Dr Ameerah Khadaroo

Biography

Dr Ameerah Khadaroo is a Senior Lecturer on the BSc Psychology of Fashion and the MSc Applied Psychology in Fashion. She completed a PhD in Developmental Psychology at the University of Warwick and is also a Chartered Psychologist. Prior to this, she obtained a degree in Psychology (First Class) and a Masters in Child Psychology (Distinction). Along with undertaking teaching roles at Warwick University, she has also taught and been involved in research at other universities in UK. Ameerah is a member of the Psychology Ethics Review Panel. She teaches units related to fashion and well-being, research methods, and dissertation project. She supervises both BSc and MSc research projects. She has also published in peer reviewed journals and participated in international conferences. Her main areas of expertise are developmental psychology, well-being (including in the context of fashion), and qualitative research methods.

RESEARCH INTERESTS
Ameerah specialises in the area of fashion and well-being from a developmental psychological perspective. She is particularly interested in how people (especially children/adolescents) may use fashion as a tool for communication to express their identity.