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Dr Holly McSpadden

Career Development Fellow (Criminology)

Affiliations
Affiliation
Career Development Fellow (Criminology) in the Department of Sociology

Biography

Holly (she/her) is a Career Development Fellow (Criminology) in the Department of Sociology. She joined the department in 2024. Before this, Holly completed her ESRC-funded doctoral research at the University of Sheffield. Her thesis: "Exploring sexual and gender minorities' experiences of sexual violence and their access to sexual violence support services" examines the barriers to support faced by sexual and gender minority victims/survivors. 

 

Research Interests
  • Sexual violence and support
  • Sexuality
  • Gender
  • Intersectional and poststructural feminism
  • Queer theory
Teaching
  • Violence and Abuse in Society
  • Contemporary Criminological Theory
  • Research Methods in Action
  • Social Research Methods