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Introduction
I am a Research Associate at the University of York working on Gender-Based Violence prevention in education settings.
My research adopts an intersectional, feminist lens to understand the proliferation and prevention of gender-related and sexual violence in schools.
I am also completing my PhD in the School of Social Policy at the University of Birmingham. My thesis explores young women's lived experiences of Relationships and Sex Education in Catholic secondary schools.
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Current institution
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May 2021 - present
Position
- Research Associate
Description
- Assisting with research for the Sibling Sexual Abuse project in collaboration with Rape Crisis England and Wales.
October 2019 - March 2020
Position
- Consultant
Description
- Providing 1:1 tuition and essay advice to undergraduate and post-graduate taught students from a range of social science and humanities disciplines. This ranged from developing research skills to academic writing, working on assessment feedback and preparing for examinations.
December 2018 - July 2019
Position
- Post-Graduate Teaching Assistant
Description
- Provided group support and tuition for The Birmingham Project summer school. This involved working with a group of undergraduate students to develop their research design skills, data collection ability and presentations skill in order to aide them in presenting a product idea to a corporate organisation at the end of the programme.
Education
September 2018 - September 2019
September 2015 - July 2018
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Publications (11)
This paper explores the theoretical frameworks, constituent features and evaluation strategies for Whole School Approaches (WSA) to tackling gender based violence (GBV). Overall, we argue that change is often insufficiently and inconsistently theorised within WSAs to GBV. In turn, a significant degree of variation emerges in programme design and de...
This chapter draws together the findings of both of the studies, the literature review and the overarching picture of sibling sexual abuse in contemporary UK culture. This chapter provides key recommendations that link to developing a clearer recording criteria and definition of SSA, the reality and impact of young people who have been the victim o...
This chapter will detail the findings of the part of the project that was led by Dr. Sophie King-Hill at The University of Birmingham, supported by Abby Gilsenan, Jonathan Beavis and Purple Leaf and West Mercia Rape and Sexual Abuse Support Centre (WMRSASC). The project had a number of research objectives that were underpinned by the overall projec...
The epilogue captures a survivor’s voice and tells their story. This narrative shows that sibling sexual abuse is complex and that its characteristics cannot be predicted nor expected.KeywordsRecoveryDisclosureFamilyLife- long impactSibling relationshipsLived experience
Chapters 1 and 2 provide a comprehensive and broad overview of the existing Sibling Sexual Abuse (SSA) evidence base. This chapter will provide the first piece of empirical evidence from the research. The chapter will start with a discussion of the context, background and methodology of the study by the University of West England with 18 adult vict...
This chapter outlines the project from which the research in this book originated. It outlines the context and intended outcomes on the ‘Sibling sexual abuse: supporting victims and survivors to recover, heal and rebuild their lives’ project that was funded by the Home Office Support for Victims and Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse (SVSCSA) fund. It...
This chapter seeks to identify and explore core lessons learnt through the amalgamation of both studies. Furthermore, this section aims to critically examine the implications of the data considering broader societal and structural narratives surrounding sexual abuse. Utilising this exploratory analysis, we offer a detailed discussion of possible ne...
