1. 1
Research
Statement
WORK
EXPERIENCE
• Research Assistant with Save the Children UK and CIDA (2 months)
• Research Executive, Gallup Pakistan (3 months)
• Research Associate, Center for Management Development, Lahore (Now
known as Training Impact, Pakistan (4 months)
Staff
and
students
trainings
attended
at
University
of
Sheffield
(2013-‐2015)
1. Viva Survivor
2. Creating Effective Collaboration
3. Introduction to Academic Publishing: A Seminar for Postgraduate
Students
4. Writing Research Publications - LIFE SCIENCES
5. Endnotes training
6. Women Speed networking event: learning about career, family,
leadership, time management and attending conferences
7. Internal student seminars; public talks, PG Café Forum event
presentations, Departmental Seminar, reading groups; SHEP seminars;
Teacher talk/interviews sessions for undergraduates
8. Public Engagement with Research Masterclass 2: Working in
partnership with others at John Carr Design Suite, 1-4pm.
9. Workshop on open access to research data
10. Ethics session using three resources (5 students); Critical Islam,
Curiosity and Ethics talk; Ethics lecture by Dr. Pete Redgrave
11. Workshop on Scoping out your research grant proposal: broad and/or
narrow?
12. Workshop on quantitative research methods of the dynamics of
childhood wellbeing and the effects of growing up in poverty.
13. A lecture on behavioural genetics by Richard Rowe apart from
multivariate statistics course
14. Advanced Quantitative Methods: Multi-level Modelling using SPSS
(1 day school)
15. First Steps with N-Vivo
16. Speaking Skills for Research Purposes - ELT6060 (12 session course)
17. Thesis Writing: Principles and Practice - ELT6050 (12 session course)
18. Advanced Quantitative Methods: Introduction to Structural Equation
Modelling using Mplus (1 day school)
19. Copyright for eTheses
20. Ethics reviewer training workshop
21. Core quantitative research methods
22. Ethics module
23. Advanced Quantitative Methods Workshop
24. Advanced Multivariate statistics
25. Systematic reviewing of psychological research
26. SPSS AMOS one to one training session
2. 2
List of conferences attended
1. Society for scientific study of psychopathy conference- Chicago,
USA-June, 2015
2. Post-graduate conference-University of Sheffield-2015
3. Education conference by the Student Union- University of
Sheffield, 2015
4. IAFOR North American series- conference-Providence-Rhode
Island-2014
5. Attended and advertised my flyer on development at Newcastle -
International Development Conference 2015: Looking Back,
Moving Forward at Newcastle University-2015
6. Learning and Teaching Conference 2015: Practical Information-
2015
7. British Environmental Psychology Society (BrEPs) Conference-
2014
8. Three day iCog conference and PsychoPy workshop training
session -2014
9. Conference on Digital possibilities-2014
10. Teaching and learning conference at Sheffield Hallam
University-2014
11. Research Ethics into the Digital Age Conference-2014
12. Knowing minds: Conference in honour of George Botteril
Postgraduate conference hosted by University of Sheffield-2014
13. White Rose Spring Conference-2014
14. Post-graduate conference-University of Sheffield-2014
15. Conference on Digital possibilities: Inspiring learning through
technology: The University of Sheffield's eighth annual Learning
and Teaching Conference-2014
16. White Rose postgraduate Conference-2013
17. Post-graduate conference-University of Sheffield-2013
18. Conference at University of Leeds on “The Methods Mix”-2013
List of conference presentations
1. Poster
presentation
on
“Understanding
antisocial
behaviours:
Antisocial
personality
traits
involving
sensation
seeking
and
callousness”
at
9th
European
congress
on
Violence
in
Clinical
Psychiatry
at
Copenhagen,
Denmark-‐
2015
2. Oral
presentation
on
“Understanding
antisocial
behaviours:
The
role
of
subtypes
of
empathy,
sensation
seeking
and
callous
and
unemotional
traits”
at
Psychology
and
Law
conference,
Nuremburg,
Germany-‐2015
3. Oral
presentation
on
“Understanding
antisocial
behaviours:
Is
callousness
linked
to
sensation
seeking
and
everyday
sadism
and
jealousy?
