Rebecca Ann Simmons

Email: ssras@leeds.ac.uk
Thesis title: Queer experiences of the Menopause
Supervisors: Professor Karen Throsby, Dr Ana Manzano

Profile

I am currently undertaking a PhD in Gender Studies in the school of Sociology and Social Policy at the University of Leeds. I have a BSc in Criminology and Psychology from Royal Holloway, University of London, and an MA in Gender, Violence and Conflict from the University of Sussex.

Research interests

My research interests include gender theory, queer theory, intersectional feminism, embodiment and corporeality, postfeminism, menopause, neoliberalism, sex work and pornography.

Qualifications

BSc Criminology and Psychology
MA Gender, Violence and Conflict

Research groups and institutes

Centre for Interdisciplinary Gender Studies
The Bauman Institute