Dr Ceridwen Evans is a Lecturer at the Tizard Centre, School of Psychology. She completed her undergraduate degree in BSc (Hons) Psychology (2015) and MSc in Applied Behaviour Analysis (2016) at Bangor University, Wales. She then worked in the fields of adult learning disability services and special education before achieving a scholarship-funded PhD, back at Bangor University, in the field of Psychology and Education.
Dr Evans joined the University of Kent in 2021 and is currently the Director of Stage 1&2 for the undergraduate psychology programmes. She convenes and teaches on both undergraduate and postgraduate modules and further serves as an Associate Editor for the Tizard Learning Disability Review.
Outside of her role at the University Dr Evans acts as a trustee for a local Kent-based charity specialising in providing day activities and educational opportunities for adults with intellectual (learning) disabilities, and is a Network Member of the Sharland Foundation Research and Impact Network (SF-DDARIN).
Dr Evans’ research interests focus on Active Support for children and adults with intellectual disabilities and/or are autistic, Quality of Life measurement and improvement, and evaluations of service quality.
She is experienced in both qualitative and quantitative research, as well as testing staff-training methods to improve the quality of support provided by support staff in intellectual (learning) disability services and methods to improve practice leadership and foster organisational change.
Ceridwen convenes the following modules for the 2026-2027 academic year:
Dr Evans welcomes enquiries about studying for a PhD under her supervision. Please reach out via email to discuss your research proposal in the first instance.
Current research students:
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