At
Sheffield
Hallam
University,
Sheffield,
UK-‐
July,
2015
3. 3
4. Oral
presentation
on
“Classifying
and
defining
heterogeneity
within
antisocial
behaviour”
at
IAFOR
international
conference,
Brighton,
UK-‐
July
2015
5. Poster
presentation
on
Commentary
on
“Big
five
personality
and
academic
dishonesty:
A
meta-‐analytic
review
by
Giluk
&
Postlethwaite,
2015”-‐
won
3rd
Prize
-‐
University
of
Birmingham,
UK
6. Oral
presentation
on
Antisocial
behaviours:
Sensation
seeking
and
callousness
at
postgraduate
conference,
Psychology
department,
University
of
Sheffield,
UK-‐
2015
7. Poster
presentation,
“Psychological
analysis
of
The
Outsider”,
at
the
Re-‐imagining
the
Gothic
conference
at
Sheffield,
Department
of
English,
University
of
Sheffield,
UK-‐
May,
2015
8. Oral
presentation
on
“Heterogeneous
interpretations
of
emotional
reactivity
and
its
subtypes,
A
review”
at
Psychology
of
emotion
and
feeling,
University
of
Northampton,
UK
–
one
day
free
student
conference,
April,
2015
9. Oral
presentation
on
“Understanding
antisocial
behaviors,
Sensation
seeking
and
subtypes
of
empathy”
at
IAFOR
North
American
series-‐
conference-‐Providence-‐Rhode
Island,
USA-‐
2014
10. Poster
presentation
on
subtypes
of
empathy
and
subtypes
of
antisocial
behaviours
at
postgraduate
conference,
Psychology
Department,
University
of
Sheffield,
UK-‐2014
11. Poster
presentation
on
subtypes
of
empathy
and
subtypes
of
antisocial
behaviors
-‐White
Rose
Conference
“Impact
through
Engagement”,
University
of
Sheffield,
UK-‐2014
12. Poster
presentation
on
Attitudes
towards
research
methods
with
statistics
at
the
White
Rose
Psychology
Postgraduate
conference-‐2013
13. Oral
presentation
on
neurobiology
of
callous
and
unemotional
(CU)
traits
at
Post-‐graduate
conference,
Psychology
Department,
University
of
Sheffield,
UK-‐
2013
14. Oral
presentation
on
A
review
article
on
Social
support,
illness
beliefs,
and
coping
in
patients
with
terminal
diseases
and
non-‐terminal
chronic
diseases:
An
Overview
presented
in
the
13th
Conference
of
Pakistan
Psychological
Association-‐November
26,
2011
List of Other Presentations
1. Oral
presentation
on
Countering
obstacles
and
managing
transition
during
my
PhD
at
CSCY
Winter
warmer
event,
University
of
Sheffield-‐
2015.
4. 4
2. Oral
presentation
on
Understanding
Antisocial
behaviors:
The
roles
of
sensation
seeking
and
subtypes
of
empathy
in
speaking
for
research
skills
class-‐2015
3. Poster
presentation
on
pain
management
at
speaking
for
research
skills
course-‐2015
4. Presented
my
outreach
project
proposal
on
educational
development
in
Pakistan
at
Sheffield
International
Women’s
club-‐
2015
5. Delivered
a
talk
at
International
Women’s
day
to
an
audience
of
women
from
18
different
countries
at
Sheffield
International
Women’s
club-‐
2013
6. Presented at SHEP (introduction to myself and my research)-
2013
7. Age of Acquisition and Bilingualism (Middlesex University)
London, UK-2008
8. Genocide and Violence (Middlesex University) London, UK-
2008
9. Critical Review of literature on Test Anxiety and academic
performance in undergraduate and graduate Students (Middlesex
University) London, UK 2008
10. Leadership and Team building -Gallup, Pakistan 2006
11. Labor Laws and Labor relations: Case of Misconduct- PIQC-
NUST, Pakistan 2006
12. Training and Development- Gap Analysis of the Training
policies-PIQC-NUST, Pakistan 2006
13. Projective Techniques-CMD, Pakistan 2006
14. Anatomical Basis of Motivation-Punjab University, Lahore,
Pakistan 2005
15. Self Presentation- Punjab University, Lahore, Pakistan 2005
16. Leadership Skills Development- Punjab University, Lahore,
Pakistan 2005
17. Psychological Research in Pakistan- Punjab University, Lahore,
Pakistan 2004
18. Rapport Building in Test Administration- Punjab University,
Lahore, Pakistan 2004
19. Biological Paradigm- Punjab University, Lahore, Pakistan 2003
20. Structure and Function of Vitamin C- Punjab University,
Lahore, Pakistan 2002
21. Psychology of Adolescence (7 year olds)- Punjab University,
Lahore, Pakistan 2000
22. Presentation on the play Arms and the Man by George Bernard
Shaw- Beaconhouse School System, Pakistan 1994
List of publications
1. Eman,
S.
