Associate Professor Graham Tyson
Associate Professor
BSc(Hons), Natal, 1971
MSc, Natal, 1973
PhD, Witwatersrand, 1979
Graham Tyson
Charles Sturt University School of Social Sciences and Liberal Studies
Email Graham Tyson
Building C6
Bathurst Campus
NSW
2640
Australia
Ph:(02) 6338 4297
Fax:(02) 6338 4401
Bio
Graham was born in South Africa and obtained a BSc(Hons) and MSc at the University of Natal before moving to Johannesburg and completing a PhD at the University of the Witwatersrand . Before moving to CSU in 1989, Graham was Head of the Division of Experimental Psychology at the University of the Witwatersrand. He was the first Sub-Dean for Psychology at CSU and is currently Sub-Dean (Graduate Studies) for the Faculty of Arts. His teaching interests include research methodology, statistics and forensic psychology. His research interests revolve around using social psychological theory and knowledge to investigate social issues .
Teaching
- Forensic psychology
- Research methods and statistics
- Supervision of research students
Research
- Social and Cross Cultural Psychology
- Attitudes
- Lay explanations of behaviour and phenomena such as crime or illness
- Perceptions of crime and violence
Research Grants
- NSW health Department Research Grant with G Lambert. An evaluation of the therapeutic care of patients at Bloomfield Hospital. Principal Researcher. 1991-1992.
- Australian Research Council Small Grant 1993 with G. Lambert. The impact of ward design on staff and patient interaction and behaviour in a psychiatric hospital. Principal Researcher. 1993
- CSU Small Grant, with R. Dryer and M Kiernan. Implicit theories of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD): Explanatory models used by health professionals, parents, teachers, children and the general population. Chief Investigator. 2000
- CSU, Small Grant with L Roufeil. The effects of labelling and symptom type on public knowledge of and community attitudes to postnatal depression. Associate Investigator. 2002
- CSU Competitive Grant. Kiernan, M.J., Dryer, M.R. & Tyson, G.A. Implicit theories of Bulimia Nervosa: Explanatory models used by health professionals and university students. Chief Investigator. 2003
- CSU Scholarship in Teaching Tyson, G.A. & Gullifer, J. ($9535) with Judith Gullifer. Student perceptions of plagiarism: A pilot study. 2007
- CSU Community of Scholars/Applied Research Group. Award 2003 - 2007.
Recent publications
Membership of professional associations and groups
- Member of the British Psychological Society
- Member of the International Association for Cross-Cultural Psychology
- Member of the Australian Psychological Society
- Member of the Society of Australasian Social Psychologists
- Member of the Australian and New Zealand Association of Psychiatry, Psychology and Law
