Karen Gordon

Email: k.gordon.1@research.gla.ac.uk

Twitter: @Karen_E_Gordon 

 

Research title: Cross-Cultural Differences in Stress, Stigma and Religion

Research Summary

My research explores how four different cultural groups experience and express stress within the doctoral researcher community. I am investigating the prevalence of psychologised (mental) or somatic (bodily) stress between these specific groups. Whilst looking at factors of self-construal, religiosity/spirituality, and mental health stigma and what impact they may have upon stress expression.

I am doing this as part of a mixed-methods thesis which incorporates a creative research methodology of photo-elicitation techniques.

My research aims to gain further insights into how four groups of doctoral researchers experience their own stress responses and what coping strategies they utilise during stressful periods. The results of this research are central to understanding how doctoral researchers can be better supported with their mental health and advise support services, institutions and healthcare organisations to support them more effectively during stressful periods. 

Publications

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2024

Elliot, D. L. , Gardani, M. , Gordon, K. and Balgabekova, D. (2024) Harnessing New Knowledge, Insights and Engagement Through the Voices of International Doctoral Scholars. 14th Quality in Postgraduate Research Conference (QPR2024), Adelaide, Australia, 17-19 April 2024.

Elliot, D. , Gardani, M. , Gordon, K. and Balgabekova, D. (2024) Amplifying Voices of International Doctoral Scholars on Intercultural Perspectives. Project Report. UKCISA, London. (Submitted)

2023

Makara, K. A. , Balgabekova, D., Gordon, K., Meng, F., Tripornchaisak, N. , WU, Z. and Elliot, D. L. (2023) ‘It is a nice way to end the week’: Journal Club as an authentic and safe learning space. In: Elliot, D. L., Bengtsen, S. S. E. and Guccione, K. (eds.) Developing Researcher Independence Through the Hidden Curriculum. Palgrave Macmillan: London. ISBN 9783031428746 (doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-42875-3_6)

Elliot, D. L. , Makara Fuller, K. A. , WU, Z., Tripornchaisak, N. , Meng, F., Gordon, K. and Balgabekova, D. (2023) We even got snacks’: journal club as an authentic and safe space for engaging in scholarly debates and arguments. Higher Education Reform Conference (HER), Glasgow, UK, 21-23 June 2023. (Unpublished)

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Book Sections

Makara, K. A. , Balgabekova, D., Gordon, K., Meng, F., Tripornchaisak, N. , WU, Z. and Elliot, D. L. (2023) ‘It is a nice way to end the week’: Journal Club as an authentic and safe learning space. In: Elliot, D. L., Bengtsen, S. S. E. and Guccione, K. (eds.) Developing Researcher Independence Through the Hidden Curriculum. Palgrave Macmillan: London. ISBN 9783031428746 (doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-42875-3_6)

Research Reports or Papers

Elliot, D. , Gardani, M. , Gordon, K. and Balgabekova, D. (2024) Amplifying Voices of International Doctoral Scholars on Intercultural Perspectives. Project Report. UKCISA, London. (Submitted)

Conference or Workshop Item

Elliot, D. L. , Gardani, M. , Gordon, K. and Balgabekova, D. (2024) Harnessing New Knowledge, Insights and Engagement Through the Voices of International Doctoral Scholars. 14th Quality in Postgraduate Research Conference (QPR2024), Adelaide, Australia, 17-19 April 2024.

Elliot, D. L. , Makara Fuller, K. A. , WU, Z., Tripornchaisak, N. , Meng, F., Gordon, K. and Balgabekova, D. (2023) We even got snacks’: journal club as an authentic and safe space for engaging in scholarly debates and arguments. Higher Education Reform Conference (HER), Glasgow, UK, 21-23 June 2023. (Unpublished)

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Supervisors

Conference

Conferences Organised:

  • This PhD Life – October 2022, February 2023 & October 2023

The University of Glasgow

https://www.gla.ac.uk/myglasgow/ris/researcherdevelopment/pgr/this-pgr-life/ 

 

Conferences Attended:

  • UKCGE – Edinburgh (July, 2023).
    • Sat on the keynote panel for PGR experiences within the HE sector: The Experiences of Postgraduate Researchers.
    • Delivered a workshop with colleagues on the topic of “Crisis, care and empathy in PGR education”.

 

 

 

Teaching

Graduate Teaching Assistant: The School of Education, The University of Glasgow

Graduate Teaching Assistant: The School of Psychology and Neuroscience, The University of Glasgow

Additional Information

Academic Background

  • BSc in Psychology – Staffordshire University (2012).
  • MSc in Cross-Cultural Psychology – Brunel University (2017).

Projects and Affiliations

  • Research Assistant on a UKCISA-funded project: “Voices of international scholars on intercultural perspectives: A systematic review of doctoral theses in the UK”.

Professional Memberships

  • BPS – Graduate Member.