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Professional biography

The overarching aim of my work is to document and honour the lived complexities, struggles of, and impacts on, survivors of violence who are marginalised by the criminal legal system and systemic oppression including: anti-authoritarian social movements, LGBTQI+ communities, racially minoritized groups, and sex workers. This constitutes a critical exploration of criminal justice, third or specialist sector and community responses to gender-based violence with particular attention to intersections of race, class, disability, gender, age and sexuality.

My research areas:

• Trauma-informed and social justice approaches in teaching, learning and research:ÌýI have led and collaborated on various projects to better understand and support students to engage with sensitive and emotive topics in criminology and co-create resourcesÌýto support mental wellbeing for distance, commuter and part-time students. I have a particular interest inÌýcollaboratingÌýwith others to imagine possibilities for trauma-informed and social justice approaches in violence and abuse studies.
• TransÌýprisoner experienceÌýand gender incongruence in prison regimes in England and Wales: I am writing upÌýresearch conducted at one men's prison with Dr. Abi Rowe based on interviews with 7 trans and non-binary prisoners,Ìý3 cisgender prisonersÌýand 7 cisgender prison staff membersÌýto explore how social processes, responses and reactions shape the lived experiences of trans prisoners.
• Queer survivor collective futures: I am currently leading a project thatÌýexplores the ways in which queer survivors heal from harm inflicted by the institutions, cultures and services that they haveÌýbeen/are reliant on for care, safety and justice. Trauma-informed, creativeÌýand arts-based storytelling approaches will be centred toÌýgenerate collective knowledge that: (i) examines needs (ii) critiques institutions, and (iii) imagines more caring, just and healing collective futures outside of and beyond existing narratives, institutions and services.

I work on a number of modules in social policy and criminology. This has includedÌýDD305ÌýPersonal Lives and Social Policy, DD105ÌýIntroduction toÌýCriminology,ÌýDD311: Crime, Harm and the State,ÌýandÌýDD315ÌýResearchingÌýCurrent Issues in Criminology.

I am a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy with a specific interest in trauma-informed learning and vicarious trauma prevention.

PhD Supervision

I enjoy postgraduate supervision and welcome inquiries from students working in the following areas:

• Ìýviolence, abuse and harm
• Ìýanti-trans/queerÌýviolence
• ÌýsurvivorÌýresistance, healing and recovery
• Ìýtrauma-informed praxis

Past and current PhD students

• Kiran Nihalani (2015-2020) Reframing and Re-enacting Welfare: An empirical exploration of small-scale, horizontal forms of ‘help’.Ìý
• Shannon Martin (2020-present) Decolonising the University: A Case Study of the Open University.Ìý
• Ellie Hutchinson (2024-present) A critical examination of Scottish school-based responses to domestic abuse in young people’s relationships.
• Kelly Forbes-Hallam (2024-present)ÌýAn exploratory study of the prevalence and impact of technology facilitated coercive control in the pre-smart device age (1960 -2008).

I have presented my research both nationally and internationally. I have been an invited speaker at Lesbian Lives, The Afterlives of ProtestÌýand The Reykjavik Dialogue: Renewing activism to end violence against women. I have shared and discussed research findings with communities in a variety of accessible formats including zines, reports, toolkits, workshops and blogs. I have also published articles in The Conversation, Open Democracy, Transforming Society, Times Higher Education Campus, and the Harm and Evidence Research Collaborative blog.

I have collaborated with various third sector and grassroots groups including Southall Black Sisters,ÌýSisters Uncut, Women Against Rape, Black Women's Rape Action Project and the Salvage collective.

I am currently developingÌýresearch as part of the Open Societal Challenge .ÌýI am more than happy to receive inquiries from individuals and groups who are interested in collaboratingÌýin this project.

I am an editorial board member of the Journal of Gender Studies and peer reviewer forÌýJournal of Gender-based Violence, Mortality, British Journal of Social Work, Theoretical Criminology, The Sociological Review, Sexualities, Feminist Review, Feminist Theory, Feral Feminisms, Women and Music, and Gender & Society.

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