Dr Windy Grendele

PhD in Psychology and a member of the British Psychological Society, with a strong drive towards qualitative research. I have a diverse range of expertise that includes various areas within social psychology, with a particular focus on group dynamics, social dominance, coercion and control in faith-based contexts.  During my doctoral studies, I have started exploring the lived experiences of people shunned from a gated religious community with particular reference to the impact on the individual's life, and the strategies employed to cope with such an event. Also, I am particularly interested in the way mandated shunning poses a threat to the fundamental human rights of the individual and the possible implications of this within the justice system in the UK. 
Currently, I am engaged in research exploring further coercive and controlling behaviours and the mandated shunning practice across faith-based denominations to document their global impact and human rights implications with the aim of providing a multi-perspective theoretical framework of the subject and inform social change.