Dr Teresa Crew
Senior Lecturer in Social Policy
Overview
Dr Teresa Crew is a Senior Lecturer in Social Policy with research interests spanning issues of social inequality, higher education, and policy. More specifically Dr. Crew's research explores the barriers faced by working class people and other disadvantaged groups in society and education. She is the author of the book "Higher Education and Working-Class Academics: Precarity and Diversity in Academia" (Palgrave Macmillan, 2020) which examined the experiences of working class academics. She has also conducted research into graduate employment and regional labour markets, as well as the exclusion and discrimination experienced by Gypsy, Roma, and Traveller communities. Dr. Crew's research typically employs qualitative methodologies including semi structured interviews, focus groups, ethnography and autoethnography, as well as case studies of marginalised groups. Her work informs policy recommendations and best practices.
In 2019 she became a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (SFHEA).
In 2018 Dr Crew was the winner of the Policy Press Outstanding Teaching Award by the Social Policy Association. Alongside this, she was awarded a Bangor University Teaching Fellowship
Her PhD, which was funded by the Economic and Social Research Council, was completed in 2014. The thesis focused on graduate inequalities in relation to class, gender and place.
Additional Contact Information
Name: Teresa Crew
Position: Senior Lecturer in Social Policy
Email: t.f.crew@bangor.ac.uk
Phone: 01248 382838
Location: Room M9, Main Arts
Qualifications
- PhD: Sociology
School of Social Sciences, Bangor University, 2014 - MA: Social Research and Social Policy
School of Social Sciences, Bangor University, 2008 - BA: Criminology and Criminal Justice
School of Social Sciences, Bangor University, 2006
Teaching and Supervision
Dr Crew is the conveyor of a number of modules in the School
- SXS2097 Gender Perspectives is a second year undergraduate module which discusses the historical, social and individual significance of gender.
- SXU1006. Social Divisions is a first year moduke that looks at aspects of our identity and how they influence our experiences of health, education, employment, crime and housing.
She is currently rewriting two modules
- SXY4015 Tackling Inequality and Injustice, a MA module that focuses on tackling social problems.
- SXP2050 and SXP3050 Social Issues is an applied Social Policy undergraduate module which focuses on social problems.
Teresa is also co-writing a handbook about class and culture which is expected to accompany a module on social class.
Teresa has previously taught
- Undergraduate and Postgraduate work placement modules
- Wrote and taught HPS4003 Revolting Subjects, a postgraduate module based on Professor Imogen Tyler’s book Revolting Creatures: Social Abjection and Restistance in Neoliberal Britain
- a year one research methods module
She has presented at conferences in relation to her teaching and research
Crew, T. (2020). Working class academic capital. Working Class Academics conference, 14 and 15th July 2020
Crew, T. (2019). "I can't last much longer on pittance”. A classed understanding of precarity. Precarious Work & Gender Inequality in Higher Education: Researching for Change – University College Cork, 16th May 2019.
Crew, T. (2018). The Cultural Capital of the Atypical Academic. BSA Annual Conference. Northumbria. University, 10-12 April 2018
Crew, T. (2017). They think I am the secretary’: The trajectories of female graduates in North Wales. BSA Early Career Forum Event. The precariatisation of Women's Lives in the UK. Friday 30th June 2017. Sheffield Hallam University
Crew, T. (2017). Regional capital and 'local' graduate employment. CELT Learning and Teaching Conference 2017. Friday 15th September 2017.
Crew, T. (2017). Asking the same old questions, but nothing gets done!!! Observations from conducting research ‘with’ and ‘for’ Gypsy Travellers in north Wales. Regarding Children and Young People in the 21st Century - Bangor University, Bangor, United Kingdom. 28 Jun 2017 → 30 Jun 2017
Crew, T. (2015). How to develop student’s employability skills through research methods and social policy. Paper presented at the Higher Education Academy's Annual Social Sciences Conference 2015. 3-4 December 2015, The Studio, Manchester.
Postgraduate Project Opportunities
Publications
2024
- PublishedA Class Apart
Crew, T., 26 Mar 2024, Diverse Educators.
Research output: Other contribution - Accepted/In pressBridging the Social Class Gap: Experiences of Working-Class Trainee Clinical Psychologists
Place, K., Crew, T. & Saville, C., 9 Jun 2024, (Accepted/In press) In: Journal of Class and Culture.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedDisadvantaged, discriminated against and ignored: the experiences of Gypsy Travellers.
Crew, T., 11 Jan 2024, Diversity and Welfare Provision : Tension and Discrimination in 21st Century Britain. Gregory , L. & Iafrati, S. (eds.). Polity Press
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review - E-pub ahead of printExploring student support, class solidarity and transformative pedagogy: insights from Working Class Academics
Crew, T., 19 Aug 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: British Journal of Sociology of Education. 17 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedThe Intersections of a Working Class Academic Identity. A Class Apart.
Crew, T., 2024, Emerald Group Publishing Ltd. 174 p.