(2015).
Discussion
paper:
Feeling
through
the
eyes.
PsyPAG
Quarterly
94,
28-‐30.
2. Eman,
S.
(2015).
Do
You
Suffer
From
Math
Anxiety.
Brain
Knittings,
1(2).
5. 5
Retrieved
from
http://brainknittings.com/2015/10/do-‐you-‐
suffer-‐from-‐math-‐
anxiety/
3.
Eman,
S.
(2015).
How
to
Tackle
Pessimism
On
The
Go.
Brain
Knittings,
1(1).
Retrieved
from
http://brainknittings.com/2015/08/how-‐to-‐tackle-‐
pessimism-‐on-‐the-‐go/
4. Eman,
S.
(2015).
Workplace
bullying.
Brain
Knittings,
1(1).
Retrieved
from
http://brainknittings.com/2015/12/workplace-‐bullying/
5. Eman,
S.,
Nicolson,
R.I.,
&
Blades,
M.
(2015,
in
review).
Understanding
antisocial
behaviors:
The
roles
of
sensation
seeking
and
subtypes
of
empathy.
The
IAFOR
Journal
of
Psychology
and
the
Behavioral
Sciences,
1(1).
6. Eman,
S.,
Nicolson,
R.I.,
&
Blades,
M.
(2015/2016,
in
review).
Heterogeneous
interpretations
of
emotional
reactivity
and
its
subtypes-‐
A
review.
Applied
Psychological
Research
Journal
(Special
Issue)
7. Eman,
S.,
Nicolson,
R.I.,
&
Blades,
M.
(2015).
Classifying
and
defining
heterogeneity
within
antisocial
behaviour.
In
ISSN:
2188-‐9627
The
European
Conference
on
Psychology
and
the
Behavioral
Sciences
2015:
Official
Conference
Proceedings
(pp.
101-‐124).
Brighton,
England,
UK.
Retrieved
from
http://iafor.org/issn-‐2188-‐9627-‐the-‐european-‐conference-‐
on-‐psychology-‐and-‐the-‐behavioral-‐sciences-‐2015-‐official-‐
conference-‐proceedings/
8. Eman,
S.,
Nicolson,
R.I.,
&
Blades,
M.
(2014).
Understanding
antisocial
behaviors:
The
roles
of
sensation
seeking
and
subtypes
of
empathy.
In
ISSN:
2189-‐1087
–
The
IAFOR
North
American
Conference
on
Psychology
&
the
Behavioral
Sciences
2014:
Official
Conference
Proceedings
(pp.
43-‐63).
Providence,
Rhode
Island,
USA.
Retrieved
from
http://iafor.org/archives/proceedings/NACP/NACP2014_pr
oceedings.pdf
9. Eman,
S.
(2014).
The
world
beyond
2015:
is
higher
education
ready
for
the
developing
countries?
The
Association
of
Commonwealth
Universities.
Retrieved
from
https://beyond2015.acu.ac.uk/submissions/view?id=126
10. Eman,
S.
(2014).
Research
in
Brief:
Family
structure
and
Pakistani
young
adults’
anger
expression.
PsyPAG
Quarterly,
90.
11. Eman,
S.,
Dogar,
I.
A.,
Khalid,
M.,
&
Haider,
N.
(2012).
Gender
differences
in
test
anxiety
and
examination
stress.
JPPS,
9(2),
80-‐85.
12. Eman, S., Nicolson, R.I., & Blades, M. (2015). Sensation
seeking or empathy? Physically Aggressive and non-aggressive
antisocial behaviors (ASBs) amongst university students. The
IAFOR Journal of Psychology and the Behavioral Sciences,
1(1), 65-88. Retrieved from http://iafor.org/wp-
content/uploads/2015/12/5.-Final-Manuscript-212-
6. 6
Understanding-antisocial-behaviors-paper-by-Saima-Eman.pdf
RESEARCH WORK UNDERTAKEN WHILE ACQUIRING EDUCATION
• Advanced
Dissertation
supervised
by
Dr.
