Dr Jane Morgan BA (Hons), PhD, PgCert
Associate Head
- Sheffield Institute of Social Sciences
- Centre for Behavioural Science and Applied Psychology
- Social and Economic Research Institute
Summary
I am one of the Associate Heads in the Sheffield Institute of Social Sciences. I have worked at Sheffield Hallam University since 2003 in a variety of academic roles. I have been been Admissions and Recruitment tutor, Year Tutor and Course Leader for a BPS accredited course which I was involved in developing. I was appointed as a Principle Lecturer in 2012 and have taken on the roles of Markets and Recruitment lead, Psychology Line Manager and Head of Psychology. I am a member of the cognitive psychology teaching team and have led and developed undergraduate and postgraduate modules in cognitive psychology as well as specialised modules in language processing and cognitive development. I am an active researcher in the field of psycholinguistics.
Teaching
Sheffield Institute of Social Sciences
College of Social Sciences and Arts
Psychology
BSc Psychology
MSc Psychology
MSc Developmental Psychology
Research
Language processing and in particular speech production
The nature of lexical semantic representations in patients with aphasia
Visual word recognition and phonological and orthographic influences on novel word learning
The challenges faced by speakers when processing English as a second language
The linguistic and emotional processing throughout the adult lifespan
The cognitive mechanisms underlying comic book reading
Publications
Journal articles
Dyson, L., Morgan, J., & Herbert, R. (2021). Novel matched stimuli for assessment of lexical semantics. Aphasiology. http://doi.org/10.1080/02687038.2021.1924354
Dyson, L., Morgan, J., & Herbert, R. (2020). Semantic processing in aphasia: evidence from semantic priming and semantic interference. Language, cognition and neuroscience. http://doi.org/10.1080/23273798.2020.1849749
Morgan, J., Edwards, S., & Wheeldon, L.R. (2014). The relationship between language production and verbal short-term memory: The role of stress grouping. The Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 67 (2), 220-246. http://doi.org/10.1080/17470218.2013.799216
Morgan, J.L., van Elswijk, G., & Meyer, A.S. (2008). Extrafoveal processing of objects in a naming task: evidence from word probe experiments. Psychonomic bulletin and review, 15 (3), 561-565. http://doi.org/10.3758/PBR.15.3.561
Morgan, J.L., & Meyer, A.S. (2005). Processing of extrafoveal objects during multiple-object naming. Journal of experimental psychology: learning, memory and cognition, 31 (3), 428-442. http://doi.org/10.1037/0278-7393.31.3.428
Morgan, J.L., & Wheeldon, L.R. (2003). Syllable monitoring in internally and externally generated english words. Journal of psycholinguistic research, 32 (3), 269-296. http://doi.org/10.1023/A:1023591518131
Wheeldon, L.R., & Morgan, J.L. (2002). Phoneme monitoring in internal and external speech. Language and cognitive processes, 17 (5), 503-535. http://doi.org/10.1080/01690960143000308
Theses / Dissertations
Dicks, G. (2023). Contrasting L1 profiles through early orthographic and phonological processing of written English. (Doctoral thesis). Supervised by Morgan, J. http://doi.org/10.7190/shu-thesis-00567
Dean Marshall, N. (2021). Toes in Pies: Exploring the Processing of Spanish –English Interlingual Homographs. (Doctoral thesis). Supervised by Dibetta, A., & Morgan, J. http://doi.org/10.7190/shu-thesis-00477
Dimelow, N.A. (2019). Emotion Recognition Ability in Older Adults. (Doctoral thesis). Supervised by Morgan, J. http://doi.org/10.7190/shu-thesis-00199
Hancock, R. (2016). The development of real-world and counterfactual-world inference generation abilities during adolescence. (Doctoral thesis). Supervised by Reidy, L., Morgan, J., & Reynolds, D.
Other activities
Chartered Member (CPsychol) and Associate Fellow (AFBPsS) of the British Psychological Society
Academic Departmental Liaison to the British Psychological Society
Member of the Experimental Psychology Society (UK) and the European Society of Cognitive Psychology (ESCoP)
Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
Postgraduate supervision
I supervise research projects at PhD level.