In 2020 I joined the School of Psychology as a Lecturer. Prior to this, I completed a fully-funded PhD in collaboration with Swim Wales and the University of South Wales. During this time I also taught on sport psychology, psychology, and sport coaching undergraduate programmes.

Qualifications

PhD, titled "Contextualising, identifying, and measuring psychological factors associated with tapering in swimming", University of South Wales, 2020

BSc Sport Psychology, University of South Wales, 2015

Membership

British Psychological Society

British Association of Sport and Exercise Science

My research has focused on developing a better understanding of the psychology of tapering. This has included identifying swimmers and coaches understanding and psychological experience of tapering, measuring changes in psychological variables during the taper, and implementing psychophysiological interventions to manage psychological states during the taper. Alongside this, I have wider research interests around understanding how psychological factors influence fatigue and recovery. 

SES1005 Introduction to Sport & Exercise Psychology (contributor)

SES2001 Applied Sport & Exercise Psychology (contributor)

PSY3039 Clinical Sport & Exercise Psychology (contributor)

PSY3097 Empirical Project (supervisor)

PSY8034 Professional Issues in Clinical, Health, and Forensic Psychology (contributor)

• Stone MJ, Knight CJ, Hall R, Shearer C, Shearer DA. Cognitive, emotional, and behavioural factors associated with tapering. In: Sport and Exercise Science New Zealand Annual Conference. 2018, Dunedin, New Zealand.
• Stone MJ, Knight CJ, Hall R, Shearer C, Shearer DA. Tapering: A review for swim coaches. In: English Institute of Sport National Conference. 2017, Hinckley, UK.
• Stone MJ, Knight CJ, Shearer C, Shearer DA. An interpretive description of the conceptualisations of the taper process from the perspective of elite swimmers and swim coaches. In: The Division of Sport and Exercise Psychology Conference. 2016, Cardiff, UK.