Bethany Thomas

(she/her) | Assistant Lecturer @ Arden University | PhD Researcher @ Edge Hill University




Bethany Thomas

(she/her) | Assistant Lecturer @ Arden University | PhD Researcher @ Edge Hill University



Conferences & Talks


On this page, you will find informations about the conferences and talks I have given, but also the videos and podcasts I participated in. 

Conferences

British Psychological Society (BPS) Cyberpsychology Section Annual Conference (2024)
I presented my findings from my first doctoral study in a full study presentation titled 'Levelling up: Investigating the construction of gamer identity for female gamers', which won the best oral presentation award. I also sat on the conference committee as Conference Ambassador co-ordinator.
Interactive Games Postgraduate Research Conference (2024)
I presented my findings from my first doctoral study in a presentation titled ' "I'm a gamer but I'm not that type of gamer": exploring the construction of gamer identity and the intersection with gender'.
British Psychological Society (BPS) Cyberpsychology Section Annual Conference (2023)
I presented a work-in-progress poster titled 'Investigating the salience of gamer identity across online gaming forums, via players identity expression in online language', which won the award for best poster presentation. I was a panel member for "The future of video games research - by those doing it now. A panel discussion by PhD video game researchers celebrating the growing area of Cyberpsychology" moderated by Chris Leech. I also sat on the conference committee as an early career researcher representative. 
British Psychological Society (BPS) Cyberpsychology Section Annual Conference (2022)
I presented a work-in-progress presentation titled 'Gaming and Gender: Investigating the construction of gamer identity for female gamers', which won the award for the best work-in-progress presentation.
Intelligent Games and Game Intelligence (iGGi) Annual Conference (2022)
I presented a joint poster with fellow doctoral researcher Christopher Leech (he/him) titled 'Have we got research for EH(U), can you diG(Gi) it?'.
PSYPAG Annual Conference (2022)
I presented a work-in-progress poster titled 'Gender and Gaming: What can social psychology tell us about the construction of gamer identity for female gamers'.
Check out my posters below:

Outreach Events/Talks

University of Bradford, Research Seminar series: “Tell me who you are?”: Reflections, Challenges and Applications of Social Identity Mapping with participants in a qualitative interview study.

University of Bradford, Research Seminar series: Gaming and Gender, Investigating the construction of gamer identity and the intersecton with gender.
Edge Hill University, Cyberschool: The Psychology of Video Games.

Guest Lectures

2025

Guest lecturer at Edge Hill University, Department of Psychology, for PSY3131: Psychology and the Virtual World, Digital Game effects.

2024

Guest Lecturer at Edge Hill University, Department of History, Geography and Social Sciences, for  SPY1126: Introduction to Child Development and Social Psychology, Social Identity.
Share



Follow this website


You need to create an Owlstown account to follow this website.


Sign up

Already an Owlstown member?

Log in