Associate Professor Keithia Wilson

Site Degrees

B Educational Studies, BA (Honours), PhD

First Year Advisor, School of Psychology

2007 recipient of the Prime Minister's Award for Australian University Teacher of the Year

Research expertise

Management of change processes at individual, group, organisational and community levels
Conflict management, grief counselling, learning and teaching effectiveness, interpersonal effectiveness, couple relationship education and professional supervision
Supervised masters and doctoral research projects in areas such as mentoring, workplace communication, bullying nd the design of learning and training strategies

A/Prof Wilson is the First Year Advisor for the Mt Gravatt campus of the School of Psychology. The FYA role is responsible for assisting commencing students to make a successful transition to university by leading a whole-of-school approach to student orientation and engagement. The role offers students individual consultation and group programs designed to facilitate academic and social adjustment.
Associate Professor Wilson is also Chair of the Griffith University Educational Excellence Committee which contributes to enhancing learning and teaching quality across the University.
She is the 2007 recipient of the Prime Minister's Award for Australian University Teacher of the Year.
Associate Professor Wilson contributes to the School's undergraduate and honours programs in areas such as interpersonal skills, community, counselling, organisational psychology, and process facilitation.

Lizzio, A.J., and Wilson, K. L. (2007). Enhancing the effectiveness of self-managed learning groups: Understanding students??? choices and concerns. Studies in Higher Education, 31, 689-703.
Wilson, K. L., Charker, J., Lizzio, A. J., Halford, W.K., and Kimlin, S. (2005). Assessing how much couples work at their relationships: The Behavioral Self-Regulation for Effective Relationships Scale. Journal of Family Psychology, 19, 385-393.
Wilson, K. L. and Fowler, J. (2005) Assessing the impact of learning environments on students' approaches to learning, Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education, 30,1, 85-99.
Halford, W.K., Moore, E., Wilson, K. L., Farrugia, C., and Dyer, C. (2004). Benefits of flexible delivery education: An evaluation of the Couple CARE Program. Family Relations, 53, 669-676.
Wilson, K. L., Lizzio, A.,Whicker, L., Gallois, C. and Price, J. (2003) Effective assertive behaviour in the workplace: Responding to unfair criticism. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 33, 362-393