School of Psychology

Alexander Mussap

Position Deputy Head of School (Director of Teaching and Learning)
Email alexander.mussap@deakin.edu.au
Area School of Psychology
Phone +61 3 92517103
Campus Burwood


Role and profile
Associate Professor Mussap coordinates the Bachelor of Applied Science (Psychology) at undergraduate level, and the Honours in Psychology courses at fourth-year level.

He supervises numerous Honours and Postgraduate students (PhD and Doctor of Psychology).

He conducts research primarily in the area of health psychology, on topics that include body image, culture, religion, and gender, and also works in the areas of visual and self perception.

He is currently the Associate Head of School (Teaching & Learning).



Teaching responsibilities
Unit coordinator for:
HME202: Brain & Behaviour (co-coord. with School of Medicine)
HPS205/775: Behavioural Neuroscience
HPS425/743: Professional and Conceptual Issues in Psychology

Lecturer in:
HBS110: Health behaviour
HME202: Brain & Behaviour
HPS111: Introduction to Psychology A
HPS205/775: Behavioural Neuroscience
HPS395/795: Clinical Neuroscience
HPS425/743: Professional and Conceptual Issues in Psychology
HPS724: Applied Methods in Organisational Psychology
HSE208: Integrated Human Physiology



Research interests
Health psychology
Body image
Exercise and diet attitudes and behaviours
Culture and religion
Gender
Visual perception
Self perception



Awards and prizes
ARC Discovery Grant: Promoting fit bodies, healthy eating and physical activity among Indigenous Australian men (2010-2012)

ARC Discovery Grant: Body image instability, disordered eating and muscle dysmorphia (2005-2007)

ARC Discovery Grant: Spatial and Temporal Properties of Texture Perception in Normal and Amblyopic Visual Systems (1999-2001)

ARC Discovery Grant: Perceptual integration in normal and amblyopic visual systems (1997-1999)



Service to the University, discipline or community
Associate Head of School - Teaching and Learning
Member, School Management Group
Course coordinator:
Honours in Psychology (H450, H451, H452)
BAppSci (Psychology) (H344)
BAppSci (Nursing/Psychology) (D387) (co-coord)
Chair, School Teaching and Learning Committee
Member, HMNBS Teaching and Learning Committee
Member, HMNBS Teaching and Learning Leaders Group
Member, HMNBS Honours Committee
Member, HMNBS Admissions, Selection, and Advanced Standing Committee
Member, School Academic Progress Committee

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9th November 2012