Dr Lewis Doyle
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Biography
I completed my PhD in Psychology at the University of Sussex in 2023, with my thesis exploring the social psychology of educational inequalities. Following this, I had the roles of Research Fellow at the National Institute of Teaching and Senior Postdoctoral Researcher at the Université de Poitiers in France. I joined the Â鶹ÊÓƵ as a Lecturer in Social Psychology in the summer of 2025.
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Highlights
Doyle, L., Tropp, L. R., & Easterbrook, M. J. (2025). Examining How White Teachers’ Interracial Contact Experiences Shape Their Self-Efficacy and School Choices. Educational Researcher.
Doyle, L., Harris, P. R., & Easterbrook, M. J. (2025). An empathy intervention reduces the gender gap in school discipline and facilitates belonging. European Journal of Social Psychology.
Easterbrook, M. J., Doyle, L., & Talbot, D. (2025). Using social psychology to create inclusive education. British Journal of Social Psychology, 64, e12867.
Hadden, I. R., Darnon, C., Doyle, L., Easterbrook, M. J., Goudeau, S., & Cimpian, A. (2025). Why the belief in meritocracy is so pervasive. Trends in Cognitive Sciences.
Doyle, L., & Easterbrook, M. J. (2024). Biased career choices? It depends what you believe: Trainee teachers’ aversions to working in low-income schools are moderated by beliefs about inequality, meritocracy, and growth mindsets. Journal of Social Issues, 80, 1262–1288.
Doyle, L., Easterbrook, M. J., & Tropp, L. R. (2024). Who you know influences where you go: Intergroup contact attenuates bias in trainee teachers' school preferences. British Journal of Social Psychology 63(3), 1497-1514.
Doyle, L., Harris, P. R., & Easterbrook, M. J. (2024). Quality and quantity: How contexts influence the emergence of teacher bias. Social Psychology of Education, 1-28.
Doyle, L., Easterbrook, M. J., & Harris, P. R. (2023). It’s a problem, but not mine: Exploring bias-related message acceptance among teachers. Social Psychology of Education, 27. 1-25.
Doyle, L., Easterbrook, M. J., & Harris, P. R. (2023). Roles of socioeconomic status, ethnicity and teacher beliefs in academic grading. British Journal of Educational Psychology, 00, 1– 22.
Easterbrook, M. J., Doyle, L., Grozev, V. H., Kosakowska-Berezecka, N., Harris, P. R., & Phalet, K. (2023). Socioeconomic and gender inequalities in home learning during the COVID-19 pandemic: examining the roles of the home environment, parent supervision, and educational provisions. Educational and Developmental Psychologist, 40(1), 27-39.