Dr Emily-Marie Pacheco
Teaching Fellow in Clinical Psychology
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Background
Dr Pacheco's interests are in social psychology and resilience, primarily in contexts of disaster (such as natural hazards or human-driven conflict), with a focus on young people and adults, and communities. She earned her PhD in Psychology from the University of Glasgow, involving research on the lived experiences and psycho-social wellbeing of UK-based international students from MENA regions during times of escalated violence (armed conflict). Prior to joining the Department of Clinical and Health Psychology, she was a Research Fellow at University College London (UCL) working as the psychological research fellow lead on a multi-disciplinary project to design and facilitate multi-stage, co-created resilience-building interventions for communities devastated by multi-hazard disaster in rural Indonesia. Further research expertise and interests include: Identity, Resilience, Trauma (and Traumatic Growth), Attribution, Beliefs and Values, Place Attachment; Positive Psychology, Disaster Psychology; Qualitative and Mixed Research Methods, Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis; Communities, Young People, Adults.
Responsibilities & affiliations
- Learning and Teaching lead for Clinical and Health Psychology
- Dissertation Co-Lead for MSc Psychology of Mental Health (Conversion); MSc Psychological Therapies; MSc Mental Health in Children and Young People: Psychological Approaches (Online Learning) - MSc Mental Health in Children and Young People: Psychological Approaches (On Campus).
- Deputy Director of MSc Psychology of Mental Health (Conversion)