Ms Madelyn Pardon ~ Lecturer, Psychology

Ms Madelyn Pardon is a Lecturer in Psychology at the College of Healthcare Sciences.

Ms Pardon's primary research interest is on water security and threat perceptions. Her PhD research is focused on how individual's perceive water and how this perception influences water conservation behaviour. 

Additionally, Ms Pardon has also worked on various other projects including the relationship between Student's in Nursing/Midwifery roles and work integrated learning, as well as the impact of medically unexplained symptoms on ED re-presentations (a project run at the Townsville University Hospital). 

Madelyn has a keen interest in community interventions that benefit community health and the environment, as well as an interest in enhancing the student learning experience.

Teaching

• PY4201: Social Psychology (Level 4; ONL)
• PY4204: Human Development Across the Lifespan (Level 4; ONL)
• PY4206: Learning, Memory, Cognition and Language (Level 4; ONL)
• PY4207: Neuroscience and the Biological Bases of Behaviour (Level 4; ONL)
• PY4208: Environmental Psychology and Sustainable Futures (Level 4; ONL)
• PY4209: Principles of Counselling (Level 4; ONL)
• PY4210: Research and Statistics for Psychology (Level 4; ONL)

Interests

Research

• Data analysis
• Fear appeals
• Environmental threat perceptions
• Water security

Experience

• 2020 to present - Lecturer, James Cook University (Brisbane)
• 2016 to 2020 - Sessional Tutor and Research Assistant, James Cook University (Townsville)

Research Disciplines

• Social and personality psychology (5205)

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Journal Articles

• Pardon M, Swinbourne A and McShane C (2019) One size fits none: tailoring messages to communicate environmental threats. The International Journal of Environmental Sustainability, 15 (2), pp. 23-33, DOI:10.18848/2325-1077/CGP/v15i02/23-33.

Other research outputs

• Pardon M, Swinbourne A and McShane C (2019) How does perceived severity and susceptibility influence individual cognition? Investigating the theoretical basis of the 'threat' construct in alternative contexts. [Abstracts from the European Conference on Psychology and the Behavioural Sciences]. In: ECP2019: European Conference on Psychology and the Behavioural Sciences, 5-6 July 2019, Brighton, UK
• Pardon M, Swinbourne A and McShane C (2019) Influencing sustainability behaviours from a social marketing perspective. [Abstracts from the European Conference on Psychology and the Behavioural Sciences]. In: ECP2019: European Conference on Psychology and the Behavioural Sciences, 5-6 July 2019, Brighton, UK
• Pardon M, McShane C and Swinbourne A (2016) Investigating the influence of factors inhibiting environmental behavior and their relationship to workplace health. [Presented at the 2016 International Conference of Behavioral Medicine]. In: 2016 ICBM: International Conference of Behavioral Medicine, 7-10 December 2016, Melbourne, VIC, Australia