Grace Horwood
School of Psychology
Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences
My research interests are in the area of social psychology and critical psychology broadly, and social factors impacting on mental health.
In my Honours research I examined the different ways in which depression was discursively constructed on Australian depression websites. In my PhD research I applied the methodology of critical discursive psychology to explore how the concept of "mental health" was constructed and understood during the COVID-19 pandemic in two different contexts, the print and online news media, and an online mental health discussion forum.
My most recent research focuses on school-related stress and experiences of 'school can't' among children and young people.
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Appointments
Date Position Institution name 2024 - ongoing Lecturer University of Adelaide -
Awards and Achievements
Date Type Title Institution Name Country Amount 2024 Award Dean's Commendation for Thesis Excellence University of Adelaide Australia - 2021 Scholarship Research Training Program Stipend University of Adelaide Australia - -
Language Competencies
Language Competency English Can read, write, speak and understand spoken -
Education
Date Institution name Country Title 2020 - 2020 University of Adelaide Australia Bachelor of Psychological Science (Honours - First Class) 2004 - 2019 University of Adelaide Australia Bachelor of Psychological Science with Major in Sociology -
Postgraduate Training
Date Title Institution Country 2021 - 2024 PhD in Medicine (Psychology) University of Adelaide Australia -
Research Interests
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Journals
Year Citation 2023 Horwood, G., Augoustinos, M., & Due, C. (2023). “I *know* all the things I should be doing …": accounting for mental health and illness in an online mental health discussion forum during the COVID-19 pandemic. BMC Psychology, 11(1), 370-1-370-12.
2023 Horwood, G., Augoustinos, M., & Due, C. (2023). "It's important to manage our stress": Mental health advice in the Australian print news media during the COVID-19 pandemic. SSM - Mental Health, 3, 100204-1-100204-8.
Scopus12023 Horwood, G., Augoustinos, M., & Due, C. (2023). ‘Mental Wealth’ and ‘Mental Fitness’: The discursive construction of mental health in the Australian news media during the COVID-19 pandemic. Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology, 33(3), 677-689.
Scopus2 WoS12022 Horwood, G., & Augoustinos, M. (2022). ‘It’s more than sadness’: The Discursive Construction of Depression on Australian Depression Websites. Qualitative Health Research, 32(7), 1185-1196.
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Datasets
Year |
Course |
Role |
| 2025 | Psychology Internship (PSYCHOL 3028) | Course Coordinator |
| 2025 | Foundations of Psychology (PSYCHOL 6500OL, OTP3) | Course Coordinator |
| 2025 | Culture and Context (PSYCHOL 6505OL, OTP5) | Course Coordinator |
| 2025 | Psychology 1A (PSYCHOL 1000) | Assistant Course Coordinator |
| 2025 | Individual Differences, Personality & Assessment (PSYCHOL 3022) | Assistant Course Coordinator |
| 2024 - 2025 | Psychology in Society (PSYCHOL 2007) | Lecturer |
| 2024 | Psychology 1B (PSYCHOL 1001) | Assistant Course Coordinator |
| 2024 | Foundations of Health & Lifespan Development (PSYCHOL 2005) | Assistant Course Coordinator |
| 2024 | Health & Lifespan Development Psychology (PSYCHOL 3021) | Assistant Course Coordinator |
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Other Supervision Activities
Date Role Research Topic Location Program Supervision Type Student Load Student Name 2025 - ongoing Principal Supervisor Parent/caregiver experiences of school responses to school can't University of Adelaide - Honours Full Time Elyse Venour
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