Rate My Professor Claire Monks

Monks' career at the University of Greenwich began in 2007 as a Senior Lecturer in Psychology, advancing to Reader in Developmental Psychology from 2014 to 2019, and subsequently to her current professorial role. She was Interim Director of Research and Enterprise for the Faculty of Education and Health in 2019 and Programme Leader for MPhil/PhD Psychology from 2010 to 2017. Prior appointments include Senior Lecturer (2003-2007) and Lecturer (2001-2003) in Psychology at Kingston University, and Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Seville in 2000. Her key publications include "Prevalence of violence against children in the United Kingdom: a systematic review and meta-analysis" (Nation et al., 2023, Child Abuse & Neglect), "Theory of Mind and Young Children’s Behaviour: Aggressive, Victimised, Prosocial, and Solitary" (Rix, Monks, & O'Toole, 2023, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health), "What makes for effectiveness when starting early: learning from an integrated school-based violence and abuse prevention programme for children under 12" (Stanley et al., 2023, Child Abuse & Neglect), "Development and psychometric properties of the Child-to-Parent Aggression Parent-Report (CPA-p)" (Monks et al., 2026, Journal of Child and Family Studies), and contributions to understanding peer victimisation and aggression across developmental stages.