DrBianca Klettke

Senior Lecturer

Faculty of Health/School of Psychology/Deakin Lifespan Institute

  • Senior Lecturer
    Faculty of Health/School of Psychology/Deakin Lifespan Institute
  • +61 3 924 46207 (Work)
  • Melbourne Burwood Campus, 221 Burwood Highway, Burwood, Victoria 3125

BIO

Dr Klettke is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Psychology. She is the Unit Leader
of HPS 206, Psychology in the Criminal Justice System, and is actively engaged
in research and supervision.

Dr Bianca Klettke is a researcher and leading academic in the field of
cyberpsychology, particularly technology-facilitated sexual violence. Dr
Klettke's recent research has focused on how to keep young people safe online,
including online behaviours such as sexting and cyberbullying. Within these
areas, Dr Klettke's research has focused on identifying the risk and
protective factors of these behaviours. The aim of her research is to help
educate various bodies such as governments, schools, community and police
services, as well as the parents of children and adolescents in order to
promote evidence-based information to inform best outcomes in young people.

DEAKIN UNIVERSITY CURRENT APPOINTMENT

  • Senior Lecturer
    Deakin University, School of Psychology

DEGREES

  • Doctor of Philosophy
    University of Memphis
  • Graduate Certificate of Higher Education
    Deakin University

FIELDS OF RESEARCH

  • Applied and developmental psychology
  • Criminology
  • Social and personality psychology
  • Cognitive and computational psychology
  • Clinical and health psychology

AVAILABILITY FOR SUPERVISION

  • Masters by Research and PhD supervision

AREA/FACULTY

  • Faculty of Health

DEPARTMENT/SCHOOL/INSTITUTE/DISCIPLINE

  • School of Psychology

SPECIALIST RESEARCH GROUP

  • Deakin Lifespan Institute