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Dr Corinna Patterson

Lecturer in Sociology

c.patterson@bangor.ac.uk

+44 1248 382978

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View Dr Corinna Patterson’s profile on the Bangor Research Portal

Overview

Lecturer in Sociology and Equalities Lead for the School of History Philosophy and Social Sciences (SHIPS)

After completing a degree in Sociology at Bangor University, Corinna then went on to work in the Mental Health Voluntary Sector as a Community Development Worker, before returning to full-time education in 2003 after being awarded ESRC (European Social Research Council) funding to complete an MA in Sociology and Social Policy and a PhD at Bangor University: ‘Wales in a Global Neighbourhood: Perspectives of and Reactions to Local and Global Citizenship’. Her PhD looked into issues of local and global civic empowerment and how globalization impacts different locations and communities.

I am a WISERD Associate (Wales Institute and Social, Economic and Research Development) and a member of the ‘Civil Society’ and ‘Language, Identity and Culture’ working Groups.

Additional Contact Information

Room 121, Mezzanine floor Main Arts

email c.patterson@bangor.ac.uk

Tel: 01248 382978

Teaching and Supervision

During her postgraduate years, she was given opportunities to teach at an undergraduate level and found she developed a passion for teaching. Modules taught to date are: Social Analysis, Perspectives in Social Sciences, Research Methods (undergraduate and postgraduate levels), Identity and Diversity, Study Skills and has contributed to a postgraduate Communities Studies module.

Current Modules she is convening are:

Year 1 - Understanding Society.

Year 2 – Contemporary Social and Political Debates.

Year 3 – Race Democracy and Political Ideology.

Research Students:

Sioned Page Jones(PhD)

P.I. Supervisor for a KESS-11 funded PhD for Ynni Padarn-Peris Cyf, in conjunction with Sophie Wyn Jones (Co-supervisor) from Synergy. The PhD is looking at how Local hydro-energy schemes are established and how they benefit communities.

Sheree Ellingsworth 

2015 – 17 – Co-supervising a KESS funded MA student on a ‘Community Voice Project’.

Research Interests

Corinna’s interests are generally on issues related to globalization and geo-politics including: Citizenship and civic empowerment, local and global concepts of belonging and identity, community, identity, issues of inequality (race, class, gender and intersectionality), environmental sociology, rationalization of the ‘other’ (human and non-human animals).

2009 - 2010 - Research Assistant for WISERD (Wales Institute of Social and

Economic Research). Bangor University Social Science Department: Researching local life and civil society in Wales

Postgraduate Project Opportunities

Corinna is interested in supervising PhD’s in the areas of: globalization, community, identity, belonging, the environment, citizenship and civic empowerment and inequality.

Publications

2018

  • PublishedWhy we should give prejudiced students a voice in the classroom
    Patterson, C., 3 Oct 2018, The Conversation.
    Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Article

2016

  • PublishedGlobal Identity in Multicultural and International Educational Context: Students Identity Formation in International Schools by Nigel Bagnall
    Patterson, C., 6 May 2016, In: British Journal of Educational Studies. 64, 2, p. 273-276 3 p.
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Book/Film/Article review › peer-review

2012

  • PublishedDislocation, dislocation, dislocation? The methodological and ethical implications of anonymising place
    Plows, A., Mann, R. & Patterson, C., Jan 2012, Anonymisation in Social Research.
    Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Article

2011

  • PublishedCivilising community? A critical exploration of local civil society in North West Wales
    Plows, A. J., Mann, R., Plows, A. & Patterson, C., 1 Nov 2011, In: Voluntary Sector Review. 2, 3, p. 317-335
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  • PublishedWales in a Global Neighbourhood: The Impact of Globalization on Two Welsh Market Towns
    Patterson, C., 1 Dec 2011, In: Contemporary Wales. 24, 1, p. 86-112
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Activities

2019

  • Engagement for All in the History Classroom: Schools and Universities Conference.

    Engagement for All in the History Classroom: Schools and Universities Conference.

    11 Jul 2019

    Activity: Participation in conference (Participant)
  • Global Citizenship Conference

    Gave workshops on Global Citizenship and Poverty to AS Students for their Welsh Baccalaureate

    7 Jun 2019

    Activity: Invited talk (Speaker)
  • Athena Swan Conference

    Athena Swan Conference

    23 May 2019

    Activity: Participation in conference (Participant)
  • Manchester Metropolitan University

    Conference on Globalization and Belonging: ‘On the Interplay of Language, Hospitality and Social Justice: Interdisciplinary Threads’

    2 May 2019 – 3 May 2019

    Activity: Participation in conference (Participant)
  • RSH Race and Gender Equalities Reports Presentation

    Presentation to SHIPS Teaching and Learning Forum

    3 Apr 2019

    Activity: Oral presentation (Speaker)
  • Decolonising the Curriculum’ Conference

    Decolonising the Curriculum’ Conference

    2 Apr 2019

    Activity: Participation in conference (Participant)

2018

  • Global Citizenship Conference (B.U.)

    Gave workshops on Global Citizenship and Poverty to AS Students for their Welsh Baccalaureate

    2018

    Activity: Invited talk (Speaker)

2017

  • International Journal of Law, Humanities and Social Sciences (Journal)

    Peer-reviewer

    2017

    Links:

    • http://www.ijlhss.com/editorial-policy/
    Activity: Publication peer-review (Editorial board member)
  • Routledge (Publisher)

    Book Proposal Review: ‘Societal Problems as Public Bads’ by Nan Dirk de Graaf and Dingeman Wiertz. Recently published 2019 by Rutledge.

    2017

    Activity: Publication peer-review (Peer reviewer)

2016

  • British Journal of Educational Studies (Journal)

    Book Review: Global Identity in Multicultural and International Educational Context: Students Identity Formation in International Schools. By Nigel Bagnall.

    6 May 2016

    Links:

    • http://• https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00071005.2016.1173925
    Activity: Publication peer-review (Peer reviewer)
  • Taylor & Francis (Publisher)

    Review: Global Identity in Multicultural and International Educational Context: Students Identity Formation in International Schools. By Nigel Bagnall

    6 May 2016

    Links:

    • https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00071005.2016.1173925
    Activity: Publication peer-review (Peer reviewer)

2014

  • Polity Press (Publisher)

    Manuscript Review: ‘Negotiating Identity: Social Interactionist approaches to Social Identity’ by Susie Scott

    2014

    Activity: Publication peer-review (Peer reviewer)

2010

  • Community and Identity: Change and Development

    on behalf of WISERD and Bangor University’s School of Social Sciences to celebrate the contribution Graham Day has made to Social Science Research

    2010

    Activity: Participation in conference (Organiser)

Projects

  • KESS II Phd with Ynni Padarn Peris Cyf- BUK2138

    01/10/2017 – 31/10/2020 (Finished)

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