Matthew Smith (psychologist)
Matthew Smith, Ph.D., (born in Cheshire) was an Associate Professor in Psychology at Liverpool Hope University where he led the Parapsychology Research Group. He has recently conducted research on replication issues in parapsychology and psychological variables associated with paranormal belief.
Smith was awarded his PhD on the psychology and parapsychology of luck from the University of Hertfordshire in 1998. While a postgraduate, he was awarded the Gertrude Schmeidler Award for an Outstanding Contribution to Parapsychology by the Parapsychological Association.
His research, funded by the Bial Foundation, is examining the role of experimenter variables in ganzfeld-ESP research. He has also received funding from the Perrott-Warrick Fund, the Parapsychology Foundation, and the Society for Psychical Research.
Smith has made several television appearances as a Resident Parapsychologist for Living TV's Most Haunted since 2003. He joined the team when they were filming at Brannigans Nightclub in Manchester. This episode included Phil Whyman and Richard Felix who was also the Resident Historian until 2006.
In 2010 and 2011 he was a teaching associate at Oxford Brookes University, lecturing on Personality and Individual Differences and also a visiting Lecturer at Regent's College in London.
Smith set up a home learning course in Psychology with NCC, The Introduction to Psychology.
In 2011 he took a post at Bucks New University as a Senior Lecturer and is currently undertaking further mediumship research and has helped set up an MSc in Positive Psychology, only the second in the UK.
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