Emily Newman

Senior Lecturer in Psychology

Biography

Background

Emily Newman graduated with a BSc in Psychology and a PhD in Health Psychology from the Institute of Psychological Sciences at the University of Leeds. Emily was previously the Postgraduate Research Director within Clinical Psychology, Programme Director for the PhD and Masters by Research programmes in Clinical Psychology (2014 to 2018), and Programme Director for the Psychology of Mental Health (Conversion) programme (2018 to 2021).

Postgraduate teaching

Emily teaches Biological Psychology on the MSc Psychology of Mental Health (Conversion) programme. 

Open to PhD supervision enquiries?

Yes

Research summary

Emily’s research interests are disordered eating and body image in the general population, and how these are affected by social media, and internet offending. 

Research activity

Emily has recently completed an NSPCC funded project looking at deterrents of viewing online images of child abuse in collaboration with Prof Ethel Quayle, University of Edinburgh, and a Wellcome Trust funded project looking at the effect of gender threat on food choice, in collaboration with Dr Kasia Banas, University of Edinburgh. 

In addition, Emily supervises postgraduate and undergraduate projects looking at clinical and subclinical disordered eating behaviours, and media influences on body image and disordered eating. 

Research themes

  • Eating behaviours and disorders
  • Sexual offending

Research groups

  • Health Psychology
  • Forensic Psychology

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