Professor Chris French
BA, PhD, FBPsS, CPsychol, FRSA

http://www.goldsmiths.ac.uk/departments/psychology/staff/french.html

Entrances and Exits (March 2007)

Chris French is a Professor of Psychology and Head of the Anomalistic Psychology Research Unit in the Psychology Department at Goldsmiths College, University of London (www.goldsmiths.ac.uk/apru). Between 1997 and 2000, he served as Head of Department. He teaches a course entitled Anomalistic Psychology as part of the BSc (Hons) Psychology programmes at both Goldsmiths College and Birkbeck College. Anomalistic psychology may be defined as the study of extraordinary phenomena of behaviour and experience, including (but not restricted to) those which are often labelled “paranormal”. It is directed towards understanding bizarre experiences that many people have without assuming a priori that there is anything paranormal involved.

He is a Chartered Psychologist and a Fellow of the British Psychological Society. He has published over 80 articles and chapters covering a wide range of topics within psychology, including publications in the Journal of Abnormal Psychology, the Lancet, Emotion, the Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, andthe British Journal of Psychology. His main current area of research is the psychology of paranormal beliefs and anomalous experiences. In addition to academic activities, such as conference presentations and invited talks in other departments, he frequently appears on radio and television casting a sceptical eye over paranormal claims.