Dr Rebecca Georgis

About me:

Rebecca is a lecturer in Psychology in Education within the Graduate School of Education

Rebecca’s research is interdisciplinary and draws on a range of methods and methodologies to address issues of cultural diversity and inclusion in education, health, and early childhood settings.

Rebecca's research interests are related to the development and education of minority children and youth; immigrant and refugee integration/acculturation; and community-based research and evaluation. Prior to coming to the UK, Rebecca worked on a range of community-based participaroty research projects in Canada, as a research assistant, project manager and principal investigator. These projects involved working in partnership with Indigenous, immigrant and refugee communities, charities and other stakeholders to address issues of social (in)justice and social integration brought forth by communities themselves.

As a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Alberta, Rebecca led the Multicultural Early Childhood Assessment and Learning (MECAL) project, funded by various bodies including a knowledge mobilization grant by Canada’s Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council. The project was conducted in partnership with diverse communities, an immigrant serving agency, a school board, government stakeholders, and academics of diverse disciplines (education, psychology, linguistics). The goals of the project were to (a) synthesize knowledge on the developmental outcomes of immigrant and refugee young children who are English Language Learners and (b) co-create professional development resources for intercultural practice in early childhood settings. An output of this collaboration was the RAISED between cultures video and guidebook to facilitate intercultural practice with early childhood practitioners working with diverse children and families.

• PhD Psychological Studies in Education, University of Alberta

• MSc Psychology, Illinois State University (Fulbright Fellowship)

• BSc Psychology, University of Cyprus

• Postgraduate Certificate in Higher Education, Bath Spa University

• Graduate Certificate in Community-based Research and Evaluation, University of Alberta

Current: Lecturer in Education, Graduate School of Education, University of Exeter

2018-2022: Lecturer (2018-20) and Senior Lecturer (2020-22), School of Education, Bath Spa University

2017: Postdoctoral fellow, Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities (IASH), University of Edinburgh

2016-2017: Programme Developer and Evaluator, Multicultural Health Brokers Cooperative

2014-2017: Postdoctoral Fellow, Community-University Partnership (CUP) for the Study of Children, Youth and Families, University of Alberta

2014 & 2017: Sessional Instructor, University of Alberta

2012-2014: Project Manager, Early Childhood Measurement and Evaluation, CUP, University of Alberta

2008-2011: Research Assistant, University of Alberta (Departments of Educational Psychology, Pediatrics, Family Medicine, and CUP)