Jacquelyn Cranney

Jacquelyn Cranney

Associate Professor Jacky Cranney (UNSW Sydney) has extensive undergraduate teaching experience, for which she has won numerous UNSW, national and international awards. She has published research on student learning and motivation, and on psychology education. She has created local, national and international communities of practice for psychology educators, and has also led and contributed to national committees on psychology education. She has attracted several UNSW and national education Fellowships and grants, through which she has driven nation-wide change in terms of undergraduate students learning to apply evidence-based psychological strategies to meet positive personal, professional and societal outcomes. Jacky is a fervent believer in 'giving psychology away', particularly through providing opportunities to undergraduate students and others, to develop psychological literacy (i.e., the intentional application of psychological science to meet personal, professional and societal needs), a part of which is evidence-based self-management (i.e., the capacity to effectively pursue valued goals, and to be flexible in the face of setbacks).