Dr Catherine (Kitty) Jones joined the Social, Genetic & Developmental Psychiatry Centre in 2022 as a Teaching Fellow and became a Lecturer (AEP) of Developmental Psychopathology in May 2023. Before joining King’s, Kitty completed her ESRC-funded PhD at the Centre for Family Research, Cambridge, which examined parenting and child outcomes in families with a primary caregiver father.

After completing her PhD, Kitty undertook postdoctoral research at Cambridge and UCL exploring the experiences and well-being of parents and children in diverse family types. 

Research interests

• Mixed-methods research
• Assisted reproduction
• Single parenthood
• Fathering
• Child perspectives

Teaching 

• Module co-lead for the MSc in Developmental Psychology and Psychopathology.