Investigating Reproductive Abuse Depictions in Contemporary Media
Turning to Charity: British Shell-Shocked Veteran
Representation and reception of autistic characters in children’s picturebooks
Over the last 3 years, I have been researching the representation and reception of autistic characters in children’s picturebooks. This is a passion project, bourne out of frustration. Years of struggling to find suitable picturebooks to support my own autistic daughter (now aged 23), the children who I teach and the families who visit my bookshop, resulted in determination to improve the situation.
Beyond the Label: Finding the Human Story in Addiction and Recovery Memoirs
Redemptive Hybridism in Post-Postmodern Writing
Conceptualising Story Thinking
Storyworlds constitute more than just the set dressing for events. They encompass the context, the time frame, the rules of the game and the interlocking systems which shape and constrain those who live in that world and what they can do. When a world has been built effectively, it can be extraordinarily powerful.
Rewriting Schizophrenia: How Memoirs Challenge Medical Narratives
My research envisages a comprehensive examination of the epistemic ripples created by the memoirs in the dominant scholarship concerning schizophrenia. It hopes to accentuate the voices of the otherwise marginalised patients, effectively reclaiming their agency over the self, language, and knowledge.
