Senior Lecturer in Applied Psychology, University of Cumbria
I am a senior lecturer in Applied Psychology at the University of Cumbria, where I teach a range of topics including health psychology and stress. I am a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, an Athena Swan rep, and a health advocate for our TUC Better health at work scheme.
My research interests include stress and well-being at work, gender equality, and developing educational practice.
Recent publications:
Wilbraham, S. J., Qualter, P., & Roy, M. P. (2018). Emotional intelligence and cortisol responses: Can laboratory findings be replicated in classrooms and using other EI measures?. Personality and Individual Differences, 120, 58-64. doi: 10.1016/j.paid.2017.08.021
Caldwell, E. F. and Wilbraham, S. J. (2018), ‘Hairdressing in space: Depiction of gender in science books for children’, Journal of Science & Popular Culture, 1.2, pp. 103–20, doi: 10.1386/jspc.1.2.103_1

Children's books are adding to science's gender problem
Aug 28, 2018 15:25 pm UTC| Insights & Views
Ask young children what they want to be when they grow up and the chances are that scientific jobs such as astronaut and doctor will appear high on the list. But ask them to draw a scientist and they are more than twice as...