Biography

I am interested in the social psychological components of health and environmentalism, especially the underlying psychological mechanisms that drive these behaviours. I take a mixed methods approach to research and therefore utilise both qualitative and quantitative research methodologies.

I am currently investigating:

• How identity and group processes can improve the effectiveness of health and environmental messages;
• The impact social group membership and group processes (e.g., stereotyping, group norms) have on health and environmental behaviours (e.g., alcohol-related aggression, pro-environmental behaviour), and,
• The relationship between ones experiences with the natural environment and their health outcomes (e.g., psychological well-being).

I am also a member of the Misinformation Lab located in the School of Psychology at Deakin University. Our lab seeks to understand the underlying psychological processes that contribute to ones willingness to accept health and environmental messages.

Currently teaching into:

• HPS121 Psychology B: Individual and Social Development (1st year unit)
• HPS105 Foundations of Psychological Practice (1st year unit)
• HPS204/704 Human Social Behaviour (2nd year unit)
• HPS304 The Social Psychology of Relationships (3rd year unit)

• 2018 Best Academic Paper, 2018 Integral European Conference

• 2017 APS Psychology and the Environment Interest Group (PEIG): Climate and Psychology Student Research Award

• 2013-2016 Australian Postgraduate Scholarship, awarded by the School of Psychology, Deakin University.

• 2015 Louise Dove Award for Exemplary Contribution to Teaching and Learning, awarded by the School of Psychology, Deakin University. This award is given to staff members who provide an outstanding level of teaching and service to a unit, and who demonstrate exemplary skills in team work, leadership, and unit management

Use of rapid recruitment services in psychological research

• Melbourne, June 2018

Practical Skills for Qualitative Research

• Melbourne, February 2018
• Melbourne, July 2018

Professional Memberships

• Society of Australasian Social Psychologists (SASP)
• The Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues (SPSSI)
• Society for Environmental Population and Conservation Psychology
• Australasian Society for Behavioural Health and Medicine (ASBHM)

Professional Service

• 2015-2017 Postgraduate Representative, Society of Australasian Social Psychologists (SASP)
• 2017 Organising Committee, Society of Australasian Social Psychologists (SASP) 2017 Conference
• 2016 Organising Committee, 2016 Australasian Summer School in Social Psychology

• anna.klas@deakin.edu.au
• School of Psychology, Burwood Campus, Deakin University, Australia