Alexa Hepburn
Senior Lecturer in Social Psychology,
Alexa Hepburn is a Senior Lecturer in Social
Psychology in the Social Sciences Department at
Her research has developed a critical perspective on more
traditional forms of psychology, reflected in her recently published book An Introduction to
Critical Social Psychology, where she highlights taken-for-granted
assumptions about the person and society in psychology, and argues for a
greater focus on everyday social contexts and applied work. She worked with Sally Wiggins to edit a
special issue of the journal Discourse
& Society: Developments in Discursive
Psychology (published in 2005).
They have also edited a collection for Cambridge University Press: Discursive Research in Practice (in
press).
She has published scholarly articles in British Journal
of Social Psychology, Discourse and Society, Research on Language and Social
Interaction, and a range of other journals, as well as contributing book
chapters to a number of edited collections.
Her publications reflect the dual focus on methodological innovation in
psychology, and a call for greater theoretical sophistication. To this end she is exploring the potential
of conversation analysis to rework issues of a ‘psychological’ nature. She is currently collaborating with a
research team in
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