About

Dr. Fido joined the University of Derby in January 2018 after completing post-doctoral research at the Welcome Centre for Integrative Neuroimaging (University of Oxford). Dean is an active researcher within the School of Psychology and leads the Society & Justice Research Group. Dean's focal area of interest and expertise is in crimes that involve the non-consensual dissemination of private sexual images (e.g., 'revenge pornography', 'upskirting', and 'deepfake media production').

Research interests

Dean's academic achievements can be found in his core publications, which involve the focal areas of:

• Understanding public perceptions of and motivations to commit image-based sexual offences, and 
• Investigating psychopathic personality traits and aggression within community cohorts

Recent publications

• Dewhurst, K., Spenser, K., & Fido, D. (2023, June 7). Romeo & Juliet Laws: Investigating UK Public Perceptions of Young Consensual Sex and the Effects of Age Gaps and Perpetrator and Respondent Gender. Retrieved from psyarxiv.com/5esa3 [under review]
• Fido, D., & Wallace, L. (2023, March 14). Predicting self-harm in survivors and perpetrators of domestic abuse. Archives in Suicide Research. https://psyarxiv.com/4rukv [under review]
• Cox, K., Wheatley, R. & Fido, D. Examining the Profiles of Adult Male Rejected Typology Stalking Cases held in English prisons. International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology. [under review]
• Harper, C. A., & Fido, D. (2023). The role of cognitive empathy in reducing political outgroup avoidance. Personality and Individual Differences. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/vy9x6 [under review]
• Hammond, C., Knošková, K., Fido, D., & Wallace, L. (2022, December 1). A comparative analysis of public educational needs in the rehabilitative care of individuals who have committed serious criminal offences: A cross cultural study. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/7rew6 [R&R]
• Thatcher, A., Wallace, L., & Fido, D. (2023, February 24). The Moderating Effect of Hypersexuality on the Relationship Between Psychopathic Traits and Sexual Coercion. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/a83pg [R&R]
• Cameron, C., Kotera, Y., & Fido, D. (2022, October 24). The Relationship Between Sex Addiction and Shame Moderated by Overt and Covert Narcissism in a Gender-Balanced Adult Sample. International journal of Mental Health & Addiction. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/9m4fs [under review]
• Wallace, L., Fido, D., Medvedev, O. N., Standen, B., Sumich, A., & Heym, N. (2022, May 23). The Development and Validation of the Successful Psychopathy Scale. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/q85hx [under review]
• Hammond, C., Ncube, M., & Fido, D. A Foucauldian Discourse Analysis of the construction of people of colour (POC) as criminals in UK and US print media following the Black Lives Matter protests of May 2020. European Journal of Social Psychology. [R&R]
• Sparks, B., Vione, K., & Fido, D. (2023). Bad Parents? Evaluating Judgments of Infant Homicides. Psychiatry, Psychology and Law. https://doi.org/10.1080/13218719.2023.2206876
• Gibbard, G., & Fido, D. (2023). A Comparison of Judgements of Image-Based and Physical Sexual Abuse. Journal of Concurrent Disorders [accepted]
• Ambrozewicz, P., Hammond, C., & Fido, D. (2023). Ending the Stigma of Male Domestic Violence Victims: Judgement Measures & Interviews [Protocol]. Journal of Concurrent Disorders [accepted]
• Fido, D., & Wallace, L. (2023). The Unique Role of ChatGPT in Closing the Awarding Gap. Interdisciplinary Journal of Student Success [online first] https://cdspress.ca/?page_id=7133
• Harper, C. A., Smith, L., & Fido, D. (2022). Development and validation of the Revenge porn Myth Scale. Sexual Abuse [online first] https://doi.org/10.1177/10790632221082663
• Wallace, L., Heym, N., Sumich, A., & Fido, D. (2022). A systematic review on the current conceptualisations of successful psychopathy. Forensic Science International: Mind and Law, 3, https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/wkjrm

Membership of professional bodies

• British Psychological Society – Chartered Member
• Society for the Scientific Study of Psychopathy

Professional interests

Dean is the co-chair of the European division of the Aftermath Foundation - an international charity that seeks to signpost victims of domestic abuse as well as translate complex academic literature pertaining to psychopathy into easily accessible material for the general public.

Qualifications

• PhD in Cognitive Neuroscience (Nottingham Trent University)
• MSc in Forensic Psychology 
• BSc in Psychology w/ Criminology

Recent conferences

European Association of Psychology and Law Conference 2023

• Thatcher A. S., Fido, D., & Wallace, L. Psychopathic Personality as a Moderator of the Relationship Between Atypical Sexuality and Sexual Coercion Proclivity in the General Population
• Hammond, C., Knošková, K., Wallace, L., & Fido, D. A comparative analysis of public educational needs in the rehabilitative care of individuals who have committed serious criminal offences: A cross cultural study

Virtual Ikigai Summit 2023

• Fido, D. Exploring Ikigai from a Forensic Perspective. [keynote]

NL-ATSA 2022

• Fido, D., & Harper, C. A. Image-based sexual abuse from a psychological perspective. [keynote]

Society for the Scientific Study of Psychopathy 2022

• Fido, D., & Harper, C. A. The role of psychopathic personality in judgements of and proclivity to take part in image-based sexual abuse as a form of gender-based violence

Teaching responsibilities

Dean is the Programme Leader for the MSc Forensic Psychology provision at the University of Derby - which is taught both on-campus and online. Should you have any questions about either of these programmes - please reach out via Email.