Rate My Professor Catriona Morrison

Professor Catriona Morrison serves as Professor of Psychology and Dean of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of Nottingham Ningbo China. She earned an MA from the University of Glasgow and a DPhil from the University of York, both in Psychology. A Chartered Psychologist and Fellow of the British Psychological Society, she has held significant leadership roles within the Society, including Chair of the Education Board, Secretary and Chair of the Cognitive Psychology Section, and member of the Public Engagement Board.

Her distinguished career encompasses senior academic positions across several institutions. Most recently, prior to her current role starting in 2024, she was Dean of Science at the University of Law from 2022 to 2023, where she established the Science School delivering programmes in Psychology, Computer Science, Criminology, Policing, and Education. Previously, she served as Head of the Department of Psychology at the University of Bradford from 2016 to 2022 and at Heriot-Watt University from 2013 to 2016. She has also worked at the Universities of Leeds, Robert Gordon University, and Cardiff University, and conducted post-doctoral research at the University of York. Professor Morrison's research focuses on the psychology of language and memory, including language development, dementia, internet behaviour, childhood and adult memories, music and memory, memory accuracy, super memory, ageing, internet addiction, and depression. Notable publications include 'Age of acquisition, not word frequency, affects object naming' (1992, with A.W. Ellis), 'Roles of word frequency and age of acquisition in word naming and lexical decision' (with A.W. Ellis), 'First words and first memories' (2010), 'Fictional First Memories' (2018, with S. Akhtar and L.V. Justice), and 'Beliefs about autobiographical memory' (2014, with M. Conway and L.V. Justice). Her work has advanced understanding of cognitive processes across the lifespan.