Bahman
Baluch
(M.Sc.,
UK)
on
“A
comparative
study
of
knowledge
and
attitudes
towards
Research
methods
and
Statistics
among
undergraduate
and
postgraduate
students”-‐2008
• Job
Analysis
project
at
Mayfair
(M.Sc.,
UK)
• Practical
research
report
(Professional
HR
diploma)
on
Training
and
development:
“Gap
analysis
of
the
training
policies
of
an
organization”-‐
2006
• Case
studies
(M.Sc.)
carried
out
at
Jinnah
Hospital,
Nimir
Chemicals
Limited,
WOL
internet
service
provider
and
Kohinoor
Energy
Limited-‐
2005
• Group
Research
(M.Sc)
on
“A
comparative
study
of
social
support
and
coping
in
patients
with
terminal
diseases
versus
controllable
diseases”
2004-‐2005
• Thesis
(M.Sc)
in
collaboration
with
Prof.
Dr.
Yasmin
N.
Farooqi
and
Professor
Emeritus
Dr.
Charles
D.
Spielberger
(Director,
Center
for
Research
in
Behavioral
Medicine
and
Health
Psychology,
University
of
South
Florida,
USA)
on
“Gender
differences
in
test
anxiety
and
level
of
examination
stress
among
Masters’
students”
2004-‐2005
• Research
(B.A)
on
Problems
of
Adolescence-‐2003
• Report
(B.Sc)
on
Sociology
of
Family
and
Community
(Social
welfare
Projects
undertaken
at
SOS
Village,
Mental
Hospital
and
Shaukat
Khanum
Memorial
Cancer
Hospital,
Lahore,
Pakistan)-‐
2002
• Report
(B.Sc)
on
Child
Development
(Observations,
personality
analysis)-‐
2000
Other Research Trainings
• Completed
a
10
day
credited
course
on
Qualitative
research
Methods
at
LCWU,
Lahore-‐28th
May-‐8th
June,
2012.
• Visits
to
Gallup,
Nestle,
LUMS,
AC
Neilson,
Walls,
Inter
Services
Selection
Board,
Gujranwala,
lectures
at
Pearl
Continental,
Punjab
University
and
Health
Mela
2004-‐2005
• Case
studies
carried
out
at
Jinnah
Hospital,
Nimir
Chemicals
Limited,
WOL
internet
service
provider
and
Kohinoor
Energy
Limited,
PEL
2004-‐2005
• Visit
to
Fountain
House
2003
• Visits
to
SOS
Village,
Lahore,
Mental
Hospital
Lahore
and
Shaukat
Khanum
Memorial
Cancer
Hospital,
underprivileged
schools
for
practical
work
2001-‐2002
SUPERVISED RESEARCH PROJECTS
1. An
exploratory
study
on
Motivation
to
acquire
higher
level
education:
Part
time
sophomore
employees
in
Pakistan
2. Use
of
SMS
and
quality
of
family
life
7. 7
3. Psychological
factors
involved
in
group
conformity
amongst
shisha
and
cigarette
users
4. Effect
of
inflation
and
electricity
load
shedding
on
family
life
of
shopkeepers
in
Pakistan
5. A
comparative
of
joint
family
versus
nuclear
family
conflicts
on
expression
of
anger
among
youngsters
6. Facebook
and
college
students
academic
achievement
7. Confidence
level
of
shy
adolescent
females:
Effect
of
karate
activities
at
schools
in
Pakistan
8. Truancy
and
dress-‐up
style
of
sophomores
9. Internet
versus
paperback:
Comparison
of
reading
skills
amongst
undergraduate
students
ALSO
SUPERVISED
10
internship
reports
3
in
health
psychology
and
7
in
clinical
psychology.
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Callous
and
unemotional
traits;
The
relation
between
temperament
and
being
God-‐fearing
humane
nature;
The
aggression
of
gynaecologists
towards
patients
in
patriarchal
societies;
perception
of
driving
aggression
in
relation
to
gender;
gender
roles
in
marital
relations,
treatment
of
women
in
male
dominated
society,
principles
of
attraction;
Exploring
the
perception
of
unmarried
girls
regarding
their
marriage
proposals
in
arranged
marriages
held
in
Eastern
cultures,
Confidence
with
swimming
and
martial
arts,
Biased
attitude
towards
Adopted
children,
Gender
differences
in
the
attitudes
towards
menstruation
and
delivery
in
different
cultures,
The
role
of
media
in
promoting
negativity
and
depression
amongst
public
regarding
the
image
of
politicians,
Qualitative
analysis
of
successful
political
moves
of
international
leaders,
Psychology
and
comparative
religion;
Exploring
new
ways
to
cope
with
Alzheimer’s
disease
for
the
care
takers
of
Alzheimer’s
patients,
Emotional
problems
of
mothers
trying
to
terminate
breast
feeding;
coping
with
emotional
problems
of
elderly.