Curt More

After graduating from high school in Canada, I completed a four-year electrical degree at Okanagan College (2008) and spent several years working in the northern oil fields of Alberta. I then returned to Okanagan College and received my Associate of Arts degree in Psychology (2012) before earning my Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology and English (2015) from the University of British Columbia. Following my undergraduate education, I moved to the United States where I received my Master's of Science degree focused on Forensic Psychology (2018), a Certificate in Quantitative Psychology (i.e., statistics), and my Doctor of Philosophy degree focused on Health Psychology (2020), all from Iowa State University.

Following my postgraduate training, I moved to Scotland where I joined the faculty at the University of Dundee and spent one year as a tutor followed by three years as a lecturer. I subsequently moved to England where I served as a lecturer at the University of Bath for two years before I returned to Scotland and began my current post at Heriot-Watt University. 

Teaching

I am an instructor on the Introduction to Psychology, Academic Skills in Psychology, Cross-cultural Psychology, and Research Methods and Analysis 6 courses at the undergraduate level as well as on the Selection and Assessment postgraduate course. 

Dissertation Supervision

I am mainly interested in supervising dissertation projects examining the link between individual differences/personality traits and mental health variables, such as depression, anxiety, stress, self-esteem, and loneliness. Not only is this area of interest to me, but I also view it as beneficial to students as it covers both individual differences and mental health while using data collection and analysis methodologies that are commonly used in social and cognitive psychological research. Moreover, there are useful and established scales for all variables involved, which results in a straightforward methodological process. Specifically, the dissertation projects I supervise typically use quantitative surveys and are cross-sectional in nature. Data is typically examined using a combination of descriptive statistics, correlation, and hierarchical regression. Altogether, this leads to a low-stress dissertation process that sets students up nicely for a variety of future career paths. 

Research

Although I am a teaching-focused faculty member, I do occassionally engage in various research activities. Specifically, having always had an interest in applied psychology, the research that I have conducted has predominately examined psychological factors that impact health or the legal system. During my undergraduate studies I worked as a research assistant in a health and well-being centre while also completing a thesis focused on racial bias in juror decision-making. I then continued to conduct research on topics in both health and forensic psychology during my postgraduate training while also examining the impact of personality traits and cognitive biases in relation to social psychological concepts. More recently, my research has primarily focused on examining health or methodological issues.