Staff Profiles : Department of Psychology , Aberystwyth University

Antonia’s background has been in the field of music psychology, gaining a BSc (Hons) in psychology with music before completing an MSc and PhD in music psychology at the Unit for the Study of Musical Skill and Development at Keele University. Her main research and teaching interests are in the areas of social interaction, the social psychology of music, coaching, and engagement with the outdoors for the promotion of wellbeing and development. Antonia has extensive administration experience in teaching and learning, and research. She is a Chartered Member of the British Psychological Society (C.Psychol), a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (SFHEA), and is a qualified coach (ILM Level 7).Since joining the Department of Psychology in 2010 Antonia has served as Director of Learning and Teaching and Director of Undergraduate Studies for the Department of Psychology (2010-2016) where duties have centred around assuring and enhancing quality and in sharing best practice through the design of numerous teaching resources and in the reviewing of assessments, feedback practices, programme schemes and modules. These activities were critical to successfully gaining BPS accreditation in 2013, and in informing the QAA (2012) and Departmental (2014) reviews. She established and chaired the department’s learning and teaching committee, whilst also sitting on university learning and teaching committees, and the university’s unfair practice committee. She has also served as Senior Personal Tutor and Admissions Tutor.

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AB1 The Psychology of Counselling, Coaching and Mentoring (PS31920)

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Antonia’s research interests are in social interaction from the perspectives of discursive psychology and conversation analysis, and engagement with the outdoors for the promotion of wellbeing and development.

Combining her interest in talk with music psychology, Antonia is currently looking at spoken and embodied action in music lessons and performing arts contexts in higher education settings. This research, and her previous research into musical role models and musical identities, informs much of her supervision and teaching, particularly in her third year elective in the social psychology of music.Antonia has organized and co-organized five academic conferences in music psychology including chairing the Music, Identity and Social Interaction Conference held at the Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester, February 2010, and the 6th International Conference for Music Perception and Cognition (ICMPC), August 2000, Keele University. Whilst at the Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester, she was also Managing Editor for the journal Music Performance Research (2008-2010), and has since served as Associate Editor. Antonia is a reviewer for a number of music psychology and related journals.

In addition to her background in music psychology, Antonia is developing research in engagement with the outdoors for the promotion of wellbeing and development. This is currently being explored by looking at individuals' experiences with walking coaching and challenge events such as the 3 Peaks Challenge.

Moving from informal talk to performance: The use of musical prompting as an interaction device for resuming practice in musical theatre rehearsals. / Sanderson, Alice; Ivaldi, Antonia; Forrester, Michael.
In: Musicae Scientiae, Vol. 28, No. 3, 30.09.2024, p. 421-435.