Dr Mandy Robbins

Senior Lecturer in Psychology

     

Tel: 01978 293943
Email: mandy.robbins@glyndwr.ac.uk

Background

Mandy Robbins gained her first degree at the University of Wales, Lampeter in 1992 in Theology and Archaeology, her MPhil in Theology at Trinity College, Carmarthen in 1996, and her PhD in Theology at the University of Wales, Bangor in 2002.

In 2005 she completed a post-graduate diploma with the Open University in Psychology. Mandy is also qualified as an MBTI practitioner. She worked as a junior research fellow at Trinity College, Carmarthen 1995-1999. From there she moved to the University of Wales, Bangor as teaching and research Fellow 1999-2007. In 2007 she moved to the University of Warwick as senior research fellow before moving in 2011 to Glyndŵr University as senior lecturer.

Mandy is a member of a number of organisations including:

American Psychological Association;

British Psychological Society;

Religious Research Association;

Society for the Scientific Study of Religion;

Sociology of Religion;

International Seminar on Religious Education and Values (Trustee and Treasurer);

Institute of Educational Assessors (Associate Member)

International Society of Empirical Research in Theology

The Rural Theology Association (Treasurer)

She is managing editor of Rural Theology: International, ecumenical and interdisciplinary perspectives and also serves on the editorial boards of Welsh Journal of Psychology and Journal of Religious Education

Research interests

Mandy’s research interests are within the field of the psychology of religion and include the beliefs and values of young people in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, personality theory and clergywomen in the Church of England. Mandy’s research employs mainly quantitative methods.

Recent publications

Robbins, M. (2008). Clergywomen in the Church of England: a psychological study. Edwin Mellen: New York, ppi-237, ISBN 978 0 7734 4948 5.

Francis, L. J., Robbins,M., & Astley, J. (Eds.) (2009).  Empirical theology in texts and tables: Qualitative, quantitative and comparative perspectives. Leiden: Brill. ISSN 1389 1189 ISBN 978 9004 16888 6

Robbins, M., Francis, L.J., Ryland, A. (2011). Do introverts appreciate the same things as extraverts within a ministry team? A study among leaders within the Newfrontiers network of churches in the United Kingdom. Research in the Social Scientific Study of Religion, 22, 306-314.

Robbins, M., Littler, K., & Francis, L.J. The personality characteristics of Anglican clergymen and clergywomen: The search for sex differences. Pastoral Psychology, 60, 877-881.