Ms Sally-Ann Baker

Senior Lecturer in Psychology

Tel: 01978 293170
Email: s.a.baker@glyndwr.ac.uk

Sally-Ann Baker  gained her BSc (Hons) Psychology in 1994 from Lancaster University, is a senior lecturer and a member of the psychology team at Glyndwr University.  She has been at Glyndwr University ( formally NEWI) since 1998 as a member of the Centre for Health and Community Research  ( now Research Centre for Health wellbeing and Society)  and as an Associate member of SIRU ( Social inclusion research unit). In this capacity she has been involved in a range of funded projects within health, social care and educational setting.

She acts as a reviewer for SDO and NIHR project proposals, and as a member of BCUHB Internal review panel.  She is an active member of the BCUHB Internal review panel in North East Wales, involved in a KTP project with the Trust,  a longstanding member of Glyndwr University Ethics Committee and reviewer for NIHR .

She also serves on the editorial boards of Welsh Journal of Psychology and is a co-opted member of the Welsh Branch of the BPS. 

Research Interests

Sally has specific interests in user service evaluation, the evaluation of community development and health promotion initiatives, perceptions of wellbeing, research design, mixed methods and governance of research and safeguarding issues.  

Recent publications

   
Taylor, S., & Baker S.A. (2012). The Student Assistance Program – Higher Education’s Holy Grail? Pastoral Care in Education.  30 (1), 39-47.

Parry, O., Dubberley,S., & Baker, S.A ( 2011). Mending fences: Reparation and the reorientation of young people in the secure estate. Criminal Justice Studies: A Critical Journal of Crime, Law and Society. 24 (4), 337-350.
 
Lewis, C.A., Dorahy, M.J., Lewis, M.J., & Baker, S.A. (2010). The Dissociative Experiences Scale: Replacement items for use with the profoundly deaf.  Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine, 27, 102. (Letter).

Typical publications

Carnwell, R, Baker, S.A., & Wassell, C ( 2009). Tackling behavioural problems in the classroom using a student assistance programme. In Ros Carnwell & Julian Buchanan (Eds) Effective practice in health and social care: A partnership approach (2nd Ed.). Buckingham : OUP

Carnwell, R, Baker, S.A., Bellis, M & Murray, ? (2007). Managerial perceptions of mentor, lecturer practitioner and link tutor roles. Nurse Education Today, 7 Apr 2

Carnwell, R, Jones, J., & Baker, S.A. (2004) Meeting research governance requirements by developing a joint research and development strategy between NHS and higher education partners. Nursing Times Research, 9, 6.

Carnwell, R., & Baker, S.A. (2003). A patient-focused evaluation of breast care nursing specialist services in North Wales. Clinical Effectiveness in Nursing, 7, 18-29.