Job title
Senior Lecturer in Psychology
Job responsibilities
Andy’s main teaching interests are in developmental psychology, research methods and introductory psychology. He teaches final year options on educational needs and inclusion and masters level options on observational methods. His introductory teaching through ‘key studies’ methods is supported by the text that he co-authored with Phil Banyard ‘Introducing Psychological Research’ (published by Palgrave/Macmillan). He has also edited two other major developmental psychology teaching texts on cognitive and language development, and on development in infancy. His main role in academic management is as Examinations and Assessment Officer, which involves providing academic leadership to the Psychology team with regard to all matters to do with assessment. Andy is also co-director of the Communication for Inclusion Research Unit (CIRU).
Research, scholarly and professional interests
Andy’s main areas of research are:
- Communication disabilities
- Inclusion
- Autism
- Learning disabilities
- Facilitated communication
- Video analysis
- Eye-tracking
External academic and professional activity
Andy is Referee for the British Journal of Developmental Psychology for Autism: The International Journal for Research and Practice, for The International Journal of Social Research Methodology, and for Computers and Education.
Information for prospective research students
Andy Grayson supervises work on communication disabilities, autism, and learning disabilities. He specialises in the use of observational methods, video analysis and eye-tracking.
