Dr Samantha Newell

• Appointments

  Date	Position	Institution name
  2023 - ongoing	Lecturer	University of Adelaide
  2022 - 2022	Course Coordinator	Monash University
  2020 - 2021	Assistant Academic Lead (Academic Developer) for the ADEPT program	University of Adelaide

• Awards and Achievements

  Date	Type	Title	Institution Name	Country	Amount
  2023	Research Award	Best Conference Paper	ASCILITE	Australia	-
  2023	Teaching Award	Australian Psychological Society National Early Career Teaching Award 2023	Australian Psychological Society	Australia	-
  2020	-	Psychology Programs Board	University of Adelaide	Australia	-
  2020	Teaching Award	Excellence in Tutoring Award	University of Adelaide	Australia	500
  2016	Honour	Golden Key International Honour Society, University of Adelaide Chapter	University of Adelaide	Australia	-
  2016	Scholarship	Zonta Club of Adelaide Honours Scholarship	Zonta Club of Adelaide	Australia	-
  2015	Award	Chancellor's Letter of Commendation	University of South Australia	Australia	-
  2015	Teaching Award	South Australian Outstanding Science Educator prize	South Australian Science Teachers Association (SASTA)	Australia	-
  2014	Award	Chancellor's Letters of Commendation	University of South Australia	Australia	-
  2013	Award	University Merit Award	University of South Australia	Australia	-
  2012	Award	University Merit Award	University of South Australia	Australia	-
  2012	Honour	Golden Key International Honour Society, UniSA Chapter	University of South Australia	Australia	-

• Language Competencies

  Language	Competency
  Korean	Can read and understand spoken

• Research Interests

  Educational Psychology Educational Technology and Computing Higher Education Psychology

• Journals

  Year	Citation
  2024	Kaur, T., & Newell, S. (2024). The silent struggle: experiences of non-native English-speaking psychology students. Australian Journal of Psychology, 76(1), 13 pages. DOI
  2024	Newell, S., & van Antwerpen, N. (2024). “Can we not do group stuff?”: Student insights on implementing co-creation in online intensive programs. Journal of University Teaching and Learning Practice, 21(2), 25 pages. DOI Scopus1
  2023	Newell, S. (2023). ChatGPT: The homework machine. HERDSA Connect, 45(1), 26.
  2023	Newell, S. (2023). Employing the interactive oral to mitigate threats to academic integrity from ChatGPT. Scholarship Of Teaching And Learning In Psychology. DOI
  2022	Pownall, M., Thompson, C., Blundell-Birtill, P., Newell, S. J., & Harris, R. (2022). Does “Psychological Literacy” Feature in Non-Psychology Degrees? A Cross-Discipline Study of Student Perceptions. Teaching of Psychology, 51(4), 009862832211302. DOI Scopus2 WoS1
  2022	Newell, S., Chur-Hansen, A., & Strelan, P. (2022). A Revised Definition of Psychological Literacy: Multiple Stakeholder Perspectives. Scholarship Of Teaching And Learning In Psychology. DOI Scopus10
  2021	Harris, R., Pownall, M., Thompson, C., Newell, S., & Blundell-Birtill, P. (2021). Students’ understanding of psychological literacy in the UK undergraduate curriculum. Psychology Teaching Review, 27(1), 56-68.
  2021	Newell, S., Chur-Hansen, A., & Strelan, P. (2021). A Construct Validity Analysis of the Concept of Psychological Literacy. Australian Journal of Psychology, 73(4), 1-13. DOI Scopus5 WoS2
  2021	Newell, S. (2021). Transitioning from study to work. Australian Psychological Society: Seven Days of Psychology.
  2020	Newell, S., Chur-Hansen, A., & Strelan, P. (2020). A systematic narrative review of psychological literacy measurement. Australian Journal of Psychology, 72(2), 123-132. DOI Scopus15 WoS8
  2020	Newell, S. (2020). Identity and roles within the PhD. The Journal of Academic Development and Education, 12, 4-5.

• Book Chapters

  Year	Citation
  2024	Newell, S., Fitzgerald, R., Hall, K., & Mills, J. (2024). Integrating GenAI in Higher Education: Insights, perceptions, and a taxonomy of practice. In S. Beckingham, J. Lawrence, S. Powell, & P. Hartley (Eds.), Using Generative AI Effectively in Higher Education : Sustainable and Ethical Practices for Learning, Teaching and Assessment (1st ed., pp. 42-53). Routledge. DOI
  2024	Newell, S., Fitzgerald, R., Hall, K., Mills, J., Beynen, T., Sook May, I. C., . . . Lai, E. (2024). Integrating GenAI in higher education: Insights, perceptions, and a taxonomy of practice. In Using Generative AI Effectively in Higher Education: Sustainable and Ethical Practices for Learning, Teaching and Assessment (pp. 41-53). DOI

