Rate My Professor Emily Freeman

Freeman's career at the University of Newcastle spans from Research Associate in Science & IT (2012-2013) and Senior Researcher at the Family Action Centre (2009-2012), through Senior Lecturer in the School of Psychology, to her current role as Associate Professor. Earlier positions include Research Associate at The Ohio State University Department of Psychology (2008-2009) and The University of Adelaide Faculty of Health Sciences (2009). She received the 2022 Women in Research Fellowship to enhance children’s social, emotional, and cognitive wellbeing; 15 Year Service Award from the College of Engineering, Science and Environment (2021); School of Psychological Sciences Award for Excellence in Teaching Innovation (2021); School of Psychology Award for Best Honours Supervision Practice (2019); and School of Psychology Award for Most Improved Student Feedback (2018). Key publications include 'The Relationship between Father–Child Rough-and-Tumble Play and Children’s Working Memory' (2022), 'A Systematic Review of Father–Child Play Interactions and the Impacts on Child Development' (2021), 'Preventing and treating childhood obesity: Time to target fathers' (2012), 'Rough and tumble play quality: Theoretical foundations for a new measure of father–child interaction' (2013), 'The impact of behavioural parent training on fathers' parenting: A meta-analysis of the Triple P-Positive Parenting Program' (2011), and 'Working Memory Power Test for Children' (2019).