Dr Ros Hill

School of Life and Health Sciences
Aston University
Birmingham B4 7ET
UK

mailto: r.Hill@aston.ac.uk
telephone: +44 (0) 121 204 4061
fax: +44 (0) 121 204 4090

Senior Lecturer in Developmental Psychology

Quality Assurance Officer for School

Programme Director for the Graduate Diploma in Psychology

Member of the Health & lifespan psychology Research Group
http://www1.aston.ac.uk/lhs/research/groups/hhd/

Member of research strand 'Mechanisms of age-related transitions' - Aston Research Centre for Healthy Ageing

Profile

I joined Life & Health Sciences at Aston University in 1996 after completing post-doctoral research at the University of Warwick. Within three years I became Programme Director for the BSc Human Psychology programme, a post which I held for six years. Since then I have served as Quality Officer for the School and am also Programme Director of the Graduate Diploma in Psychology. 

Qualifications & education

• BSc Honours Psychology First Class, University of Warwick.  Examiner’s Prize for best student. 1992

• PhD in Psychology, University of Warwick.  ESRC funded studentship.  Title of thesis “Young children’s understanding of the cognitive verb forget”.  1995

Employment

• 2004 to date: Senior Lectureship, Aston University

• 1997 - 2004: Lectureship, Aston University

• 1996 - 1997: Temporary lectureship, Aston University.

• 1995 - 1996: Post-doctoral Research Fellow, University of Warwick.

Teaching activity

My teaching is largely in developmental psychology on the BSc Human Psychology and Graduate Diploma in Psychology programmes. I am also a study skills tutor for first year undergraduate students and convene the following modules:

• Developmental Psychology I

• Developmental Psychology II

• Child Development

Research interests

• Pedestrian behaviour
• Early conceptual development in children
• Learning and teaching in higher education

PhD supervision

Holly Gwyther (Associate Supervisor)

I am available to supervise new suitable applicants in the area of conceptual development in young children.

Publications

• Hill, R. & Reddy, P. (2007). Undergraduate peer mentoring: An investigation into processes, activities and outcomes.  Psychology Learning & Teaching, 6(2), 98-103.
• Holland, C. & Hill, R. (2007). The effect of age, gender and driver status on pedestrians' intentions to cross the road in risky situations.  Accident Analysis & Prevention.39, 224-237.
• Hill, R. & Reddy, P. (in press) Undergraduate peer mentoring: An investigation into processes, activities and outcomes. Psychology Learning & Teaching Journal.,(6).
• Holland, C. & Hill, R. (2006). The effect of age, gender and driver status on pedestrians’ intentions to cross the road in risky situations. Accident Analysis & Prevention.
• Dunbar, G., Hill, R. & Lewis, V. (2002). Parent-child interaction and road behaviour: An exploratory study. British Journal of Developmental Psychology, 20, 601-622.
• Reddy, P. and Hill, R. (2002). Learning outcomes and assessment strategies for a psychology sandwich placement year. Psychology Teaching Review, 10 (1), 102-11.
• Dunbar, G., Hill, R. & Lewis, V. (2002). Parent-child interaction and road behaviour: An exploratory study. British Journal of Developmental Psychology, 20, 601-622..
• Dunbar, G., Hill, R. & Lewis, V. (2001). Children's attentional skills and road behaviour. Journal of Experimental Psychology – Applied, 7(3), 227-234.
• Hill, R., Lewis, V. & Dunbar, G. (2000). Young children’s concepts of danger. British Journal of Developmental Psychology.18, 103-119.
• Dunbar, G., Lewis, V. & Hill, R. (1999). Control processes and road-crossing skills. The Psychologist, Vol. 12, 398-399.
• Hill, R., Collis, G. M. & Lewis, V. A. (1997). Young children’s understanding of the cognitive verb forget. Journal of Child Language, 24, 57-79.