QUALIFICATIONS:

BA (Hons), PhD (Adel.)

CONTACT DETAILS:

Senior Lecturer

Room 507 Hughes Building, Department of Psychology, University of Adelaide, SOUTH AUSTRALIA 5005

Phone 61 8 8303 5739
Fax 61 8 8303 3770
Email: psynhkir@psychology.adelaide.edu.au

Research interests:

I have three major research interests. The first is concerned with the habilitation of individuals with an intellectual disability. This includes vocational training and placement, the development of social skills and the assessment of their quality of life in institutions and in the community. The second is concerned with the use of RT and responding time paradigms to investigate the slower performance of individuals with an intellectual disability and the aged. The third area is concerned with organisational psychology.

I am currently supervising post-graduate research in the areas of; quality of life of individuals with disabilities in institutions and in the community, the quality of life of elderly persons in nursing homes, change involving information systems in organisations and the fit between individuals and organisations.

Teaching commitments :

• History of Psychology (second year)

• Applied Psychological assessment (second year)

• Current theories of intelligence (third year)

• Applied behaviour change and training (third year)

• Organisational Psychology (Honours)

• Psychological assessment (Master)

• Rehabilitation (Master)

Selected recent publications :