Rate My Professor Emma Kaminskiy

Associate Professor Emma Kaminskiy is based in the School of Psychology and Sport and Sensory Sciences within the Faculty of Science and Engineering at Anglia Ruskin University. She joined the Psychology team in 2014, following the completion of her PhD at Anglia Ruskin University titled 'A grounded construction of shared decision making for psychiatric medication management: findings from a community mental health team'. Prior to her academic career, she worked in the private sector across various organisations. Her qualifications include an MSc in Organisational Psychology from City University (2010) and a BSc (Hons) in Psychology from City University (2000). As a Chartered Psychologist and member of the British Psychological Society, she holds Senior Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy. Kaminskiy teaches on BSc Psychology, BSc Psychology with Clinical Psychology, BSc Psychology with Criminology, and MSc Psychology (Conversion) programmes, delivering modules such as Culture and Health, Clinical and Health Psychology, and Research in Action: Qualitative methods.

Her research centres on individuals' everyday experiences of healthcare services, with particular emphasis on mental health settings. Key areas include evaluating co-production and service user involvement, shared decision making in psychiatric medication management, critical perspectives on power and psychiatry, community health psychology, student wellbeing, and qualitative and participatory methods. Notable publications encompass 'Shared decision making for psychiatric medication management: beyond the micro-social' (Morant, Kaminskiy, & Ramon, 2016, Health Expectations), 'Barriers and enablers to shared decision making in psychiatric medication management: A qualitative investigation of clinician and service users' views' (Kaminskiy et al., 2021, Frontiers in Psychiatry), 'The Elephant in the Room: A Theoretical Examination of Power for Shared Decision Making in Psychiatric Medication Management' (Kaminskiy, 2015, Intersectionalities), and 'It does take two to tango: An applied conversation analysis of recorded meetings between psychiatrists and service users discussing medication' (Kaminskiy & Finlay, 2019, Health Communication). She has supervised PhD students to completion, leads projects on service experiences for people with mental health problems and intellectual disabilities as part of the Empowerment and Social Justice research area, served as Co-director of the ARU Centre for Societies and Groups (2022-23), and acts as Co-Theme Lead for the NIHR ARC East of England's Mental Health and Wellbeing theme.