Denise Dillon
- denise.dillon@jcu.edu.au
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0191-7841- Acting Dean Research/Associate Dean Research Education / Associate Professor Psychology
Projects
0
Publications
37
Awards
4
Contact Details
Dean Research (acting)
- +65 6709 3730
- denise.dillon@jcu.edu.au
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149 Sims Drive, Singapore 387380
Biography
Dr Denise Dillon is the current acting Dean Research for JCU in Singapore. She is also Associate Dean Research Education at the JCU Singapore campus and Chair of the JCU Singapore IACUC. After serving as Head of Academic Group for psychology, arts and education for almost 10 years, Denise now facilitates and promotes the strategic direction of research within JCUS, improvements in the quality and impact of that research, and the growth of local, national and international research collaborations.
Research
Research Interests
Her primary research focus is biophilia (love for life and lifelike processes) pertaining to both natural and built environments, and this includes factors such as nature connectedness and eco-anxiety. Denise is a certified Forest Therapy Guide. View my Research Impact Story to see more.
Research Collaborators and Partners
James Cook University Singapore
University of Reading Malaysia
James Cook University Singapore
James Cook University Singapore
James Cook University Singapore
University of Reading Malaysia
James Cook University Singapore
Teaching
Teaching Interests
Denise's key teaching focus is environmental psychology, with additional teaching experience in the areas of personality and individual psychology, statistics and research methods, memory & cognition, health and social psychology, lifespan development, and effective writing.
Research Advisor Accreditation
Advisor Type
Mentor
Research Advisor Accreditation
Role
Chair; Independent Academic
Taught Modules
[PY2109] The World Around Us: Environmental PsychologyCoordinator, Lecturer
2023
Current JCU Research Students
Development and validation of Buddhist Religiosity Scale: An emic and etic approach
Doctor of Philosophy (Health)
Social Media Use and Prosocial Behaviour
Doctor of Philosophy (Society and Culture)
Morality's Nudge on Creative Action
Doctor of Philosophy (Society and Culture)
Breaking down the mindfulness construct and examining factors influencing mindfulness
Doctor of Philosophy (Health)
Available Projects
Activities
Languages
Other Activities
Education
PhD, James Cook University
2003 - 2008
Employment
Senior Lecturer, JCU Singapore
2015 - 2021
Associate Dean of Psychology, JCU Singapore
2008 - 2014
Contract data analysis consultant, Self-employed
2007 - 2007
Contract research assistant, JCU
2007 - 2007
Lecturer, JCU Singapore
2008 - 2014
Child Protection Officer, Dept of Families
2003 - 2003
Awards
Associations
Northwestern University (Evanston, ILL)
2012 - 2012
HCSNet Scholarship (annual conference travel)
2005 - 2008
ARMS
2024
Singapore Psychological Society Council
2019 - 2021
JCU Academic Board
2017 - 2021
Journal of Tropical Psychology
2015 - 2017
Harvard (Cambridge, MA)
2012 - 2012
ARMS
2020 - 2024
JCU Singapore
2016 - 2018
ARMS
2024
Outreach
Media
Consultancy
Lifeline Australia,
2001 - 2003
Lifeline Australia,
2000 - 2002
Committees
Output
Dillon, Denise (2021) Bathing in the benefits of nature immersion. Singapore: [Non-Research Book Chapter] ...
Other Publication
ResearchOnline@JCU
Khader, Majeed; Dillon, Denise; Chen, Xingyu Ken; Neo, Loo Seng; Chin, Jeffrey (2020) How to Prepare. Singapore: [...
Other Publication
ResearchOnline@JCU
Dillon, Denise Bridget (2008) The values of meaning and the meanings of 'values': environmental lang. [Thesis] [DOI] ...
Dillon, Denise; Lee, Sean T.H.; Tai, Eunice W.L. (2024) 'Flourishing or Frightening? Feelings about . International Journal of Environmental Re, 21 (3). [DOI] ...
Hui, Elsie; Singh, Smita; Lin, Patrick K.F.; Dillon, Denise (2024) 'Social Media Influence on Emergi. Basic and Applied Social Psych, 46 (4):239-265. [DOI] ...
Dillon, Denise; Lee, Sean T.H. (2023) 'Green Spaces as Healthy Places: Correlates of Urban Green
Spa. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public , 20 (17). [DOI] ...
Dillon, Denise; Cai, Jiaying (2022) 'Virtual Reality Greenspaces: Does Level of Immersion Affect Dir. J, 5 (3):334-357. [DOI] ...
Patinadan, Paul Victor; Dillon, Denise (2022) 'Friends, food or worth fighting for? A proposed stere. Human–Animal Interactions, 2022 (December). [DOI] ...
Yap, Trina; Dillon, Denise; Chew, Peter K.H. (2022) 'The Impact of Nature Imagery and Mystery on Att. J, 5 (4):478-499. [DOI] ...
Wee, Zhi Qiang Clement; Dillon, Denise (2022) 'Increasing physical exercise through action and copin. International Journal of Environmental Research and, 19 (7). [DOI] ...
Dillon, Denise (2022) 'Wilderness in 19th Century South Seas Literature: An Ecocritical Search for S. Etropic: electronic journal of studies in the tropics, 21 (1):348-372. [DOI] ...
