Associate ProfessorSarah Beggs Christofferson

Associate Professor

School of Psychology, Speech and Hearing

  • Associate Professor
    School of Psychology, Speech and Hearing

TEACHING & SUPERVISION

  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Ethical implications of arousal management techniques in the rehabilitation and prevention of sexual offending behaviours: A critical analysis
    1 May 2026 - 15 Nov 2027
    Flay, Briney
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    “It’s Normal, Right?”: Young Adults’ Responses to Sexual Choking Harm-Reduction Messages
    1 Mar 2026 - 28 Feb 2027
    Connor, David
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Adverse Childhood Experiences and Sexual Self-Regulation in Adulthood: A Dual Pathway Model of Hypersexual and Hyposexual Functioning
    1 Mar 2026 - 28 Feb 2027
    Davis, Georgia Iris Louise
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Motherhood and Resistance: How Children Shape Physical Resistance to Intimate Partner Violence
    1 Mar 2026 - 28 Feb 2027
    Clarke, Evelyn
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Onset of Harmful Sexual Behaviour amongst Adolescents
    1 Mar 2026 - 15 Sep 2027
    Duke, Sarah
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Parental Attitudes to Adolescent Disclosure of Sexual Attraction Towards Children
    1 Mar 2026 - 28 Feb 2027
    Leach, Hannah
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Women’s experiences of cross-examination in sexual harm trials in Aotearoa New Zealand: a qualitative study
    1 Mar 2026 - 28 Feb 2027
    Leask, Anna
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Effectiveness of online desistance messages for child sexual exploitation material: A mixed-methods analysis
    16 Feb 2026 - 8 Nov 2026
    Stasiewicz, Magda
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Off-limits attractions: Associations between behavioural intentions, actions, and outcomes.
    16 Feb 2026 - 8 Nov 2026
    Courtney, Kaitlyn
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Crossing the Line: Patterns of Sexual Boundary Violations by Psychologists and Recommendations for Prevention
    1 Sep 2025 - 31 Aug 2028
    Williamson, Isabel
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Desistance from Child Sexual Exploitation Material: Drivers and Facilitators
    1 Mar 2025 - 28 Feb 2026
    Ilett, Emily
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Onset of adolescent harmful sexual behaviour: Validity of a pathways model.
    1 Mar 2025 - 30 Sep 2026
    Holly, Gabriella
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Public attitudes and perceptions towards people with sexual offence convictions: Exploring media format and messaging in anti-stigma interventions.
    1 Mar 2025 - 28 Aug 2027
    Eady, Mia
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Exploring Associations Between Self-Efficacy and Preventive Treatment Outcomes for Adults Who Experience Sexual Attraction Towards Children
    17 Feb 2025 - 7 Nov 2025
    Davis, Georgia
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Rape Myth Acceptance: Perceptions and Attitudes of University Students
    17 Feb 2025 - 7 Nov 2025
    Connor, David
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Evaluating an implicit association-based measure of sexual interest among adults in a self-referred treatment programme
    15 Jul 2024 - 30 May 2025
    McNabb, Levi
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Confirmation Bias in Forensic Evidence: Do Legal Safeguards Effectively Educate Jurors on the Potential for Bias?
    1 Mar 2024 - 28 Feb 2025
    Nunes Bermudez Rodrigues, Mariana
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Experiences of Previously Incarcerated Transgender, Nonbinary and Gender Diverse People in Aotearoa New Zealand
    1 Mar 2024 - 30 Sep 2026
    Blight, Beauregard
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Stakeholder Perspectives of the Stand Strong, Walk Tall Programme: A Qualitative Inquiry
    1 Mar 2024 - 16 Feb 2026
    Carroll, Douglas
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Exploring Drivers of Self-Referral to Psychotherapeutic Services
    19 Feb 2024 - 8 Nov 2024
    Ilett, Emily
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Pathways and prevention: Understanding risk, typology, and intervention for escalation crossover offending in online child sexual exploitation and abuse
    1 Feb 2024 - 31 Jan 2027
    Ahmad, Naushaan
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Preventative Treatment for Adolescents with Paedophilic Attractions: Identifying Characteristics and Risk Factors in a Systematic Review
    1 Feb 2024 - 16 Jul 2025
    McCulloch, Elsie
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Child Sexual Exploitation Material Use in New Zealand: An Exploration of Undetected User Characteristics and Risk Related Propensities
    3 Apr 2023 - 7 Jul 2025
    Sibbald, Michaela
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Client experiences of non-mandated harmful sexual behaviour services in Aotearoa New Zealand; A qualitative analysis
    1 Mar 2023 - 29 Feb 2024
    Ruddle, Simone
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Intellectual Disability and Harmful Sexual Behaviour: Comparisons Across Referrals to Community-Based Treatment in New Zealand
    1 Mar 2023 - 28 Feb 2025
    Dorreen, Stephanie