PhD Students
KEJUN (ZOE) CHEN-ZHAO
Zoe’s research focuses on sexism, gender equality, and feminist collective action. She is particularly interested in investigating how neoliberal beliefs about relationships and other relationship processes influence participation in collective action aimed at promoting gender equality.
JIAXUAN DU
Jiaxuan’s research focuses on understanding the role of mindfulness in close relationships. She is especially interested in integrating intensive longitudinal sampling and dyadic perspectives to investigate how mindfulness affects relationship and sexual experiences.
TARANAH GAZDER
Taranah’s research focuses on the interplay between mindfulness and attachment in adult close relationships. She is particularly interested in how domain-general and domain-specific mindfulness may buffer attachment insecurity and enhance attachment security over time.
Affiliated PhD Students
XIAOHUI DENG
Xiaohui’s research focuses on romantic relationship status, individual differences, and well-being. She is particularly interested in the role personality plays in explaining when romantic relationship status is linked to life satisfaction.
Primary Supervisor:
Prof René Mõttus
ANNALYSE ELLIS
Annalyse’s research focuses on human-animal relationships. She is particularly interested in how companion animals may improve mental health outcomes and the personal and relational dimensions that predict the quality of human-companion animal relationships.
Primary Supervisor:
Prof Steve Loughnan
MSc and MScR Students
JACOB CULLEN
MSc Student
ANISSA SEEGER-HUSAIN
MSc Student
Undergraduate Honours Students
MARSHA LAU
Honours Dissertation Student
EURUS LI
Honours Dissertation Student
HAYLEY MCCORMACK
Honours Dissertation Student
DORAH PAINE
Honours Dissertation Student
ANYA RAMACHANDRAN
Honours Dissertation Student
MILLIE TAYLOR
Honours Dissertation Student
WENJING ZHU
Honours Dissertation Student
Staff and Research Assistants
None currently