Deer who are distant: response congruency to relative pronouns across human and nonhuman entities
2020
Dillon, Denise; Pang, Josephine (2020) 'Deer who are distant: response congruency to relative pronou. Society and Animals, 28 (5-6):447-471. [DOI] ...
Lim, Pei Yi; Dillon, Denise; Chew, Peter K. H. (2020) 'A guide to nature immersion: psychological an. International Journal of Environmental Rese, 17 (16). [DOI] ...
Koay, Way Inn; Dillon, Denise (2020) 'Community gardening: stress, well-being and resilience potenti. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public H, 17 (18). [DOI] ...
Jacobs, George M.; Dillon, Denise (2019) 'Promoting critical literacy: the case of promotional mater. Ecolinguistica, 5 (1):16-27. ...
Chew, Peter K.H.; Dillon, Denise B.; Swinbourne, Anne L. (2018) 'An examination of the internal cons. PLoS ONE, 13 (3). [DOI] ...
Dillon, Denise (2018) '“Footprint”: the apocalyptic imprint of end as immanent in Atwood's Oryx and . Etropic: electronic journal of studies in the tropics, 17 (2):52-61. [DOI] ...
Chew, Peter; Swinbourne, Anne; Dillon, Denise (2017) 'An absence of attentional bias: statistics anx. Journal of Articles in Support of the Null H, 13 (2):91-112. ...
Journal Publication
ResearchOnline@JCU
Dillon, Denise B. (2016) 'The author as the novel self: Shirley Lim's Sister Swing'. Asian American Literature: Discourses & Pedagogies, 7 :78-87. ...
Journal Publication
ResearchOnline@JCU
Reliability and validity of the Statistical Anxiety Scale among students in Singapore and Australia
2014
Chew, Peter K.H.; Dillon, Denise B. (2014) 'Reliability and validity of the Statistical Anxiety Scal. Journal of Tropical Psychology, 4 :1-7. [DOI] ...
Journal Publication
ResearchOnline@JCU
Statistics anxiety update: refining the construct and recommendations for a new research agenda
2014
Chew, Peter K.H.; Dillon, Denise B. (2014) 'Statistics anxiety update: refining the construct and re. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 9 (2):196-208. [DOI] ...
Journal Publication
ResearchOnline@JCU
Chew, Kia Hong Peter; Dillon, Denise (2014) 'Statistics anxiety and the Big Five personality factors. Procedia: Social and Behavioral Sciences, 112 :1177-1186. [DOI] ...
Chew, Peter K.H.; Swinbourne, Anne; Dillon, Denise B. (2014) 'No evidence of attentional bias in sta. 10 (3):1451-1465. [DOI] ...
Wong, Chin Meng; Dillon, Denise (2014) 'Meaning making model: inner purpose, goals, and religiosity/. 5 (1):105-123. ...
Song, Insu; Dillon, Denise; Goh, Tze Jui; Sung, Min (2011) 'A health social network recommender syst. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 7047 :361-372. [DOI] ...
Journal Publication
ResearchOnline@JCU
Dillon, Denise (2005) 'The value of meaning and the meanings of value'. 32 (1):11-23. ...
Journal Publication
ResearchOnline@JCU
Dillon, Denise (2010) 'People, environment, language and meaning: values in nature and the nature of Language and Ecology, 3 (2) :1-10. ...
Arushi, Arushi; Dillon, Roberto; Teoh, Ai Ni; Dillon, Denise (2023) Innovation-Driven Business and S...
Conference Publication
ResearchOnline@JCU
Predicting foreign language anxiety: trait emotional intelligence and Big-Five personality traits
2016
Goh, Sin Er; Dillon, Denise; Goh, Samantha Yi Wei (2016) ELTC 2016: Asia-Pacific English Language Te...
Conference Publication
ResearchOnline@JCU
Chew, Peter K.H.; Dillon, Denise B. (2015) CBP 2015: 4th Annual International Conference on Cognitiv...
Conference Publication
ResearchOnline@JCU
Chew, Kia Hong Peter; Dillon, Denise (2013) ICMAC 2013: International Conference on Managing the Asi...
Conference Publication
ResearchOnline@JCU
Diederich, Joachim; Dillon, Denise (2009) CGAT 2009: Annual International Conference on Computer Gam...
Dillon, Denise; Cottrell, David; Reser, Joseph (2008) JADT 9th International Conference on the Stati...
Conference Publication
ResearchOnline@JCU
The meanings of values in a wet tropics world heritage context: social representations and rhetoric
2005
Dillon, Denise; Reser, Joseph; Cottrell, David (2005) Ecopolitics XVI: transforming environmental go...
Conference Publication
ResearchOnline@JCU
Gasson, Susan; Dillon, Denise; Redman-MacLaren, Michelle (2023) ARMS 2023: Australasian Research Man...
Conference Contribution
ResearchOnline@JCU
Psychometric properties of the Statistical Anxiety Scale among students in Singapore and Australia
2014
Chew, Peter K.H.; Dillon, Denise B. (2014) CBP 2014: 3rd Annual International Conference on Cognitiv...
Conference Contribution
ResearchOnline@JCU
Dillon, Denise; Koh, Ghee Kian (2020) 'A journal of the COVID year: what can we learn from previous In: Dillon, Denise, and Koh, Ghee Kian (2020) A journal of t...
Book Chapter
ResearchOnline@JCU