Associate Professor Steven Cumming

Qualifications: B.A (Hons), M.Psych, PhD Positions held: Associate Professor Learning Teaching Team: Behavioral and Social Sciences in Health/ Speech Pathology/ Sexual Health Director, Study Abroad and Student Exchange Unit of Study co-ordination – Cognitive Neuropsychology Contact information

Biography

A/Prof Steven Cumming first graduated with a Bachelor of Arts from Monash University, before completing Honours and Masters in Psychology at the University of Tasmania. He worked as Clinical Psychologist in Tasmania and NSW before commencing his PhD at the University of UNSW. He worked at Charles Sturt University from 1995-1997 before moving the Faculty of Health Science at the University of Sydney.

Steven was Associate Dean (Undergraduate Studies) in the Faculty from 2004-2007 and Associate Dean (Learning and Teaching) from 2007-2009. He has a keen interest in enhancing the university experience of students in the Faculty of Health Sciences, and is currently Director of Study Abroad and Student Exchange.

Steven’s research interest is directed towards the impact of psychological, particularly cognitive, factors of decision making and performance, and on aspects of communication and character type in intimate relationships.

Teaching and Service Responsibilities

My teaching is mostly in the areas of cognitive psychology and neuropsychology, but I also teach counseling and therapy units into many courses.

Research Opportunities

Selected Publications

Book and Book Chapters

• Cumming, Steve (2008). Plagiarism. Chapter 5 in J Higgs, A Sefton, A Street, L McAllister & I Hay  Communicating in the Health and Social Sciences, Sydney, Oxford University Press.
• Gerrig, P. Zimbardo, A. Campbell, S. Cumming & F. Wilkes (2008). Australasian Adaptation of : Psychology and Life- 1st  Australasian Edition,  Sydney, Pearson

Peer Reviewed Journal Articles

• Harris, LM; Driscoll, P; Lewis, M; Matthews, L; Russell, C; Cumming, S. (2010), Implementing curriculum evaluation: Case study of a generic undergraduate degree in health sciences.  Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education. Vol.35(4),  477-490.
• Withall, A; Harris, L; Cumming, S. (2010) A longitudinal study of cognitive function in melancholic and non-melancholic subtypes of major depressive disorder. Journal of Affective Disorders. Vol.123(1-3), 150-157.
• Matthews, LR; Harris, M & Cumming, SR (2009).  Trauma-related appraisals and coping styles of injured adults with and without symptoms of PTSD and their relationship to work potential.  Disability and Rehabilitation: An International, Multidisciplinary Journal. Vol.31(19), 1577-1583.
• Withall, A; Harris, LM; Cumming, SR. (2009) The relationship between cognitive function and clinical and functional outcomes in major depressive disorder. Psychological Medicine: A Journal of Research in Psychiatry and the Allied Sciences. Vol.39(3), 393-402.
• Latimer, S; Covic, T Cumming, S; Tennant, A.  (2009) Psychometric analysis of the Self-Harm Inventory using Rasch modelling.  BMC Psychiatry. Vol.9, ArtID 53.
• Cumming, S; Covic, T; Murrell, E. (2006) Deliberate Self-Harm: Have We Scratched the Surface?   Behaviour Change. Vol.23(3), 186-199.

Selected Grants

• 2009-2010 University of Sydney Teaching Improvement Equipment Scheme (TIES) – $320,000
• 2007-2008 Arthritis Foundation (NSW) with T. Covic (UWS) - $25,000
• 2004 Understanding the causes and functions of self- injurious behaviour. CSU Competitive Grant. With T. Covic, & E Murrell, E (CSU). - $11,500
• 2000:. Predicting Anxiety from Measures of Attentional Bias. With L & R Menzies ARC Institutional Grant - $13,000.
• 1997-2000 Australian Research Council - Large Grant Scheme With M. Kiernan & A. Livermore, CSU) - $142,000
  

Further grants and further publications