Matthew completed a first degree in biochemistry at the University of York. He then worked as a project manager in the construction industry before returning to academia and completing the Psychology Graduate Diploma at UEL. He subsequently joined the School of Psychology at the University of East London as a graduate teaching assistant in 2006.

Matthew predominately teaches Research Methods and introductory psychology tutorials on the BSc Psychology Programme, and has also lectured in the Level-3 option modules PY3021: The Psychology of Relationships and PY3104: Critical Social Psychology.

Matthew’s main research interest is in the psychology of intimate relationships. The focus of his PhD thesis is exploring satisfaction in long-term relationships from a critical psychological perspective and his research is influenced by ideas from phenomenology and social constructionism.

• BSc Psychology

• PY1101: Research Methods 1 (Level 1)
• PY1102: Research Methods 2 (Level 1)
• PY1103: Individuals, Development and Social Behaviour and Skills
• PY1104: Biological and Cognitive Basis of Behaviour
• PY2101: Research Methods 3 (Level 2)
• PY3021: The Psychology of Relationships
• PY3104: Critical Social Psychology

Conference Papers

1. Jansari, A., Davis, K., Ward, T., Firminger, S., Colahan, M., Haslam, C., et al. (2006). When “long-term memory” does not necessarily mean “forever”: explorations of anterograde and retrograde memory difficulties in a patient with subclinical temporal lobe epilepsy exhibiting “long-term amnesia”. Paper presented at the International Conference On Memory (ICOM), IV, Sydney, Australia.

Reports

1. Tunariu, A.D., Jinks, G., & Colahan, M. (2007). Report reviewing the Domestic Violence and Abuse Prevention Programmes (DVA-PP) piloted in association with three Relate Centres: The Relate Institute in association with the Department for Children, Schools and Families.

• Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
• Member of the Equality and Diversity Committee