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Dr Shan Muir

Lecturer

Staff Member Details
Mobile: (08) 6304 3146
Email: s.muir@ecu.edu.au
Campus: Joondalup  
Room: JO4.217  

Shan is a Lecturer in Psychology within the School of Arts and Humanities.

Current teaching

  • PSY1101- Introduction to Psychology

Background

Shan has a Bachelor of Psychology with Honours and PhD from Curtin University. Shan’s mixed-methods PhD thesis explored the framing, predictors, and associated consequences of online shaming. She is experienced in designing and carrying out various quantitative, qualitative, and mixed-methods research projects, and has conducted research in both academic and industry settings. Shan has also worked in higher education in a teaching capacity (as both a unit coordinator/lecturer and tutor) for the past five years, mainly teaching research methods units. Her primary research interests relate to crime and justice related issues, but Shan is also interested in various social psychology topics, behaviour in online spaces, and the wellbeing of vulnerable populations. Example research topics of past projects Shan has been involved in include: identifying early warning signs of intimate partner violence, non-fatal strangulation, public attitudes towards sex offenders, online shaming, and wellbeing and healthcare access for young people in out-of-home-care during COVID-19.

Shan works full time in a combined teaching and research role in the School of Arts and Humanities at the ECU Joondalup campus.

Professional associations

  • 2023 - International Society for Justice Research, ISJR (Member)
  • 2019 - Australian Psychological Society, APS (Associate Member)
  • 2019 - Australian and New Zealand Society of Criminology, ANZSOC (Member)

Awards and recognition

University and National teaching awards

  • 2021- Most Outstanding Sessional Tutor Award at Curtin University

National and International research awards

  • 2021 - Australian Postgraduate Research (APR) PhD Internship Scholarship
  • 2019 - Research Training Program (RTP) Stipend Scholarship at Curtin University
  • 2019 - APS Prize in Psychology

Other

  • 2018 - Top overall Honours thesis in 4th year Bachelor of Psychology at Curtin University
  • 2018 - Top overall grade in 4th year Bachelor of Psychology at Curtin University
  • 2017 - Top overall grade in 3rd year Bachelor of Psychology at Curtin University
  • 2016 - Top overall grade in 2nd year Bachelor of Psychology at Curtin University
  • 2015 - Charles Watson Top Excellence Scholarship at Curtin University

Research areas and interests

  • Crime and justice related issues
  • Various social psychology topics
  • Behaviour in online spaces
  • The wellbeing of vulnerable populations
  • Research methods (both quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methods).

Example research topics of past projects Shan has been involved in include: identifying early warning signs of intimate partner violence, non-fatal strangulation, public attitudes towards sex offenders, online shaming, and wellbeing and healthcare access for young people in out-of-home-care during COVID-19.

Qualifications

  • Doctor of Philosophy, Curtin University of Technology, 2023.
  • Bachelor of Psychology (Honours) with First Class Honours, Curtin University of Technology, 2019.
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