Rate My Professor Emily Castell

Dr. Emily Castell is an adjunct academic in the Curtin School of Population Health within the Faculty of Health Sciences at Curtin University. She completed her undergraduate Bachelor of Psychology (Honours), postgraduate Master of Psychology (Clinical), and PhD at Curtin University, forming the foundation of her academic career there. Previously, Castell served as a Lecturer and Senior Lecturer in the School of Psychology and Speech Pathology. Her career trajectory reflects a commitment to advancing teaching and research in health sciences and psychology disciplines.

Castell's research specializations center on qualitative research methodologies, scholarship of teaching and learning, critical reflexivity in Indigenous and cross-cultural psychology, women's academic identities in higher education, public and media perceptions of child neglect—especially involving individuals with intellectual disabilities—and decision-making processes in health screenings like mammography. Key publications include 'Intrafamilial Maltreatment of People with Intellectual Disability: A Scoping Review' (2025), 'Experienced qualitative researchers’ views on teaching students qualitative research design' (2021), 'Critical Reflexivity in Indigenous and Cross-cultural Psychology: A Decolonial Approach to Curriculum?' (2018), 'Having to Shift Everything We’ve Learned to the Side: Expanding Research Methods Taught in Psychology to Incorporate Qualitative Methods' (2016), 'Empathy and psychopathic traits as predictors of selection into business or psychology disciplines' (2020), and 'Factors influencing public perceptions of child neglect: A mixed methods study' (2023). With over 200 citations from 13 publications, her work impacts pedagogical practices and community psychology insights. Castell has earned Curtin University teaching excellence awards, notably in 2018 for her transformative teaching philosophy. She co-convenes the Learning, Attitudes, Cognition and eBehaviour Research Group and participates in the Community Psychology Group.