Keisha York
Keisha York is a ESRC LISS DTP funded PhD Candidate in Organisational Psychology at King’s College London, who uses pioneering techniques and methods to investigate the feasibility of embodied virtual reality on UK employees’ knowledge, attitudes and behaviours towards diversity and inclusion. Further to this, she has an MSc in Organisational Psychiatry & Psychology and BSc from the University of Southampton in Criminology & Psychology.
Alongside her PhD work, she guest lectures on diversity management, cross-cultural psychology, and academic skills, as well as practices as a diversity consultant for a non-profit organisational entity and higher education institutions. Prior work has involved formulating bespoke, evidence-based solutions to enrich employee wellbeing, as well as deliver organisational-wide diversity training programmes. Keisha is also recognised nationally, by King’s College London, Queen Mary University of London, Royal College of Psychiatrists, and the British Psychological Society, for founding the BiPP Network, a registered social enterprise, and regularly develops initiatives which advocate for inclusive and equitable cultures within psychiatry and psychology. With strong academic interests in diversity and wellbeing management, digital workplace solutions and cross-cultural psychology, Keisha’s work overall champions for an ethical workplace which maximises the benefits of cultural diversity using pioneering and technologically advanced innovations.
Email: keisha.a.york@kcl.ac.uk
Project: EDIT VR