Emeritus ProfessorRobert Cummins

Emeritus Professor

Faculty of Health/Office of the Executive Dean Health

  • Emeritus Professor
    Faculty of Health/Office of the Executive Dean Health
  • +61 3 924 46845 (Work)
  • Melbourne Burwood Campus, 221 Burwood Highway, Burwood, Victoria 3125

TEACHING EXPERTISE

Prior to being awarded Emeritus Professor on his retirement, his major area of responsibility was supervising post-graduate students. In 1998 he received a 'Highly commended' award for the post-graduate supervision from the Deakin University Postgraduate Association and in 2004 he received the 'Faculty Academic of the Year' award from the Deakin University Student Association.

TEACHING ACTIVITIES

  • CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Impact of COVID-19 on mental health and wellbeing of parents
    Tanja Capic - School of Psychology
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    A New Direction for Subjective Wellbeing
    Vanessa Cook - School of Psychology - 2004
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Subjective Wellbeing as an Affective Construct
    Melanie Davern - School of Psychology - 2005
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Controlling Subjective Well-Being: The Comparative Impact of Disordered Eating and Obesity
    Sasha Gardiner-Crossley - School of Psychology - 2006
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    The Role of Primary and Secondary Control in Psychological Adjustment
    Luke Heeps - School of Psychology - 2001
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    The Homeostatic Mechanism: Subjective Quality of Life and Chronic Pain
    RoseAnne Misajon - School of Psychology - 2002
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    An investigation into the subjective wellbeing of people with an intellectual disability
    Kathleen Martindale - School of Psychology - 2011
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Subjective Wellbeing Maintenance: Investigating Depression as Suppressed Homeostatically Protected Mood
    Renee Bear - School of Psychology - 2010
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    The Process through which Affect Infuses Judgements of Subjective Well-being
    Yvonne MacKay - School of Psychology - 2008
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Examining problem gambling from a dual-process and incentive-sensitisation theory perspective
    Belinda Clare Davey - School of Psychology - 2014
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    The Relationship between Primary and Secondary Control and Eating Behaviour
    Megan de Souza - School of Psychology - 2009
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Psychological Impact of DAFNE in Adults with Type 1 Diabetes
    Lisa Engel - School of Psychology - 2009
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Health Satisfaction and Perceived Control: Investigating Subjective Wellbeing Homeostasis
    Wendy Kennedy - School of Psychology - 2011
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    The Role of Positive Irrational Beliefs in Mental Health & Wellbeing
    James Collard - School of Psychology - 2010
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Employee psychological Contracts
    Dot Hutton - School of Psychology - 2000
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Overcoming Controllable and Uncontrollable Work Problems
    Elise Catherine Maher - School of Psychology - 2003
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    A Model for Assessing Financial Competence
    Mavis Kershaw - School of Psychology - 2005
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Subjective wellbeing in Australian families of Holocaust survivors
    Melissa Weinberg - School of Psychology - 2011
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    An Exploration into Physical Activity and Subjective Wellbeing Homeostasis
    Markus Lorbergs - School of Psychology - 2013
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    The Quality of Life of People with Multiple Sclerosis and their Partners
    Kylie King - School of Psychology - 2002
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Subjective Wellbeing in Children
    Alison Gluskie - School of Psychology - 2012
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Predicting Subjective Quality of Life
    Rachel Cousins - School of Psychology - 2002
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Subjective Wellbeing as an Affective Construct: Theory Development with Adolescents
    Adrian Tomyn - School of Psychology - 2008
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Religiosity and Subjective Wellbeing in Christianity, Buddhism and Taoism
    Lufana Lai - School of Psychology - 2010
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Investigating the Affective Core of SWB: the Circular Way
    Linda Hartley-Clarke - School of Psychology - 2015