QMiP Event 2014
​MEET DR BRETT SMITH
Dr Brett Smith leads the psycho-social health and wellbeing strand within the Peter Harrison Centre for Disability Sport at Loughborough University. He is Editor of the award winning journal, Qualitative Research in Sport, Exercise, and Health and co-author of the book Qualitative research methods in sport, exercise, and health: From process to product. Brett is currently conducting funded narrative research on the utility of stories for promoting wellbeing amongst disabled people. He is also co-editing the forthcoming International handbook of qualitative methods in sport and exercise (Routledge).
​MEET DR KITRINA DOUGLAS
Dr Kitrina Douglas is a founder member of the first Network for Performative Research in Sport and Exercise "The Boomerang Project".
​MEET DR JANE CALLAGHAN
Jane Callaghan is an Associate Professor at the University of Northampton. Her academic interests are broad ranging, but her work covers issues relating to mental health, professional identities, race, gender, class and ethnicity, migration, and violence. Her main current research project is the European Commission funded Daphne project "Understanding Agency and Resistance: Children in Situations of Domestic Violence". She is also leading the evaluation of the Midlands and East Mental Health and Wellbeing Project. In addition, she is developing evaluation mechanisms for local charity Norpip, and for a project focused on developing a counselor network in CAMHS. Smaller projects include a focus on online interactions and subjectivities in online spaces, family and friendship relationships, and the discursive analysis of political speeches.
​MEET DR HELEN OWTON
Dr Helen Owton is a Chartered Psychologist and a Lecturer at De Montfort University. Her research specialises in asthma and sporting embodiment and innovative qualitative methods.
MEET JO ALEXANDER
Jo is a Researcher based in the Centre for Children & Youth at the University of Northampton. She is currently working on a two-year European project designed and supervised by Dr Jane Callaghan which explores children’s agency and resilience during and after domestic abuse. Jo is also undertaking her PhD in the area of domestic abuse under the supervision of Dr Jane Callaghan and Dr Lisa Fellin.
DR JULIE FISH
Dr Julie Fish is Reader in Social Work and Health Inequalities in the Division of Social Work and Health Studies at De Montfort University. She is co-convenor of the Social Work and Health Inequalities Network.
She has published widely in the fields of human rights and lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans health and social care inequalities in disciplines including social work, sociology, psychology, equality and diversity, medicine and nursing.
SPEAKERS
​MEET DR RUSI JASPAL
Dr Rusi Jaspal is a Chartered Psychologist and a Lecturer at De Montfort University. He is the Convener of the Self and Identity Research Group and his research is on the inter-relations between social representation, identity and social action.
