Ann Macaskill

Biography

Ann Macaskill is Professor of Health Psychology at Sheffield Hallam University, United Kingdom and Head of Research Ethics for the university. She is trained as a health psychologist and a psychotherapist. She obtained her PhD from Aberdeen University and then worked as a Post-doc at Edinburgh University. She then moved to the University of Sheffield and currently works at Sheffield Hallam University where she established a psychology degree. She has published over 70 papers in peer-reviewed journals, 3 books and 9 book chapters and serves on the Editorial Board of several journals.

Research Interest

forgiveness - interpersonal, self and situational defining lay and psychological understanding of the forgiveness process grudge holding and vengeance seeking conflict resolution and the facilitation of forgiveness psychological determinants of health and illness evaluation of therapeutic interventions