Dr Jagdeep Kaur ~ Senior Lecturer Psychology

 Dr Jagdeep Kaur Sabharwal is an educational professional with special interest in Stress management and Mindfulness training. Prior to joining James Cook University, she worked for many years as a corporate trainer. Her interest in fruitful social interactions and how people influence each other prompted her to pursue a Ph D in Social Psychology.Jagdeep also holds a Graduate Certificate of Education from James Cook University and has expertise in curriculum development and blended learning. She has extensive teaching experience in a wide range of psychology subjects in undergraduate courses. Jagdeep’s research focuses on the social, relational and cultural influences on well-being; stress management and mindfulness; burnout; psycho-social gerontology and learning design.

 

Teaching

• PY3103: Mining the Mind: Psychopathology (Level 3; SIN)
• PY4114: Operationalising the Scientific Practitioner Model (Level 4; CNS, SIN & TSV)
• PY4403: Individual Differences and Lifespan Development (Level 4; SIN)
• SS1111: Introduction to Counselling (Level 1; SIN & TSV)
• SS1112: Multicultural, Child and Adolescent Counselling (Level 1; SIN)

Interests

Research

• Well-Being
• Burnout
• Mindfulness
• Stress management
• e-mental health applications

Teaching

• Technology supported education

Research Disciplines

• Curriculum and pedagogy (3901)
• Tourism (3508)
• Marketing (3506)

Socio-Economic Objectives

• Expanding knowledge (2801)

Awards

• 2020 - Best presenter award for the paper “Sequential exploratory mixed methods and scale development: Investigating transformational tourism readiness” at the 4th ISOT: International seminar on Tourism (2020).
• 2020 - JCUA and JCUS Cross-Collaboration Grant ($5000) with Assoc. Professor Marie Caltabiano (Australia). Research project on Self-Compassion, Academic Burnout, Student Retention and Career Progression.
• 2019 - CHS JCUA and JCUS Cross-collaboration Grant ($6000) with Dr. Tracey Ahern ( Australia) and Dr. Shailey Chawla (Singapore). Research project on Burnout in Education and Healthcare Sector.
• 2019 - CBLG JCUA and JCUS Cross-collaboration ( $6000) with Dr Shailey Chawla (Singapore) and Dr Breda McCarthy ( Australia). Research Project on cognitive barriers to the usage of health apps in geriatric populations.

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Book Chapters

• Chawla S, Sabharwal J, McCarthy B and Erhardt R (2021) Technology acceptance, social marketing and the design of a mobile health app to support active aging amongst senior citizens in the Asia Pacific region. In: Broadening Cultural Horizons in Social Marketing. Springer Nature Singapore, Singapore, pp. 239-261
• Goh S, Sabharwal J and Thirumaran K (2021) A paradigmatic shift in a hallmark event extending well-being to a non-host city: "One people one nation, one Singapore". In: Events and Well-being. Routledge Critical Event Studies Research Series. Taylor & Francis, London, UK, pp. 70-88
• Suryanarayanan S, Srinivasan S, Lin W, Wang L and Sabharwal J (2021) Managing customer expectations: a study of two four-star hotels in Malaysia and Singapore. In: Service Excellence in Tourism and Hospitality: insights from Asia. Tourism, Hospitality & Event Management. Springer, Cham, pp. 41-53

Conference Papers

• Sabharwal J, Goh S and Thirumaran K (2021) Sequential exploratory mixed methods and scale development: investigating transformational tourism readiness. Promoting Creative Tourism: current issues in tourism research: proceedings of the 4th International Seminar on Tourism. In: ISOT 2020: 4th International Seminar on Tourism, 4-5 November 2020, Bandung, Indonesia
• Sabharwal J and Chawla S (2020) A G-READY model to support subject design for software engineering. CEUR Workshop Proceedings. In: SEED 2020: 3rd Software Engineering Education Workshop 2020, 1 December 2020, Online Event