Dr Steven McNair
- Lecturer (School of Psychology & Neuroscience)
email:
Steven.McNair@glasgow.ac.uk
R427, 62 Hillhead Street, School of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom, G12 8QB
Office Hours:
Wednesdays 10am-12noon, drop-in in person or online: Zoom meeting link
Office Hours on Wed 25th June will be online only
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4716-0557Research interests
Scholarship interests:
- Mapping and embedding employability in the higher education curriculum
- Supporting psychology students' employability development
- Lived experiences of inclusivity of LGBTQ+ and neurodiverse students in higher education
Dissertation supervision:
I have a preference towards qualitative projects, but I am happy to discuss mixed methods or quantitative approaches where suitable. I would be happy to discuss supervision of Honours and MSc conversion course dissertations on the following topics:
- LGBTQ+ lived experience
- Student's experiences of developing employability/readiness for work and their perceptions experiences of finding graduate employment
- Cyberpsychology, particularly the processes underlying online social interactions
- Developmnent in adulthood and older adulthood, with a focus on lived experiences
Previous research experience:
- Pre-stimulus oscillatory neural correlates of sound pitch and intensity in healthy ageing
- Oscillatory and ERP correlates of audiovisual speech perception in healthy ageing
- Perception of facial expressions of emotion in healthy ageing
Publications
2019
McNair, Steven W. 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4716-0557, Kayser, Stephanie J. and Kayser, Christoph
(2019)
Consistent pre-stimulus influences on auditory perception across the lifespan.
NeuroImage, 186,
pp. 22-32.
(doi: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2018.10.085)
(PMID:30391564)
(PMCID:PMC6347568)
2016
Kayser, Stephanie J., McNair, Steven W. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4716-0557 and Kayser, Christoph
(2016)
Pre-stimulus influences on auditory perception arising from sensory representations and decision processes.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 113(17),
pp. 4842-4847.
(doi: 10.1073/pnas.1524087113)
(PMID:27071110)
(PMCID:PMC4855557)
Articles
McNair, Steven W. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4716-0557, Kayser, Stephanie J. and Kayser, Christoph
(2019)
Consistent pre-stimulus influences on auditory perception across the lifespan.
NeuroImage, 186,
pp. 22-32.
(doi: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2018.10.085)
(PMID:30391564)
(PMCID:PMC6347568)
Kayser, Stephanie J., McNair, Steven W. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4716-0557 and Kayser, Christoph
(2016)
Pre-stimulus influences on auditory perception arising from sensory representations and decision processes.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 113(17),
pp. 4842-4847.
(doi: 10.1073/pnas.1524087113)
(PMID:27071110)
(PMCID:PMC4855557)
Teaching
Lectures:
- Psychology 1B (Social Psychology topic)
- Social Psychology L3/4/Msc/ODL (Leadership and Cyberpsychology topics)
- Current Issues in Psychology L3/MSC/ODL (LGBTQ+ psychology topic)
Labs:
- L3/4 Qualitative project
- MSc Research Methods 2
Other teaching/admin roles:
- Honours and MSc dissertation project supervision
- Current Issues in Psychology L3/MSC/ODL Course Lead
- School of Psychology and Neuroscience Employability Network Co-lead
- Adviser of Studies
Professional activities & recognition
Professional & learned societies
- Chartered Member, British Psychological Society
- Fellow (FHEA), Advance HE (HE Academy)
