• Question: are you famous?

    Asked by anon-235998 to Tom, Rachel, Priya, Jessica, Dan, Beatrice on 9 Mar 2020.
    • Photo: Priya Silverstein

      Priya Silverstein answered on 9 Mar 2020:


      Haha, definitely not. But in science it’s funny because people can be kinda mini-famous in their VERY specific subfields. So, I’m maybe like Z list famous in the “open science” twitter world

    • Photo: Beatrice Hayes

      Beatrice Hayes answered on 10 Mar 2020:


      I was once on a TV programme when I was 2… does that count? :’)

    • Photo: Jessica Pope

      Jessica Pope answered on 10 Mar 2020:


      Absolutely not! Although one of my friends literally called me famous yesterday because this event was publicised on the BPS Facebook page, which she follows, and my face and name were on there

    • Photo: Tom Gallagher-Mitchell

      Tom Gallagher-Mitchell answered on 10 Mar 2020:


      Not at all really, I’m used in a number of marketing videos for the university introducing students to the university and I my research has been featured on BBCs Inside Out looking at child development in outdoor education. I could say I am vicariously famous through connections with other well known psychologists. I was lucky enough to get my first research published with Baddeley and Hitch, when I worked on a research project with them.

    • Photo: Dan O'Hare

      Dan O'Hare answered on 11 Mar 2020:


      Haha! Erm…I don’t think I’m famous. I think maybe quite a few educational psychologists might know me because I run http://www.edpsy.org.uk

      I’ve been quoted in some news articles…so does that make someone famous? 😀

    • Photo: Rachel Reid

      Rachel Reid answered on 12 Mar 2020: last edited 12 Mar 2020 5:40 pm


      Nope, don’t think so! Though have just read the comments Jessica left here about this being up on Facebook.. so perhaps I should consider my response…

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