Dr Jacob Keech

Dr Jacob Keech is a Senior Lecturer in Psychology in the School of Applied Psychology at Griffith University. Dr Keech has over 10 years of experience in conducting applied psychological research. His expertise is in the development and evaluation of intervention programs for reducing the effect of stress on physical and psychological health, and performance. Dr Keech has expertise and experience in conducting stress and wellbeing research in a range of contexts including with police officers, lifeguards, school teachers, flood rescue operators, and students. Dr Keech’s research also applies psychological theory to understanding and changing health behaviours and risky behaviours to improve health and safety. (more)

Tenelle Maroney

Tenelle Maroney has a Bachelor of Social Science (Psychology)(Honours) and is a current PhD Candidate within the School of Applied Psychology at Griffith University. Tenelle has research interests in stress and coping, health psychology, and integrated behaviour change theories. Her research aims to explore the psychological processes underpinning coping strategy switching in response to stress, guided by integrated behaviour change theories. Contact

Associate Professor Jacqueline Drew

Dr Jacqueline Drew is a police psychologist, holding a PhD in organisational psychology. She is a police scholar with the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice & Griffith Criminology Institute, Griffith University, Australia. Dr Drew is the Director of the Psychology in Policing and Public Safety (PIPPS) Lab. Dr Drew has over 25 years of experience in law enforcement, as a practitioner and researcher beginning her career as a psychologist with the Queensland Police Service.

Professor Kyra Hamilton

Dr Kyra Hamilton is a Professor of health psychology and behavioural medicine, School of Applied Psychology, Griffith University, Australia, and the Director of the Health and Psychology Innovations (HaPI) Research Lab. Dr Hamilton is also a Professor, in the Health Sciences Research Institute (HSRI), University of California, Merced, USA and a Docent, Behaviour Change, University of Jyvaskyla, Finland. She has both psychology and nursing qualifications and over 30 years’ experience in health. She has particular research interests in health behaviour motivation, self-regulation, and change.

Tenelle Maroney

Thesis title: Understanding the psychological mechanisms underpinning coping strategy switching

Tenelle has a Bachelor of Social Science (Psychology)(Honours) and is currently a PhD Candidate in the School of Applied Psychology at Griffith University. Tenelle has research interests in stress and coping, health psychology, and behaviour change theories. Her research aims to explore the psychological mechanisms underpinning coping strategy switching in response to stress, guided by integrated behaviour change theories.

Krittika Vongkiatkajorn

Thesis title: Singlehood flourishing: Development and validation of a new scale

Krittika Vongkiatkajorn holds a Master of Social Work and a Bachelor of Psychological Science (Honours). She is currently a PhD candidate in the School of Applied Psychology at Griffith University. Her research interests span across relationship science, positive psychology, and mental health. Her doctoral work focuses on understanding the concept of flourishing among single individuals, including the development of a “Singles Flourishing Scale” and identifying key predictors of well-being in singlehood.

Jack Biggs

Thesis title: A US national study of police: Pre-retirement stress and post-retirement psychological and physical health.

Jack is a current Honours student in the School of Applied Psychology at Griffith University. Jack has research interests in the causes and outcomes of stress and is currently studying how occupational stress for police officers affects them in retirement. Jack also works as a crisis supporter at Lifeline Australia.

Tahlia Davies

Thesis title: Psychological contract breach as a mediator of the job demands and psychological health relationship: A study of Australian and US police

Tahlia has a Bachelor in Psychological Science/Bachelor of Criminology and Criminal Justice, and is a current Honours student in the School of Applied Psychology at Griffith University. She has research interests in health psychology, behaviour change, mental wellbeing, and forensic psychology. Tahlia currently works within the Youth Justice System and is passionate about working with young people who come from disadvantaged backgrounds.

Nicole Manns

Thesis title: Exploring recovery experiences in the creative industries

Nicole is a current Honours student in the School of Applied Psychology at Griffith University. She also has a Bachelor of Film and Screen Media Production. Her research project investigates recovery experiences of individuals working in the Creative Industries. By examining the unique job demands and resources, along with the types of recovery experiences workers are engaging in, she hopes to provide insight into the mechanisms that may be contributing to significantly higher rates of burnout, distress, and suicide in the creative industries.   

Abbey Martin

Thesis Title: Using an Online Habit Intervention to Support University Students to Change Coping Strategies

Abbey has a Bachelor of Psychological Sciences and is an Honours student in the School of Applied Psychology at Griffith University, with a strong interest in behaviour change, mental health, and wellbeing. Her thesis investigates the effectiveness of an online habit-based intervention aimed at helping university students reduce their reliance on undesirable coping strategies when experiencing stress. Drawing on habit theory, the study examines how targeted strategies such as inhibition, substitution, planning and pausing can disrupt automatic, unhelpful responses and support the development of healthier coping behaviours. Abbey is passionate about creating practical, evidence-based tools to improve mental health outcomes for young adults.