Amy is a PhD student based in Southampton Education School at the University of Southampton. Amy's research focuses on the cognitive processes in writing-to-learn. She is funded by the ESRC South Coast Doctoral Training Partnership (SCDTP).
Amy is also a Senior Policy Associate at Public Policy Southampton and a co-organiser of the Southampton ReproducibiliTea journal club.
Start date: September 2019
Thesis title: Cognitive processes in writing-to-learn
Supervisors: David Galbraith and James Hall
Amy's research explores the cognitive processes in writing-to-learn from sources. Writing-to-learn is the idea that writing is not just a tool for communication, but that it can also facilitate learning. Amy's research explores the underlying cognitive processes responsible for discovery through writing in the context of source-based writing, using quantitative experimental methods.
Before starting her PhD, Amy completed her Bachelor's degree in BSc Education and Psychology at the University of Southampton (2016-2019). From May - June 2023, Amy was a Visiting Research Student at the University of Western Ontario (Western University) in Canada.
Amy worked as an intern in the Evaluation Team at the Education Endowment Foundation (EEF) from July 2023 - October 2023.