrens Research Fellowship from the University of Cambridge, Clare Hall to conduct research into the causes of antisocial behaviours and schizophrenia-spectrum disorders and developed the first dimensional assessment of paranoia in young children and adolescents: The Social Mistrust Scale (SMS). I joined UCL in 2018.
Leadership
Currently, I am co-Director of the Centre for Education in Criminal Justice System (CECJS) and PI of the UCL-Penn Global COVID Study (GlobalCovidStudy.com), an online survey on the impacts of COVID-19 on mental health and social trust, which is feeding into UK policy recommendations and briefings. I also co-chair the IOE Early Career Network (@IOE_EarlyCareer; 2019-21), host the IOE podcast Research for the Real World, and sit on the Athena Swan Silver Award Self-Assessment Team.
Consultancy
I am available for consultancy. Please email me directly.
Research Summary
My research interests are in the early assessments of childhood mental wellbeing, childhood paranoia/suspiciousness, antisocial and aggressive behaviours, and schizophrenia-spectrum disorders (schizotypal personality disorder) across cultures.
My research interests are:
- Middle childhood (8 to 14 years)
- COVID's impact on adults (18y+) and families (mental health of parents + children)
- Childhood dimensional assessments
- Schizophrenia-spectrum disorders (schizotypal personality, paranoia)
- Child mental health (Internalising / externalising problem behaviours)
- Callous-unemotional traits / antisocial behaviours
- Psychopathy / Crime
- Cross-cultural comparative research (UK, Hong Kong, China, Greece)
If you are looking for the Social Mistrust Scale, a dimensional assessment of paranoia in children and adolescents (download at www.KeriWong.com) or would like to collaborate on any research, please contact me directly.
Prospective Masters/PhD students:
Please email me directly.
Teaching Summary
I lead, lecture and supervise across various undergraduate and master's modules:
Module Leader: Psychological Research, Personality and Individual Differences,
Building Resilience and Mental Health, Criminal Journeys.
Lecturer: Social & Developmental Psychology, Research Methods & Statistics, Brain & Behaviour, Cognitive Psychology, CBT for Psychosis, Applied Social & Developmental Psychology, Atypical and Typical Development (2018-19), Methods of Enquiry (2020).
Tutor & Dissertation Supervisor: 54 BSc students (2018-21), 3 PhDs (2019-2022), 1 DClinPsy (2021-23) and 3 MSc (2018-22), dissertation students: 11 (2018-19), 8 (2019-20), 9 (2020-21), 8 (2021-22).
Appointments
| SEP-2018 | Assistant Professor (Lecturer) in Psychology | Department of Psychology and Human Development | University College London, Institute of Education, United Kingdom |
| AUG-2015 – SEP-2018 | Betty Behrens Research (JRF) Fellow | Department of Psychology | University of Cambridge, United Kingdom |
Academic Background
| 2014 | Doctor of Philosophy | University of Cambridge | |
| 2010 | Bachelor of Arts (Honours) | University of Pennsylvania | |
| 2010 | Master of Arts | University of Pennsylvania |
