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Dr. Evita March

Associate Professor, Psychology

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Biography

Associate Professor Evita March (she/her) is a leading international expert in online behaviour, relationships and individual differences. Evita is invited to present to national and international academic and industry audiences and is regularly approached by media to comment on current events that lead public debate on cyber abuse and safety. 

In 2020, Evita was selected as one of the ABC’s Top Five early career researchers in science. She has presented a TEDx talk on empathy and cyber abuse and is the founder of ACORN (Australasia Cyberpsychology Online Research Network). She is an associate editor at the prestigious international journal Personality and Individual Differences – the top-cited journal in the field of social psychology. 

Evita has taught extensively across undergraduate and postgraduate courses and has supervised over 50 research students. She is available to supervise Higher Degree by Research (HDR) students. If you are interested in conducting a research project under Evita’s supervision, please get in touch by sending her an email. 

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Qualifications

  • Doctor of Philosophy, Australian Catholic University 
  • Postgraduate Diploma in Psychology, Australian Catholic University 
  • Bachelor of Arts (Extended major in psychology), University of Queensland 

Evita is interested in interpersonal relationships and how individual differences and environments influence relationships. Primarily, Evita’s expertise is the psychology of online behaviour, and she has led pioneering research in cyber abuse and technology-facilitated intimate partner violence. Evita’s research interests and expertise include: 

  • how offline and online environments influence interpersonal relationships 
  • the perpetration and experience of antisocial and prosocial online behaviour 
  • how individual differences, such as personality, empathy and self-esteem, influence relationships and behaviour 
  • the occurrence of abuse and violence in intimate relationships, and how the online environment facilitates this behaviour.

Current

  • PhD student, Federation University, ‘#nowomanever: An Exploration of Women’s Experiences of Cyber Abuse’, principal supervisor.
  • PhD student, Federation University, ‘Chronic physical health and the transition to motherhood: An exploration of experience and individual differences’, principal supervisor.

Past

  • PhD student, Federation University, 'The Nature, Influences and Impacts of ‘Netilantism’ in Australia’, associate supervisor. 
  • PhD student, UNSW, ‘"I’m trying to help you”: The Role of Trust and Emergent Technology in Facilitating Online Investment Fraud’, supervisor. 

Collaborative Evaluation and Research Centre (CERC)

Evita is part of the Collaborative Evaluation and Research Centre (CERC), which provides training, workshops and mentoring to build capacity and enable organisations to conduct meaningful evaluations.

Health Innovation and Transformation Centre

Evita is part of the Health Innovation and Transformation Centre, which aims to answer complex global healthcare questions that impact the health and wellbeing of our regional, national and international communities.
  • Publications

Positive Childhood Experiences and a Dimensional Approach To Childhood Adversity: Associations with Adult Loneliness

Moving beyond attraction, compassion, and competence: evidence for compatibility as a distinct component of mate preferences