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PeopleCDAS members
CDAS members are predominantly based in the Department of Social and Policy Sciences at the University of Bath. You can contact the members directly through these pages. If you are unsure of who to contact with any enquiry, please email cdas@bath.ac.uk in the first instance and we will direct you to the appropriate person.
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Glennys Howarth BA, PhD (London) Glennys is Professor of Sociology in the Department of Social and Policy Sciences at the University of Bath. Before moving to Bath she was Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Sydney, Australia. She has also held posts at the University of Sussex and the London School of Economics where she was T.H.Marshall Fellow in the Department of Sociology. She has been researching and publishing in the field of death and dying for almost twenty years. Glennys is a Founding-Editor of Mortality, the first European journal of death studies, which she now co-edits with Allan Kellehear. She has been closely involved with the series of conferences on the Social Context of Death, Dying and Disposal, the first of which she co-organised with Peter Jupp in 1992. Research Interests
Publications Key publications in these fields include: Books G. Howarth (2007) G. Howarth & O. Leaman (eds) (2001) E. Hallam, G. Howarth and J. Hockey (1999) G. Howarth (1996) P. C. Jupp & G. Howarth (eds) (1997) K. Charmaz, G. Howarth & A. Kellehear (eds) (1997) G. Howarth & P.C. Jupp (eds) (1996)
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Articles and book chapters G. Howarth (2008) G. Howarth (2007) ‘Whatever happened to social class? An examination of the neglect of working class cultures in the sociology of death’, Health Sociology Review, Vol. 16, No. 5, pp425-435. G. Howarth (2007) ‘The social context of death in old age’, Working with Older People, Vol. 11, No. 3, pp17-21. G. Howarth (2007) Gilchrist, H. Howarth, G. and Sullivan, G. (2007) G. Howarth (2001) G. Howarth (2000) G. Howarth (1998) G. Howarth (1998) G. Howarth and M. Jefferys (1996) G. Howarth (1993) G. Howarth (1993) Visit Glennys' Departmental web page at the University of Bath (opens in new window)
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Alice Ekrek, BA, MA Alice Ekrek is the project administrator for the 'Managing end of life care in Care Homes' research project, an eighteen month, BUPA funded project which began in December 2007. Alice has a background in higher education administration. She is the point of contact for the staff and residents of the care homes in the study, and also liaises with public bodies in the health and social services.
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Malcolm Johnson, AcSS, FRSA Malcolm has been Professor of Health and Social Policy at the University of Bristol (now Emeritus) since 1995. Between 1984 and 1995 he was Professor of Health and Social Welfare and subsequently first Dean of the School of Health and Social Welfare at the Open University. He is a former Secretary of the BSA Medical Sociology Group and of the British Society of Gerontology and was Founding Editor (volumes 1-12) of the international journal Ageing and Society. Also founding Associate Editor of Sociology of Health and Illness. Malcolm has been Distinguished Visiting Professor at several North American universities. He is Director of the International Institute on Health and Ageing. Recognitions of Malcolm's contributions include being elected an Academician of the Academy of Social Sciences (AcSS), a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and a Fellow of the Gerontological Society of America. In 2007 his transformation of research into training on End of Life Care in Care Homes, received the Independent Healthcare Award and was runner up in The Guardian Public Service Awards. Research Interests His research and academic interests are wide, including the social aspects of health and illness, biographical studies, social policy analysis, death and dying and his major specialism, ageing and the lifespan. Of his nine books and around 150 monographs, chapters and articles, more than half relate to ageing. Malcolm’s research and consultancy includes extensive work on the long term care of older people, theories of ageing and on assessment issues. Over the past fifteen years he has extended into end of life care and spirituality in later life. At the Open University he lead the development of the course P260 Death and Dying which has been studied by approaching 40,000 students. His latest book, The Cambridge Handbook of Age and Ageing, which attempts to provide an interdisciplinary and international coverage of research on ageing (including the end of life), is recently published. Publications (select list relevant to CDAS) Malcolm Johnson (General Editor) in association with Vern Bengtson, Peter Coleman and Tom Kirkwood. (2005/ 2006 in US) The Cambridge Handbook of Age and Ageing. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Hardback and paperback 744pp. (opens in new window) Malcolm Johnson (2005) Vern Bengtson, Norella Putney, Malcolm Johnson (2005) Malcolm Johnson (2002) Malcolm Johnson, Lesley Cullen, Rose Heatley, Jenny Hockey (2001) Donna Dickenson, Malcolm Johnson (second edition with Jeanne Katz) eds (2000) Death, Dying and Bereavement. London : Sage Publications. 388pp. First edition 1993. Malcolm Johnson, Lesley Cullen, Demi Patsios (1999) Michael Young, Malcolm Johnson, Peter Jupp, Tony Walter et al (1999) Interdependency and the generational compact. (1998) In Meredith Minkler and Carroll Estes (eds) Critical Gerontology : Perspectives from Political and Moral Economy. New York : Baywood. pp55-74.
