Robert A. C. (Bob) Stewart
Editor-in-Chief

Alex Cheyne
Managing Editor

Alex has worked for SBP since 2006 in a variety of roles. She has worked as a proofreader, copyeditor, personal assistant to Editor-in-Chief, Dr Stewart, and Operations Coordinator, before taking on her current role as Managing Editor in 2013. She oversees the SBP team and the publication process for all manuscripts. Alex obtained a BA majoring in English Literature from Massey University in 2006. She has worked in conference management, reference work editing, and academic assessment. Alex lives in Palmerston North, New Zealand, with her family. Outside of work, she enjoys cooking, reading, volunteering, and travel.

Keren Segal
Associate Editor

I joined the SBP Journal team at the end of 2018, just as I was finishing my PhD research in Psychology at the University of Otago, New Zealand. My research focused on death anxiety, and the role of possessions in providing us relief from it. In addition to serving as an Associate Editor at SBP Journal, I work as an Assistant Research Fellow at the Department of Psychology at the University of Otago studying how written narratives affect our health and wellbeing. I’m passionate about teaching, and in recent years taught research methods at the Bachelor of Social Services programme at Otago Polytechnic, as well as conflict group facilitation at the Graduate Diploma in Conflict Resolution at Otago Polytechnic. I’m excited to start co-teaching the Contemporary Issues in Psychology at the Department of Psychology at the University of Otago in 2024. When not working, I homeschool my daughters, attend to my veggie garden and love to spend time outdoors. 

Ana Stojanov
Associate Editor

Ana joined the team in 2020 as an Associate Editor. Originally from Macedonia, now she lives in Dunedin, New Zealand. She holds a PhD in Psychology from the University of Otago. Her thesis examined the relationship between perceived lack of control and conspiracy theory beliefs and the resulting findings have been published in peer reviewed journals. Before moving to Dunedin, she worked as a Project Coordinator facilitating educational reforms in Macedonia. She enjoys writing, cooking, hiking and learning new skills such as tap dancing.  

Yvette Nicole Lamb
Associate Editor

Yvette joined the team as an Associate Editor in 2023. Yvette lives in Auckland, New Zealand, with her husband and young daughter. She holds a PhD in Psychology from the University of Auckland. Her thesis explored the effects of commonly occurring genetic polymorphisms on cognitive outcomes, with an emphasis on the importance of environment. As well as having experience as a tutor and lecturer, Yvette has previously worked as a medical writer, publishing papers in peer-reviewed medical journals and training new writers. Yvette enjoys spending time with her family, reading, swimming, and playing table tennis.

Suzi Brown
IT Manager

Kelly Baildon
Publishing Editor

Kelly joined the SBP Journal team in 2020 as an Editorial Associate. With a Certificate in Legal Executive Studies, she spent over 10 years working at law firms before moving into the publishing world. She lives in Lower Hutt, New Zealand with her husband and two young daughters. Kelly spends her free time volunteering, reading, baking, and enjoying her local bush walks.

Leisha Gomez
Publishing Editor

Leisha joined the SBP Journal team in 2020 as an Editorial Assistant. With a Certificate in Business Administration she has worked in various roles including human resources, accounts management, and allied health. After spending 8 years exploring Mexico she now lives in Townsville, Australia with her husband. She spends her free time volunteering, travelling and spending time with her nieces and nephews.

Annaliese Ludwig
Editorial Assistant 

Annaliese joined the SBP Journal team in 2024 and studied Communications Management at Massey University. She has worked as an Executive Coordinator to senior officials in the New Zealand Government, and in various communications roles in New Zealand, Australia, and Europe. She works remotely from her base in the southern part of Türkiye, and in her spare time enjoys learning languages, volunteering, travel writing, and watching live music and theatre.

Copyeditors

Sarah Krivan
Senior Copyeditor 

Sarah joined SBP Journal in 2007 as a copyeditor and proofreader and is now the Senior Copyeditor. She has held various roles in her time at the journal, including Publications Consultant (2009–2012), Acting Managing Editor (2011), Marketing Manager (2013–2017), and Project Manager (2017–2018), and continues to assist with operations tasks on an ad hoc basis. Sarah obtained a Bachelor of Science in 2009 (Psychology major), and a Graduate Diploma in Business Studies in 2010 (Management major), both from Massey University. She lives in Palmerston North, New Zealand.

Dorothy Pilkington

Helen Innes

Helen has a BA in linguistics, graduate diploma in psychology, and an MA and PhD in creative writing. She has worked as a language teacher in England, Ireland, Japan, China, and New Zealand and taught at primary and secondary schools, a polytechnic, universities, private language schools, and online. She introduced foundation level students at Victoria University to psychology in order to teach them academic English, report writing, and the scientific method. She enjoys writing, walking her tireless border collie, camping with her husband and son, and researching warblish.

Brooke Soulsby

Brooke joined SBP Journal in 2024 as a copyeditor. She holds a BA in English, Theatre and Classics and BA(HONS) in English Literature, both from Te Herenga Waka – Victoria University of Wellington, and a Graduate Diploma in Publishing (Applied) from Whitireia Polytechnic. She has held various roles in editing and publishing. Brooke has been the Production Editor of the New Zealand Medical Journal, an editor at New Zealand Qualifications Authority, and also a copy/structural editor, book designer and proofreader on various freelance projects. Brooke enjoys writing, reading widely, participating in her local arts community, and wandering through local bush tracks. She lives in Pōneke Wellington, Aotearoa New Zealand.

Support Team

Philippa Proctor 
Layout Editor

Fanchao (Franco) Meng
Chinese Translator