Dr Anke Kossurok

I joined the University of Dundee in 2020 as a lecturer with a focus of teaching on mental health and developmental psychology. I coordinate and teach a popular optional module on my subject expertise of adversity in childhood and subsequent mental health consequences. I also oversee Psychology’s MSc-level dissertation module and MSc-level practicum module – for the latter I collaborate with external organisations to provide student placement opportunities. I coordinate the MSc Psychology (Conversion) programme, and I supervise dissertations at undergraduate and postgraduate level. In addition, I work with colleagues from other subject disciplines to deliver introductory sessions on trauma-informed practice to students in law, community education, education and social work. More recently, I am exploring how a trauma-informed approach could be implemented into higher education.

I have a PhD in Clinical Psychology from the University of Edinburgh (2018) which explored how adults recover from experiences of childhood maltreatment and domestic violence. In 2019, I became a Chartered Psychologist with the British Psychological Society. Prior to my current appointment, I held research positions at the University of Strathclyde investigating the extent and range of gender-based violence on Scottish campuses, and at the University of Edinburgh investigating deterrence of online child sexual abuse. I also worked as Assistant Psychologist in 2014-2015. On several occasions, I delivered training in the third sector on subjects including trauma, mental health, and bystander intervention.