Dr Jagdeep Kaur ~ 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

• PY4114: Operationalising the Scientific Practitioner Model (Level 4; CNS & TSV)

Interests

Research

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

Teaching

• Technology supported education

Research Disciplines

• Curriculum and Pedagogy (1302)
• Psychology (1701)
• Information Systems (0806)

Socio-Economic Objectives

• Teaching and Instruction (9302)
• Health and Support Services (9202)

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 (2020) 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

Conference Papers

• Sabharwal J and Chawla S (2021) 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