{"id":62,"date":"2024-09-02T12:11:22","date_gmt":"2024-09-02T12:11:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deathstudiesgroup.psychologyresearch.co.uk\/?page_id=62"},"modified":"2024-09-03T12:59:19","modified_gmt":"2024-09-03T12:59:19","slug":"test","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/deathstudiesgroup.psychologyresearch.co.uk\/?page_id=62","title":{"rendered":"Group Members"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/deathstudiesgroup.psychologyresearch.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/4-Background-Removed-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-65\" style=\"width:327px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/deathstudiesgroup.psychologyresearch.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/4-Background-Removed-1.png 500w, https:\/\/deathstudiesgroup.psychologyresearch.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/4-Background-Removed-1-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/deathstudiesgroup.psychologyresearch.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/4-Background-Removed-1-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Dr. Sam Fairlamb, Senior Lecturer (Teaching Focused) in Psychology<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My research area is in existential psychology, which examines how humans psychologically manage the awareness of some basic facts about existence (death, isolation, meaning, freedom and identity). My primary expertise falls under the umbrella of Terror Management Theory, which concerns how humans consciously and unconsciously manage the awareness of the inevitability of death via systems of meaning and self-worth. My research considers how the awareness of death can impact on social issues (e.g., prejudice, human-animal relations) as well as on health and well-being.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/deathstudiesgroup.psychologyresearch.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2-Background-Removed-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-66\" style=\"width:320px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/deathstudiesgroup.psychologyresearch.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2-Background-Removed-1.png 500w, https:\/\/deathstudiesgroup.psychologyresearch.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2-Background-Removed-1-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/deathstudiesgroup.psychologyresearch.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2-Background-Removed-1-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Dr. Melissa Henderson, Lecturer in Criminology and Sociology<br><\/strong><br>I lecture in criminology and sociology across a range of areas. My research interests in relation to death studies are focused on deaths in prison and death education. I currently teach the 3rd&nbsp;year option module Sociology of Death, looking at how death and dying are related to all areas of life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/deathstudiesgroup.psychologyresearch.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/1-Background-Removed-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-67\" style=\"width:319px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/deathstudiesgroup.psychologyresearch.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/1-Background-Removed-1.png 500w, https:\/\/deathstudiesgroup.psychologyresearch.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/1-Background-Removed-1-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/deathstudiesgroup.psychologyresearch.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/1-Background-Removed-1-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Dr. Natalie Pitimson, Lecturer in Social Science:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I am a lecturer in social science, specialising in the sociology of death and dying, an area I have taught for over a decade. I am particularly interested in social interactions with mortality, online technologies and grief, and pedagogical approaches within death education.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/deathstudiesgroup.psychologyresearch.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/3-Background-Removed-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-68\" style=\"width:323px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/deathstudiesgroup.psychologyresearch.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/3-Background-Removed-1.png 500w, https:\/\/deathstudiesgroup.psychologyresearch.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/3-Background-Removed-1-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/deathstudiesgroup.psychologyresearch.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/3-Background-Removed-1-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Dr. Izzat Morshidi, Teaching Fellow in Psychology<br><\/strong><br>In my research, I focus on the&nbsp;intersection&nbsp;of Health Psychology and Clinical Psychology, with a focus on youth suicide risk and prevention. I examine the psychological well-being of students in higher education, delving into topics such as academic burnout, the burden of expectations, and cultural differences in higher education. Additionally, I explore youth mental health, particularly looking at psychological distress, loneliness, social withdrawal, and suicide.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Sam Fairlamb, Senior Lecturer (Teaching Focused) in Psychology My research area is in existential psychology, which examines how humans psychologically manage the awareness of some basic facts about existence (death, isolation, meaning, freedom and identity). 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