DR Jenny Terry

PROFILE

Jenny Terry (she/her) is a Lecturer in Psychology in the School of Psychology at the University of Sussex, UK.

Her research focuses on the intersection of teaching and learning in higher (especially statistics) education, neurodiversity, and psychological measurement. 

Jenny's neurodiversity research centres around the experiences of ADHD, Autistic, and AuDHD students and how we can design more accurate and equitable self-report scales to capture neurodiverse traits. Her interest in this area is informed by her experiences as an AuDHD academic.

Alongside this work, Jenny's statistics education research explores students' experiences of learning statistics, particularly the role of anxiety, attitudes, and individual differences in quantitative learning. She is also interested in the psychological measurement of these constructs and is currently completing a programme of research examining the conceptual and psychometric foundations of statistics anxiety, including the international, multi-lab SMARVUS project.

A common theme across Jenny's research is critically evaluating how psychological constructs are defined and measured. She is particularly interested in construct validity, measurement invariance, and the development of measures that accurately capture the experiences of diverse populations. 

Jenny teaches research methods and statistics across undergraduate and postgraduate programmes at Sussex and convenes the MRes in Psychological Methods.

She founded and led the RoSE (Researchers in Statistics Education) Network from 2019 to 2026 and continues to support collaborative research and development initiatives as the RoSE SIG Lead for Neurodiversity.

Outside academia, Jenny can usually be found at rock/metal gigs 🎸, exploring new places🌍, lifting heavy things 🏋🏻‍♀️, or walking in the South Downs 🌄with a fantasy audiobook🧚🏻.