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STEPHEN MEREDITH WILLIAMS

Psychologist, writer and mathematician: born 2 February, 1950; son of Peter Meredith  and Bettina Primrose Williams; married Brigitte Johanna Strater, 4 July, 1980; (dissolved, 18 September, 2012); children: Conrad Meredith, Stella Gael. BA with honours in Psychology-Philosophy, University of Cambridge, 1972; MA, 1977; DPhil in Experimental Psychology, University of Sussex, 1980. Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society and Chartered Psychologist, 1988.  E-mail address: zen.stevew@zen.co.uk








Stephen Meredith Williams on ResearchGate
https://www.amazon.com/author/stephen_m_williams

Employment

Researcher, Open University Milton Keynes, England, 1978-79

Lecturer in Psychology:
1. University of Ulster, Coleraine, N. Ireland, 1979-90
2. North East Essex Health Authority, Colchester, England, 1990-94

Independent practice in psychology, etc., 1994-2013.
 

Author

Psychology on the Couch, 1988. Environment and Mental Health, 1994. Psychology: The Study of Mind, 1996. Key Articles in Psychology, 1997. Social Psychology (Introduction), 2002. Social Psychology (Further), 2005. Social Psychology (Advanced), 2008. Which Hand, Which Ear?, 2012. Contributed over 50 articles to learned media and over 20 articles to other media. Recent work is mainly published on ResearchGate and Academia.edu.

Offices

Editor: Laterality Newsletter (1986 - 2022); Cognitive Systems (associate, 1991 - 2006); British Federation for Correspondence Chess Information Circular (2008 - 2012); Lion Talk (newsletter of Lion Walk URC, Colchester, 2015 - 2018). Member: Council of the Social Democratic Party, 1989. Governor of Myland School, Colchester, 1992 - 1996. Secretary: Nettleton & Burton, then Marshfield Parochial Church Councils, 2020 - 2024. Chess Administration: Various posts (see Chess Activities page).
 

Memberships

The English Federation for Correspondence Chess, (Life)
The British Psychological Society, (Associate Fellow)
The University of Sussex Alumni Association,
The English Chess Federation. (Gold)
The Society of Authors
The Authors Licensing and Collecting Society

Leisure interests

Getting exercise; Applications of computers; Chess; Books; Research in Psychology and Mathematics.   

Brief biographies similar to the above have appeared in Who's Who in the World, The Dictionary of International Biography, Who's Who in Science and Engineering, International Who's Who in Medicine, etc.