MissJenny Koehring
Researcher
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BIO
Jenny Koehring is a doctoral researcher at the University of Wolverhampton.
Alongside her studies, she works as a freelance British Sign Language (BSL)/English interpreter, having graduated from the University’s interpreting programme in 2018. She later completed an MSc in Occupational Psychology, where her research explored potential differences in psychometric ability test results between Deaf and hearing participants in employment settings. This work directly informs her PhD, which focuses on developing strategies to mitigate test impact in ability assessments for Deaf test takers.
NON-ACADEMIC POSITIONS
- BSL/English interpreterfreelance, United Kingdom1 Feb 2018
DEGREES
- BA (hons) BSL/English InterpretingUniversity of Wolverhampton, Wolverhampton, United Kingdom1 Sep 2014 - 1 Sep 2018
- MSc Occupational PsychologyUniversity of Wolverhampton, Wolverhampton, United Kingdom1 Sep 2018 - 1 Sep 2019
CERTIFICATIONS
- BSL/English InterpreterNRCPD1 Sep 2018
- Test User: Occupational, Ability, PersonalityBritish Psychological Society, Leicester, United Kingdom26 Jul 2020BPS registered test user (administration and evaluation of psychometric tests)
POSTGRADUATE TRAINING
- Phd researcherUniversity of Wolverhampton, Psychology, Wolverhampton, United Kingdom1 Jan 2020 - 1 Jan 2028Postdoctoral ResearchSupervised by Hinton D
LANGUAGES
- GermanCan read, write, speak, understand and peer review
- Sign LanguagesCan speak, understand and peer review