Keren MacLennan

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Keren is a Lecturer in the Department of Psychology at the University of Bath and a member of the Centre for Applied Autism Research. Her research is on the sensory experiences of Autistic and Neurodivergent people across a range of contexts, with a focus on making spaces more accessible and inclusive. She has delivered training and worked on a range of consultancy projects related to neuro-inclusion and neuro-inclusive design.

Keren completed her PhD in Psychology at the University of Reading in 2021 and previously worked as an Assistant Professor in Neurodiversity at Durham University before starting at the University of Bath in 2024.

Experience

  • 2024–present
    Lecturer, University of Bath
  • 2022–2024
    Research assistant professor, Durham University
  • 2021–2022
    Postdoctoral research fellow, University of Reading

Education

  • 2021 
    University of Reading, PhD Psychology
  • 2018 
    University of Reading, BSc Psychology

Publications

  • 2024
    Measuring eating disorders in autistic people: a proposal for future research, Eating Disorders
  • 2023
    Examining the latent structure and correlates of sensory reactivity in autism: a multi-site integrative data analysis by the autism sensory research consortium, Molecular Autism
  • 2023
    Sensory-inclusive spaces for autistic people: We need to build the evidence base, Autism
  • 2022
    “It is a big spider web of things”: Sensory experiences of autistic adults in public spaces, Autism in Adulthood
  • 2022
    In our own words: The complex sensory experiences of autistic adults, Journal of autism and developmental disorders
  • 2022
    The predictive relationship between sensory reactivity and depressive symptoms in young autistic children with few to no words, Journal of autism and developmental disorders
  • 2022
    The perceived casual relations between sensory reactivity differences and anxiety symptoms in autistic adults, Autism in Adulthood
  • 2021
    The relationship between sensory reactivity, intolerance of uncertainty and anxiety subtypes in preschool-age autistic children, Autism
  • 2021
    The relationship between sensory reactivity differences and mental health symptoms in preschool‐age autistic children, Autism Research
  • 2020
    The relationship between sensory reactivity differences and anxiety subtypes in autistic children, Autism Research

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