Biography

I completed my PhD in Feb 2002. To date my publications include one book (of my PhD thesis), two book chapters and 14 journal articles (C1 publications). Since completing my PhD I have also carried a full teaching load and undertaken responsibilities of governance. Currently I am the Psychology Undergraduate Program Convenor. As a full time academic, the proportion of time spent on research is approximately 30% with another 50% for teaching and 20% for governance.

Qualifications

• PhD, University of Newcastle, 2002
• Bachelor of Arts (Psychology) Honours, University of Newcastle, 1997

Research

Research keywords

• Assessment and Selection
• Ethics and Values
• Personality
• Psychometrics

Research expertise

Miles has research expertice in the fields of personality, morality, and psychometrics. His research has involved developing psychometric instruments for use in the selection of medical students (see www.pqa.net.au) and studies of the relationships between personality and psychological illness and well-being. Miles currently has research collaborations within the University with the Faculty of Health and the School of Law, with other Australian collaborators including the Faculty of Health at UNSW, and with international researchers in the UK and Sweden.

Collaboration

My research interest are in the fields of personality and psychometrics (questionnaire design and analysis). I have designed a number fo personality and values questionnaires which have been used both in research and commercially. My questionnaires are currently used in the selection of applicants to medicine and allied health professional degrees in Australia, the UK and Sweden. I have also run research studying the relationship between personality and mental health.

Languages

• English

Fields of Research

Centres and Groups

Centre

• PRC - Priority Research Centre for Translational Neuroscience and Mental Health (CTNMH)
• Hunter Medical Research Institute

Group

• Human Experimental and Applied Dynamics (HEAD)
• Hunter Medical Research Institute - Brain and Mental Health

Administrative

Administrative expertise

Miles is currently the Program Convenor for the Bachleor of Psychology. He has also been the Deputy Chair of the University's Human Research Ethics Committee.

Teaching

Teaching keywords

• Personality
• Professional Ethics
• Psychometrics

Teaching expertise

Miles lectures in the fields of personality, personality disorders, and psychometrics. He also lectures on ethical decision-making and the role of law in professional practice.

Teaching interests

• ;Program Convenor for Bachelor of Psychology
• Course Coordinator for Pre-Professional Psychology
• Psychology of Morality and Ethics
• Lecturer in the Personality strand of PSYC2600
• Personality and Social Processes