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Allan Kellehear, BA, PhD (UNSW) Allan was born and educated in Sydney, Australia, and holds a PhD in sociology from the University of New South Wales. From 1998 to 2006 he was Professor of Palliative Care and Director, Palliative Care Unit, School of Public Health, La Trobe University in Melbourne, Australia. During that time he also served as the 2003-04 Visiting Professor of Australian Studies at the University of Tokyo, Japan. He joined the department at Bath in the autumn of 2006 becoming Head of Department in 2007; and is co-editor with Dr Glennys Howarth of Mortality - the international journal of interdisciplinary studies in death and dying. Research Interests
Publications Allan has written 9 books and over 100 articles. He has also edited a further 9 books. His authored books include the following: A. Kellehear (2007) A. Kellehear (2005), A. Kellehear (2000) A. Kellehear (1999) J. Daly, A. Kellehear & M. Gliksman (1997) A. Kellehear (1996) A. Kellehear (1993) A. Kellehear (1990) A. Kellehear (1990) Recent articles include: A Kellehear (2008) A Kellehear (2007) Visit Allan's Departmental web page at the University of Bath (opens in new window)
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John Percival John is an associate Lecturer in Health and Social Care at the Open University, an independent research consultant and a part-time social worker. He is currently embarking upon a research fellowship (funded by BUPA) at CDAS, where he will be looking into residential care practice as regards end of life issues (see research pages for more detail). John has previously worked as a research fellow at University College London (Bartlett Graduate School of Architecture) and at the University of Bristol (International Institute on Health and Ageing) and has worked across housing, health and social care boundaries. His predominantly qualitative research includes projects that have examined older people's housing aspirations, the impact of sight loss on social exclusion, and lay and professional perspectives on telecare service development. Research interests
Publications Key publications in these fields include: Peer reviewed articles Percival, J and Hanson, J. (2007) Percival, J and Hanson, J. (2006) Percival, J, Hanson, J and Osipovic, D (2006) Percival, J. and Hanson, J. (2005) Percival, J. (2004) Percival, J. (2003) Percival, J. (2002 ) Percival, J. (2001) Hanson, J., Percival, J., Aldred, H., Brownsell, S. and Hawley, M. (2007) Hanson, J. and Percival, J. (2005) Edited books Jones, R.L. and Percival, J. (Eds) (2006) Book chapters Hanson, J. and Percival, J. (2006) McGrail, B., Percival, J.F. and Foster, K. (2001) |
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Paula Smith Paula joined the Department of Psychology at the University of Bath in February 2008 and her post is linked to the Centre for Death and Society in the Department of Social & Policy Sciences. Paula is a Chartered Health Psychologist who also has a nursing background. Her PhD, from the University of Southampton, concerned the support needs of family caregivers in palliative care settings, after which she worked as a Research Fellow on a number of palliative and end of life studies. More recently, Paula has been a lecturer in nursing and was Course Leader for the MSc in Palliative Care at the University of Sheffield. In the past, Paula has been a committee member of the Palliative Care Research Society and has helped to organise the Palliative Care Congress. Paula is currently a member of the steering group of Help the Hospices 'Care for the Carer' project, a five year project aimed at highlighting and supporting carers in hospice settings. Research Interests
Publications Edited Book Book chapters Smith P.C. (2007) Smith P.C., Wiles R., Davey C., & Ashburn A. (2007) Journal Articles Schofield, P., Smith, P., Aveyard, B., & Black, C. (2007) Aveyard, B., Schofield, P., Smith, P., & Black, C. (2007) Seymour J., Payne S., Reid D., Sargeant A., Skilbeck J., Smith P. (2005) Payne S., Sheldon F., Jarrett N., Large S., Smith P. Davis C., Turner P., & George S. (2002) Reports Schofield P., Smith P., Clarke A., Faulkner M, Ryan T., Kirshbaum M., Aveyard B., Dunham M., Gell L., Steel K., & Keogh T. (2006) Smith P.C., Sque M., & Davies M. (2005) Other Publications
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Caron Staley
In September 2004, Caron joined the newly formed Science Learning Centres as coordinator for the South West region, delivering high quality continuing professional development to science educators. Caron spearheaded the management of the Centre during her two years there, successfully delivering courses to over 2000 people in that time. She has also helped to forge many links with local Universities and Local Authorities. Caron joined the Centre for Death and Society in September 2006. She is the point of contact for all media enquires and manages all events, seminars and conferences organised by CDAS. She manages the website, publicity and marketing of all aspects of the Centre's work, and has worked intensively with the Centre Director to develop the new Foundation Degree in Funeral Services. Caron also writes the monthly newsletter and liaises with academics and practitioners in the fields of death and dying studies around the world. She co-organised DDD8, acting as the point of contact for the 220 delegates who attended.
