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Woolrych, Tracey Dr

Senior Lecturer

  • School of Psychology
  • Senior Lecturer - Faculty of the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities 2016 -

Overview

An early career academic my research interests are in empathy, emotion recognition and criminal behaivour.  I co-ordinate psychology subjects for Wollongong, Singapore and China, including PSYC123 Research Methods and Statistics; and PSYC355 Forensic Psychology.

Research Overview

  • My research interests are in the areas of empathy, emotion recognition, and criminal behaviour.

Available as Research Supervisor

Selected Publications

  • Journal Article

    Year Title
    2021
    Indigenous primary school teachers’ reflections of cultural pedagogy - developing positive social skills and increased student self-awareness in the modern day classroom
    Published In
    Multicultural Education Review
    2021
    The intentionality bias in schizotypy: a social matter
    Published In
    Cognitive Neuropsychiatry
    2020
    Authentic Empathy: A Cultural Basis for the Development of Empathy in Children
    Published In
    Journal of Humanistic Psychology
    2020
    Into the Online Space: Outcomes for a PASS Online Pilot Across Different First Year University Subjects
    Published In
    Advances in Science, Technology and Engineering Systems Journal

  • Conference Paper

    Year Title
    2019
    Peer Assisted Study Sessions (PASS) Online: Investigating the impact of an online format across different first year university subjects
    Published In
    Proceedings of 2018 IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment, and Learning for Engineering, TALE 2018
    2018
    PASS Online assisting first year psychology and social science students in statistics: A 360-degree view
    Published In
    ASCILITE 2018 - Conference Proceedings - 35th International Conference of Innovation, Practice and Research in the use of Educational Technologies in Tertiary Education: Open Oceans: Learning Without Borders

Available as Research Supervisor

Potential Supervision Topics

  • Empathy
    Emotion Recogntion
    Criminal Behaviour

Advisees

  • Graduate Advising Relationship

    Degree Research Title Advisee
    Doctor of Philosophy Identifying Best Practice Investigation Interviewing Techniques to Improve our Understanding of the Causes of Aviation and Rail Accidents Maynard, Danni

Education And Training

  • Bachelor of Psychology in Psychology; 1st Class Honours, Murdoch University, School of Psychology 2006 - 2009
  • Ph.D. in Psychology; Criminology, Muroch University, School of Law, The influence of imagination, connectivity, and social context on the assessment and measurement of empathic accuracy using photographic stimuli 2010 - 2015
  • Murdoch University, School of Business 2008 - 2009

Awards And Honors

Teaching Overview

  • Teaching into large 1st year cohorts in Psychology my approach is student-focused with the use of innovative teaching technologies to encourage active, deep and life-long learning.

Keywords

  • Empathy
    Emotion Recognition
    Criminal Behaviour
    Violence and Aggression
    Criminology
    Social Psychology

Full Name

  • Dr Tracey Woolrych, J

Located In Facility

Research Overview

  • My research interests are in the areas of empathy, emotion recognition, and criminal behaviour.

Selected Publications

  • Journal Article

    Year Title
    2021
    Indigenous primary school teachers’ reflections of cultural pedagogy - developing positive social skills and increased student self-awareness in the modern day classroom
    Published In
    Multicultural Education Review
    2021
    The intentionality bias in schizotypy: a social matter
    Published In
    Cognitive Neuropsychiatry
    2020
    Authentic Empathy: A Cultural Basis for the Development of Empathy in Children
    Published In
    Journal of Humanistic Psychology
    2020
    Into the Online Space: Outcomes for a PASS Online Pilot Across Different First Year University Subjects
    Published In
    Advances in Science, Technology and Engineering Systems Journal

  • Conference Paper

    Year Title
    2019
    Peer Assisted Study Sessions (PASS) Online: Investigating the impact of an online format across different first year university subjects
    Published In
    Proceedings of 2018 IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment, and Learning for Engineering, TALE 2018
    2018
    PASS Online assisting first year psychology and social science students in statistics: A 360-degree view
    Published In
    ASCILITE 2018 - Conference Proceedings - 35th International Conference of Innovation, Practice and Research in the use of Educational Technologies in Tertiary Education: Open Oceans: Learning Without Borders

Potential Supervision Topics

  • Empathy
    Emotion Recogntion
    Criminal Behaviour

Advisees

  • Graduate Advising Relationship

    Degree Research Title Advisee
    Doctor of Philosophy Identifying Best Practice Investigation Interviewing Techniques to Improve our Understanding of the Causes of Aviation and Rail Accidents Maynard, Danni

Education And Training

  • Bachelor of Psychology in Psychology; 1st Class Honours, Murdoch University, School of Psychology 2006 - 2009
  • Ph.D. in Psychology; Criminology, Muroch University, School of Law, The influence of imagination, connectivity, and social context on the assessment and measurement of empathic accuracy using photographic stimuli 2010 - 2015
  • Murdoch University, School of Business 2008 - 2009

Awards And Honors

Teaching Overview

  • Teaching into large 1st year cohorts in Psychology my approach is student-focused with the use of innovative teaching technologies to encourage active, deep and life-long learning.

Keywords

  • Empathy
    Emotion Recognition
    Criminal Behaviour
    Violence and Aggression
    Criminology
    Social Psychology

Full Name

  • Dr Tracey Woolrych, J

Located In Facility

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