Rate My Professor Sally Evans

Dr Sally Evans serves as Lecturer in Forensic Psychology and Mental Health at the Wolfson Institute of Population Health, Queen Mary University of London, where she is based in the Unit for Psychological Medicine within the Centre for Psychiatry and Mental Health. She holds a BSc (Hons) and MSc, is a Chartered Psychologist (CPsychol), and an Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society (AFBPsS). Currently undertaking a Doctorate in Forensic Psychology, her doctoral research investigates the lived experiences of trans and gender diverse prisoners residing in the women’s prison estate in England and Wales. Dr Evans specializes in forensic psychology and mental health, with academic interests including experiences of trans and gender diverse individuals in custody, offending behaviour programmes, psychological assessments and formulations for adult and adolescent populations, and safeguarding. She contributes to teaching on the MSc Forensic Psychology and Mental Health programme and serves as an expert witness in the criminal justice system.

Prior to her academic appointment, Dr Evans accumulated 13 years of professional experience with HM Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS), working with adolescent, male, female, and transgender offenders across various regimes, including local Category B, Category C, open conditions, and a female establishment. Key roles included Therapy Manager on a Democratic Therapeutic Community, Clinical Lead of a Psychological Informed Planned Environment, and Senior Registered Psychologist within a Progression Regime for offenders unable to progress to open conditions. She is registered with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC), chartered with the British Psychological Society (BPS), an Associate Fellow of the BPS, a full member of the Division of Forensic Psychology, and a BPS registered supervisor. Dr Evans also acts as a Stage 2 Assessor for the BPS Qualification in Forensic Psychology and a member of the HCPC Fitness to Practice panel. Her scholarly output includes conference presentations such as the research proposal 'Trans and gender diverse prisoners’ experiences of custody' at the Outside/rs Conference 2022 (University of Brighton) and a poster 'Exploring the lived experiences of trans and gender diverse prisoners residing in the women’s prison estate' at the University of Suffolk’s Research and Knowledge Exchange Conference 2022. She co-authored 'An essay in conversation: Queer and queering the prison service' in Excursion Journal (2023, 13(1), 73-87).