Kagari joined the University of Huddersfield in May 2016 and is currently a Senior Lecturer in Psychology. She completed her BA and MA in Japan, followed by an MSc in the Psychology of Music at the University of Keele. Her PhD explored levels of collaborative creativity in young children. Prior to moving to Huddersfield, she taught Psychology and Social Research Methods in universities in UK and Japan.

She is currently Module Leader for Developmental Psychology, and contributes a number of sessions to the Department of Music at Huddersfield. In addition, she has supervised students through to completion at both Masters and PhD level and is interested in supervising students in any of her related areas of interest.

Her current interests include the development of gender stereotypes in young children, music and wellbeing – with a particular focus on dementia, developmental psychology of the arts, and cultural influences on creativity. Kagari is a member of both the British Psychological Society and the Japanese Psychological Association.

•Developing concepts of gender stereotype in young children

•Using music with those in care, especially music and dementia

•The function of music in everyday life

•Cross-cultural psychology and comparative studies

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