• Conference Papers

  Year	Citation
  2022	Newell, S., & Adam, E. (2022). ‘We’ve become a little family now’: Maximising rapport in an accelerated, fully online learning environment.. In S. Wilson, N. Arthars, D. Wardack, P. Yeoman, E. Kalman, & D. Y. T. Liu (Eds.), Reconnecting relationships through technology: Proceedings of the 39th International Conference of the Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education (ASCILITE) 2022 Vol. 2022 (pp. 48-55). Online: ustralasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education. DOI
  2019	Newell, S., Chur-Hansen, A., & Strelan, P. (2019). A methodological review of psychological literacy measurement. In Australian Psychology Learning and Teaching (AusPLaT) Conference 2019 proceedings. East Melbourne, Australia.
  2019	Newell, S. (2019). Psychological Literacy: A Construct Validity Analysis. In https://www.esplat.org/_files/ugd/bd33d7_faced9d78b9245aabea86d0de8de0899.pdf. https://www.esplat.org/esplat-2019: ESPLAT.
  -	Newell, S., & Adam, E. (n.d.). ‘We’ve become a little family now’: Maximising rapport in an accelerated, fully online learning environment. In ASCILITE Publications (pp. e22063). Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education. DOI

2023 APS Teaching Award (Australian Psychological Society)

I am a Lecturer and Senior HEA Fellow in the School of Psychology (at The University of Adelaide). I undertake a range of teaching and research activities, including the supervision of Honours students, Course Coordinator for the Graduate Diploma in Psychology, member of the Adelaide Education Academy, and a member of the Diversity and Inclusion in Teaching committee. I am interested in improving practice in the field of psychology education, whilst engaging in the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning more broadly. 

I am eligible to act as primary and co-supervisor for PhD and Masters students. I am open to a range of research topics, but I predominately use qualitative methods in my research (including Reflexive Thematic Analysis, Qualitative Content Analysis, and Reflexive Content Analysis). 

Potential students are welcome to negotiate a project that seeks to explore innovative practices for educators that design and teach intensive, online psychology courses.  

Potential projects:  

- Exploring innovative ways to develop a sense of community among students 

- Practices that seek to increase engagement in asynchronous learning spaces (including alternatives to discussion boards) 

- Explore ways to increase student negotiation and co-creation of the curriculum 

- Innovative assessment practices that utilise AI as a pedagogical tool 

I predominately utilise qualitative research methods, so these would form the methodological basis for any project that you wish to undertake. 

• Other Supervision Activities

  Date	Role	Research Topic	Location	Program	Supervision Type	Student Load	Student Name
  2024 - ongoing	Principal Supervisor	Exploring student motivations and perceptions towards Student Evaluation of Teaching (SET) systems	The University of Adelaide	-	Honours	Full Time	Alivia Gladwin
  2024 - ongoing	Principal Supervisor	Exploring the experiences of social loafing in group work among online psychology students.	The University of Adelaide	-	Honours	Full Time	Olivia Puccini
  2023 - 2023	Principal Supervisor	The Silent Struggle: Experiences of Non-native English-Speaking Psychology Students	The University of Adelaide	-	Honours	-	Tarandeep Kaur

• Board Memberships

  Date	Role	Board name	Institution name	Country
  2020 - 2020	Representative	Psychology Programs Board	University of Adelaide	Australia
  2013 - 2014	Director	Psychology Students' Association	University of Adelaide	Australia

• Committee Memberships

  Date	Role	Committee	Institution	Country
  2023 - ongoing	Member	Diversity and Inclusion in Teaching Committee	The University of Adelaide	Australia
  2020 - ongoing	Representative	School of Psychology Committee	University of Adelaide	Australia
  2019 - ongoing	Co-Chair	ADEPT Community of Practice	University of Adelaide	Australia
  2018 - ongoing	Member	eLearning Community of Practice	University of Adelaide	Australia
  2016 - 2016	Chair	Student-Staff Consultative Committee	University of Adelaide	Australia

• Community Engagement

  Date	Title	Engagement Type	Institution	Country
  2024 - ongoing	Mentors Breakfast	Public Community Engagement	Kildare College	-
  2024 - ongoing	PSA Careers Night - invited speaker	Public Community Engagement	The University of Adelaide	-
  2024 - ongoing	2023 Year 12 Psychology Merit Awards	Public Community Engagement	Australian Psychologists and Counsellors in Schools	Australia
  2023 - 2023	HERDSA OESIG Events Lead	Scientific Community Engagement	HERDSA	-
  2014 - 2015	Social Skills and Resilience Group Programs Co-Facilitator/Program Development	Scientific Community Engagement	Praesidium Psychological Services	Australia

• Position: Lecturer
• Phone: 83133136
• Email: samantha.newell@adelaide.edu.au
• Campus: North Terrace
• Building: Hughes, floor Level Seven
• Room: 721
• Org Unit: Psychology