Dr Tina Skinner
Senior Lecturer
Department Director of Learning and Teaching
3 East 3.25
Email: t.skinner@bath.ac.uk
Tel: +44 (0) 1225 38 6841
PhD Supervision
Dr Tina Skinner primarily supervises undergraduate and postgraduate students in three areas of research:
- Identity and mothering
- Dyslexia
- Sexual and domestic violence
Profile
Dr Tina Skinner received her PhD from the University of Sheffield in 1998; she then became a Lecturer in Criminology first at the University of Teesside and then the University of Leicester. She was appointed Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Bath in 2002, and Senior Lecturer in 2012.
She was awarded:
- ‘Personal Tutor of the Year’ by the University and Students' Union (2008/9)
- ‘Merit Award’ for the excellence of her lecturing, dissertation supervision and tutoring, by the University (2010/11)
- ‘Higher Merit Award’ primarily for her supervision of PhD students (2011/12)
Dr Skinner’s research is concerned with gender, marginalisation and sensitive research methodology. She focuses her work in two areas:
- Sexual violence
- The intersection of work, mothering and disability
In the first she is known for her research on survivors of rape and their experiences of the police and courts. In the second she is actively building upon her interests in mothering and work. Whilst there is a great deal of research on the impacts of becoming a mother on a woman’s identity and ability to do/progress in paid work, there is very little on the intersection of disability, work and mothering. Her interest here is how working women with impairments cope with the additional pressures of raising a child, the impacts this may have on worker identity, and what can assist in maintaining work.
Research interests
- Mothering and identity
- Disability and dyslexia
- Sexual violence, the police and courts
- Methods in researching sensitive topics
Teaching
Undergraduate
- SP20050: Sociology of Criminal Justice Policy (See also Moodle course
University of Bath only) - SP30129: Sexual Violence: Explanations, Responses and Debates (See also Moodle course University of Bath only)
Postgraduate
Publications
Book/s
Skinner, T., Hester, M. and Malos, E., eds., 2005. Researching Gender Violence: Feminist Methodology in Action. Cullompton: Willan Publishing.
Book Sections
Skinner, T., Hester, M. and Malos, E., 2005. Methodology, Feminism and Gender Violence. In: Skinner, T., Hester, M. and Malos, E., eds. Researching Gender Violence: Feminist Methodology in Action. Willan Publishing.
Skinner, T., 2005. Researching People in Power: Practice, Analysis and Action. In: Skinner, T., Hester, M. and Malos, E., eds. Researching Gender Violence: Feminist Methodology in Action. Willan Publishing.
Articles
Skinner, T., 2013. Women's perceptions of how their dyslexia impacts on their mothering. Disability and Society, 28 (1), pp. 81-95.
Skinner, T., 2013. Women’s perceptions of how their dyslexia impacts on their mothering. Disability and Society, 28 (1), pp. 81-95.
Smith, O. and Skinner, T., 2012. Observing court responses to victims of rape and sexual assault. Feminist Criminology, 7 (4), pp. 298-326.
Lim, H.-J. and Skinner, T., 2012. Culture and motherhood : findings from a qualitative study of East Asian mothers living in Britain. Families, Relationships and Societies, 1 (3), pp. 327-343.
Skinner, T., 2011. Dyslexia, mothering and work: intersecting identities, reframing, ‘drowning’ and resistance. Disability and Society, 26 (2), pp. 125-137.
Skinner, T. and Taylor, H., 2009. "Being shut out in the dark": young survivors' experiences of reporting a sexual offence. Feminist Criminology, 4 (2), pp. 130-150.
Reports/Papers
Skinner, T. and Taylor, H., 2005. Providing Counselling, Support and Information to Survivors of Rape: An Evaluation of the 'STAR' Young Persons' Project. Other. Home Office.
Conference papers
Skinner, T. (2011) Dyslexia, mothering and identity, paper presentment at The British Sociological Association Annual Conference, London School of Economics.
Smith, O. and Skinner, T (2011a) Observing justice: an exploration into court responses to sexual violence, paper presentment at The British Sociological Association Annual Conference, London School of Economics.
Smith, O. and Skinner, T (2011b) Observing justice: an exploration into court responses to sexual violence, invited speakers at A Conducive Context? Misogyny, Inequality, Violence, London South Bank University.
