Dr Emma McDonald

Overview

Dr Emma McDonald is a Chartered Psychologist with a passion for Psychology and Education. She currently serves as a Senior Lecturer at Cardiff Metropolitan University in the Cardiff School of Education & Social Policy.

Prior to joining Cardiff Met, Dr McDonald was a Senior Lecturer at Birmingham City University, where she served as the Course Director for the BSc Psychology programme. Earlier in her career, she held Psychology teaching posts at Oxford Brookes University, the Open University, the University of Plymouth and Cardiff University. Dr McDonald is an experienced external examiner and has worked for a range of institutions on both undergraduate and postgraduate programmes. Dr McDonald has also worked with organisations such as the British Psychological Society and the Quality Assurance Agency on Psychology Education.

Dr McDonald conducted her PhD research on Memory and Dyslexia at the School of Psychology at Cardiff University. Dr McDonald completed her BSc in Psychology at the University of Plymouth in 2003, where she investigated Dyslexia and Reasoning.