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John Troyer John received his doctorate from the University of Minnesota in Comparative Studies in Discourse and Society in May 2006. His Ph.D. dissertation, entitled "Technologies of the Human Corpse, " was awarded the University of Minnesota's 2006 Best Dissertation Award in the Arts and Humanities. From 2007-2008 he was a Visiting Assistant Professor in the Department of Comparative Studies at The Ohio State University teaching the cultural studies of science and technology. Within the field of death studies, John focuses on delineating and defining the concept of the dead human subject. He believes that his research on death and dying, coupled with the cultural studies approach to understanding the global history of science and technology complements the work already occurring in CDAS. Research interests include:
Selected publications Forthcoming (2009) (2008) (2007) (2005) with C. Marchiselli (2002) with S. Magelssen (2002) (2001) Selected conference papers and presentations 2007 “A Time of Human Death” 2007 “Abuse of a Corpse: A Brief History of Necrophilia Laws in America” 2007 “Abuse of a Corpse: A Brief History of Necrophilia Laws in America” 2007 “150 Years of the Dead Body in American History” 2006 “Thanatopolitics” 2005 “Corpse Time” 2005 “The Global Trade in Death, Dying, and Body Parts” 2004 “Technologies of the HIV/AIDS Corpse”
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Tony Walter Tony is Professor of Death Studies (half-time) at the University of Bath and is the course director for the MSc in Death & Society. Prior to this, Tony was a freelance writer before becoming a Lecturer, then Reader in Sociology at the University of Reading. He holds a PhD from the University of Aberdeen, the subject of which was an interactionist study of a school for young offenders. Tony also works with the churches and Civil Ceremonies Ltd, training funeral celebrants. Tony is the book review editor of the journal Mortality. Four themes have consistently been present within Tony’s’ work:
Tony recently presented a paper at a conference in Romania: 'Dying and Death in 18th-21st Century Europe'. The paper is entitled, The Presence of the Dead in Society. Click here to download a copy of the presentation in word. (opens in new window) Research Interests
Publications Tony has written and published extensively on a number of subjects from the sociology of death, to sociology of religion and unemployment/social security. He has published 50 articles in referred scholarly journals, 24 book chapters and over 100 articles in encyclopedias, professional journals, serious magazines and newspapers. His books include the following: On Bereavement: the culture of grief The Mourning for Diana The Eclipse of Eternity – a sociology of the afterlife The Revival of Death Pilgrimage in Popular Culture Funerals- and how to improve them Recent articles include: (2008) 'To See for Myself: informed consent and the culture of openness' Journal of Medical Ethics Vol 34 (9) pp675-8 (opens in new window) (2008) ‘Sociology of Death’, Sociology Compass, 2(1): 317-336. DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-9020.2007.00069.x (opens in new window) (2007) (with Jeff Hass) 'Parental Grief in Three Societies: networks and religion as social supports in mourning'. Omega Vol 54(3): pp 179-198 (opens in new window) (2007) ‘Modern Grief, Postmodern Grief’, International Review of Sociology / Revue Internationale de Sociologie, 17(1): 123-34. (2007) ‘Mediums and Mourners’, Theology, 110 (854): 92-100. (2006) ‘What is Complicated Grief? A social constructionist answer’, Omega 52(1): 71-79. (2005) 'Three ways to arrange a funeral: Mortuary variation in the modern West', Mortality, Vol 10 (3) pp 173-192 (opens in new window) (2005) 'Mediator Deathwork' Death Studies Vol 29 (5) pp 383-412 (opens in new window)
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A comprehensive list of Tony’s publications, and more information about his research is available here to download. Further view further information about, Tony, click here. (opens in new window) To hear Tony talk about his work, visit www.ukfuturetv.com.tonywalter.wmv (external site, opens in new window) |
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