1. Faculty of Social Sciences
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  3. Feminist Research Into Violence and Abuse

Feminist Research Into Violence and Abuse

Members Directory

 

Name 

School

Faculty

Research Expertise/Areas of Interest 
Dr Alison May  English Arts, Humanities and Cultures Forensic linguistics, contemporary and historical courtroom discourse analysis, police interviewing and authorship. 
Dr Amy Russell  Medicine  Medicine and Health Improving the inclusion and representation of historically excluded communities in research. Health inequalities. Disability, gender and health. 
Dr Anna Barker  Law  Social Sciences Safer parks. Safe, welcoming and inclusive public spaces for women and girls. Being an active bystander. 
Cerys Jones  Sociology and Social Policy Social Sciences Violence, abuse and disabled women. 
Dr Charlotte Barlow Law Social Sciences Violence against women and girls. Policing, criminal justice and family justice responses to domestic abuse. Coercive control. Clare's Law. Domestic violence disclosure schemes. Integrated Domestic Abuse Courts. Interventions for children affected by domestic abuse. 
Emily Gee  Politics and International Studies Social Sciences Gender and security. Peacekeeper-perpetrated sexual exploitation.
Dr Francesca Pontin Geography Environment  Spatial data science. Data analytics. Using 'smart data' to address health and social inequalities. Safer parks. Urban safety, health behaviours and environmental justice. 
Isabella Lewis  Institute for Medieval Studies, School of History  Arts, Humanites, and Cultures  Representations of sex and sexual violence in hagiographical texts from the Byzantine High Middle Ages. Sexual Violence in Byzantine Hagiography from the fifth to the twelfth centuries.
Isobel Logan Philosophy, Religion and History of Science Arts, Humanites, and Cultures  Gaslighting, love-bombing and bread crumbing in romantic relationships. 
Dr Jacki Willson Performance and Cultural Industries  Arts, Humanites, and Cultures  Grassroots approaches to safety in night-time industries, from asigned female at birth (AFAB), trans, non-binary, asexual and queer perspectives
Professor Johanna Stiebert  Philosophy, Religion and History of Science Arts, Humanites, and Cultures Hebrew Bible. Biblical studies. Spiritual abuse and rape culture, religion and the Bible. The Shiloh Project. Sacred Queer Stories. Marriage, Bible, Violence. Activism in the biblical studies classroom. 
Professor John Baker Healthcare Medicine and Health Improving the quality and safety of mental health care, through a focus on reducing coercion and restrictive practices, patient and professional safety in mental health services, and developing effective and therapeutic mental health services.
Professor Katy Mullin English Arts, Humanites, and Cultures Coercive control, literature and the law.
Dr Laurene Soubise Law Social Sciences Comparative criminal justice. Legal decision-making and discretion among legal professionals. How the partial defence of ‘loss of control’ as enacted by the Coroners and Justice Act 2009 is operating in practice. Prosecutorial discretion, criminal justice culture, and professional identity in the criminal justice system.
Lucy Shanahan Philosophy, Religion and History of Science Arts, Humanites, and Cultures Intimate relationships and sexual violence. Consensual non-consensual sex (CNC).
Mary Cooper Law Social Sciences Journalism and theatre productions. Supporting relationship and sex education in schools through theatre. Misogynistic culture, coercive control and consent. 
Rebecca Moosavian Law Social Sciences Media, intellectual property and human rights law. The use of strategic litigation against public participation (SLAPPS), where powerful parties use legal threats to silence their critics. Gendered SLAPPs (i.e., defamation threats made by perpetrators of sexual misconduct or violence against individuals - usually women - who have shared their experiences.)
Dr Rebecca Shaw Law Social Sciences The socio-legal, historical and cultural narratives that frame legislation and crime. How harmful narratives of domestic abuse are entrenched within individuals, agencies, society and the law. 
Dr Sam Lewis Law Social Sciences Violence against women and girls. Domestic abuse (DA). Police responses to intimate partner abuse. The geospatial and contextual patterns of rural DA. Safe spaces for all. Feminist theory, policy and practice.
Sam Pears Law Social Sciences The intersection between sexual violence and domestic abuse. Police officer and domestic abuse service provider perspectives on the relationship between intimate partner abuse and RASSO. 
Sophie de Groot  Law Social Sciences Adolescent experiences of intimate partner abuse.