Dr Amuda Agneswaran

My profile

Biography

Academic and professional qualifications

  • BA (Psychology)- Sophia College, Mumbai, India- 2010
  • MSc (Forensic Psychology)- Teesside University- 2012
  • PhD (Psychology)- Manchester Metropolitan University- 2018

My thesis explored the ‘Experiences of Registered Intermediaries and police officers of working with adults witnesses with intellectual disabilities’.

  • Fellow of Higher Education Academy (FHEA)
  • Chartered Psychologist- British Psychological Society

Other academic service (administration and management)

- Admissions Lead for BSc and MSc Psychology

- Foundation Year Programme Leader

- BSc Forensic Psychology Route Leader- September 2023- September 2024

- Undergraduate Programme Leader Assistant (Assessments)- October 2021- May 2022

Languages

English, Hindi, Tamil, Marathi, German

Prizes and awards

Awarded ‘Research Student Award’ in 2017 for excellent performance by MMU.

Membership of professional associations

Chartered Psychologist- British Psychological Society (CPsychol)

Fellow of Higher Education Academy (FHEA)

Teaching

Undergraduate teaching

In BSc Forensic Psychology:

- Tutor on Introduction to Police Investigations (Level 4)

- Unit Leader for Difference and Diversity in Forensic Psychology (Level 5)

- Unit Leader for Achieving Best Evidence (Level 6)

- Tutor on Preparing for your Dissertation (Level 6)

Postgraduate teaching

In MSc Forensic Psychology:

- Tutor on Psychology and Law

In MSc Conversion (Psychology):

- Unit leader for Forensic Psychology

I am also a Personal tutor and Dissertation supervisor for UG and PG students.

Courses

Research outputs

My main field of research is in Forensic Psychology. Specific interests include eyewitness memory and
testimony, vulnerable witnesses, evidence-giving processes and policies, Registered Intermediaries, and police attitudes. I have experience in qualitative and quantitative research.

Agneswaran, A., Fawcett, H., & Lawthom, R. (2020). The attitudes of police towards Intellectual Disability and the impact of Registered Intermediaries on practice. West Midlands police.

Kapoor, H., Bhuptani, P. & Agneswaran, A. (2017). The Bechdel in India: Gendered depictions in contemporary Hindi cinema. Journal of Gender Studies, 26(2), 212-226. doi: 10.1080/09589236.2015.1102128

Agneswaran, A. & Javeri, A. (2015). The relationship between epistemic curiosity and social desirability among Indian students. Journal of the Indian Academy of Applied Psychology, 41(3), 187-193.

Career history

July 2024- Present

Foundation Year Psychology Programme Leader

September 2023- September 2024

BSc Forensic Psychology Route Leader

July 2022- Present

Senior Lecturer- MMU

July 2022- Present

Psychology Admissions Lead

October 2021- May 2022

Assessments Lead

September 2020- September 2021

Interim Psychology Admissions Lead

March 2020

Fellow of Higher Education Academy

March 2019

Chartered Psychologist status granted by British Psychological Society

October 2018

Lecturer in Psychology- MMU

July 2018- December 2018

Honorary Assistant Psychologist- NHS Cheshire & Wirral Trust

2017

Associate Lecturer (Psychology)- MMU

July 2017

Research Student Award for excellent performance by MMU

January 2015- March 2018

PhD at Manchester Metropolitan University

2013

Senior Research Assistant- Monk Prayogshala (India)