Dr Simon Stewart

Lecturer

Health, Education, Policing and Sciences

I am a lecturer in psychology with substantial prior experience in industries including local authorities and third sector organisations. I joined Staffordshire University as a lecturer in October 2021. I completed my BSc Psychology undergraduate degree with the Open University, after which I gained my MSc in Clinical and Health Research Methods at the University of Southampton as part of an ESRC funded MSc + PhD programme. Following my MSc, I completed my PhD in October 2021. My PhD included specialist training in Conversation Analysis at UCLA during the autumn semester of 2019. My thesis is a conversation analytic study of multi-party interactions comprising a patient, their partner, and a healthcare professional during clinical consultations for prostate cancer.

My research interests span domains of health and social psychology including critical perspectives on both. I am particularly interested in the application of conversation analysis to better understand and improve communication in health and social care settings such as communication during clinical consultations.

Professional memberships and activities

International Society for Conversation Analysis
Fellowship of Advance HE

Academic qualifications

PhD, ‘Multi-Party Interactions Between Healthcare Professionals, Patients, and their Partners During Consultations for Localised Prostate Cancer’, University of Southampton
MSc Clinical and Health Research Methods, University of Southampton
PG Cert. Professional and Higher Education
BSc (Hons) Psychology, The Open University in Scotland

Expertise

Applied Conversation Analysis
Discursive Psychology and Critical Discourse Analysis
Qualitative Research Methods
Critical Perspectives on Social Psychology

Research interests

Applied conversation analysis to institutional interactions
Communication in health and social care settings
How sex and sexuality are constructed in healthcare settings
Critical perspectives in Social Psychology

Teaching

Undergraduate modules

Childhood Contexts and Application
Adventures in Psychology 1 & 2
Becoming a Researcher 2
Contemporary Issues in Psychology
Psychology of Oppression and Empowerment
Steps to Success 1, 2, and 3
Psychology of Social Perception
Theory and Application of Qualitative Research Methods

Postgraduate modules

MSc Psychology Dissertation
The Impact and Experience of Physical Health Conditions
Psychology of Oppression and Empowerment
Psychology Research Methods
Theory and Application of Qualitative Research Methods

Publications

Jawhar, S. S., Amir, A., Huq, R., & Stewart, S. J. (2024). Collaborative Problem Solving and Literacy Practices: A Conversation-Analytic Case Study of Children’s Online Pre- gaming Interaction. Social Interaction Video-Based Studies of Human Sociality, 7(1), 41–48. https://doi.org/10.7146/si.v7i1.137312

Stewart, Simon J, Roberts, L., & Brindle, L. (2023). Shared decision-making during prostate cancer consultations: Implications of clinician misalignment with patient and partner preferences. Social Science & Medicine. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2023.115969

Stewart, Simon John, Roberts, L., & Brindle, L. (2023). Speaking out of turn: Implications of partner contributions for patient autonomy during prostate cancer consultations. Patient Education and Counseling, 112, 10. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pec.2023.107722

Stewart, S. J., Roberts, L., & Brindle, L. (2021). Romantic partner involvement during oncology consultations : A narrative review of qualitative and quantitative studies. Patient Education and Counseling, 2019, 0–10. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jns.2019.116544

Bracher, M., Stewart, S., Reidy, C., Allen, C., Townsend, K., & Brindle, L. (2019). Partner involvement in treatment-related decision making in triadic clinical consultations – a systematic review of qualitative and quantitative studies. Patient Education and Counseling, 103(2), 245–253. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pec.2019.08.031

simon.stewart@staffs.ac.uk