Congratulations to Professor David Shanks who has been appointed as Deputy to the Dean, Faculty of Brain Sciences.
David’s term as Director of the Division of Psychology and Languages Sciences finishes at the end of this academic year. David has always championed and enabled his staff and students and under his outstanding leadership, we have seen the Division develop its world class research and education in a dynamic and vibrant community. David also played a key role as a joint UoA Lead coordinating the REF2014 submission.
David will take up his new appointment on 1 September 2017.
Research Themes
- Clinical, Educational, and Health Psychology
- Experimental Psychology
- Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience
- Language & Cognition
- Linguistics
- Speech, Hearing & Phonetic Sciences
- UCL Interaction Centre





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