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Biography
Tabitha is a lecturer in Politics in the department of Humanities and Law, Faculty of Media and Communication. Her teaching spans across the BA Politics and BA Politics & Economics programmes, and the MA Political Psychology and MA International Political Communication programmes. Her research interests include Political Psychology, National Identity, Defence Mechanisms, Emotion and Rural voters. She gained her PhD in 2022 with her thesis titled 'The psychosocial relationship between national identity and political sentiment in England: 2016-2020".
Journal Articles
- Baker, T., 2021. Is there hope for the West Country? Political sentiment amongst rural voters. Renewal: Journal of Social Democracy, 29 (3), 73-83.
Profile of Teaching PG
- Issues and Debates in Political Psychology
- Diplomacy and International Relations
- Dissertation supervision
Profile of Teaching UG
- Political Psychology
- International relations, state power and public diplomacy
- Understanding Contemporary Britain
- Media and society
- Introduction to Communication Theory
- Academic and Professional Practice
- Dissertation supervision
External Responsibilities
- Political Studies Association - Political Psychology Specialist Group, Committee member (2021-), https://www.psa.ac.uk/specialist-groups/political-psychology
Honours
- Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (Advance HE, 2021)
Social Media Links
- Twitter, @DrTABaker
External Media and Press
- The othering of migrants has negative consequences for society at large, LSE Blog, 19 Aug 2021. https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/brexit/2020/08/19/the-othering-of-migrants-has-negative-consequences-for-society-at-large/
- What to expect from post-pandemic voting behaviour, The Conversation, 28 Jul 2021. https://theconversation.com/what-to-expect-from-post-pandemic-voting-behaviour-162293
- The affective nature of Brexit’s geographical polarisation, NEXTEUK - Queen Mary University London, 10 Jun 2020. https://www.qmul.ac.uk/nexteuk/publications/blog/items/the-affective-nature-of-brexits-geographical-polarisation-.html