Research output: Book/Report › Book › peer-review
2023
- PublishedStudents' views and experiences of blended learning and employability in a post-pandemic context, Social Sciences & Humanities Open
Crew, T. & Märtins, T., 2023, In: Social Sciences & Humanities Open. 8, 1, 100583.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedWill It Ever End?’ The Continuous Cycle of Inequalities Faced By Romani Gypsy, Roma Traveller Populations
Crew, T. & Smith-Mands, J., 14 Feb 2023, Crime, Criminality and Injustice: An Interdisciplinary Collection of Revelations. Prideaux, S., Sheikh, M. & Formby, A. (eds.). Anthem Press
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review - Published‘They burn so bright whilst you can only wonder why’. Stories at the intersection of social class, capital and information literacy- a collaborative autoethnography.
Flynn, D., Crew, T., Hare, R., Maroo, K. & Preator, A., 6 Jun 2023, In: Journal of Information Literacy. 17, 1, p. 162-185 25 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2022
- PublishedClassed markers of a working-class academic identity.
Crew, T., 1 Oct 2022, In: Journal of Class and Culture. 1, 2, p. 129-144
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedReading the posh newspapers
Crew, T., 12 Dec 2022, The Lives of Working Class Academics: Getting ideas above your station. . Burnell Reilly, I. (ed.). Emerald, p. 173-186
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
2021
- PublishedAdvancing Equalities and Social Justice Post 2010
Williams, C. & Crew, T., 16 Mar 2021, Social Policy for Welfare Practice in Wales. Gwilym, H. & Williams, C. (eds.). 3rd ed. The British Association of Social Workers.
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review - PublishedNavigating Academia as a Working-Class Academic
Crew, T., 25 Dec 2021, In: Journal of Working-Class Studies. 6, 2, p. 50-64 14 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedWhy is addressing class in higher education important?
Crew, T., 31 Aug 2021, Transforming Society.
Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Article
2020
- PublishedHigher Education and Working-Class Academics: Precarity and Diversity in Academia
Crew, T., 10 Dec 2020, Palgrave Macmillan Publishing. 147 p. (Palgrave Pivot Series)
Research output: Book/Report › Book › peer-review
2018
- PublishedAppleby Fair For All
Crew, T., 23 Oct 2018, Accessibility, Inclusion and Diversity in Critical Event Studies. Finkel, R., Sharp, B. & Sweeney, M. (eds.). Routledge, (Routledge Advances in Event Research).
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review - PublishedRegional capital and 'local' graduate employment
Crew, T., 26 Jul 2018, Understanding Graduate Careers : Research, Policy and Practice in Context. Burke, C. & Christie, F. (eds.). Routledge
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review - PublishedThe Cultural Capital of the Atypical Academic
Crew, T., Apr 2018.
Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review - UnpublishedThe Cultural Capital of the Atypical Academic
Crew, T., 2018, (Unpublished) Borders & Boundaries 2018: Debating the limits and possibilities of Education.
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution - PublishedUniversities must look at local employment markets when building their graduates’ skills
Crew, T., 4 Oct 2018, The Conversation.
Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Article
2017
- PublishedAsking the same old questions, but nothing gets done!!! Observations from conducting research ‘with’ and ‘for’ Gypsy Travellers in north Wales
Crew, T., Jun 2017.
Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review - Published‘They think I am the secretary’: The trajectories of female graduates in North Wales
Crew, T., 2017.
Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
2016
- PublishedThe forgotten half-widows of Kashmir’s armed conflict
Crew, T., 4 Aug 2016, The Conversation.
Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Article
2015
- PublishedBeyond graduation: The trajectories of graduaties in North Wales
Crew, T., 23 Apr 2015, In: People, Place, and Policy. 9, 1
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedHow to develop student’s employability skills through research methods and social policy
Crew, T., 2015.
Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
2014
- PublishedAccommodation Needs Assessments in Practice. Gypsies and Travellers: Preparing for the New Duty.
Crew, T., 2014.
Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
2013
- PublishedGypsy and Traveller Accommodation Needs Assessment
Hirst, J. D., Hirst, D. & Crew, T., 1 Feb 2013, Welsh Government.
Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report - PublishedTehmina N. Basit and Sally Tomlinson (eds), Social Inclusion and Higher Education. Sociology
Crew, T., 2013, Sociology, 47, 6, p. 1238-1239.
Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Book/Film/Article review
2012
- PublishedBeyond Graduation: regional capital.
Crew, T., 2012.
Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper - PublishedPeter, Berger. Adventures of an Accidental Sociologist: How to Explain the World Without Becoming a Bore
Crew, T., 2012, Sociological Review.
Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Book/Film/Article review
2008
- PublishedEqual Funded Study: Barriers to employment opportunities for BMEs
Crew, T., 2008, North Wales Race Equality Network.
Research output: Book/Report › Book - Published“If They Are Dead, Tell Us!” A Criminological Study of the “Disappearances” in Kashmir
Crew, T., 1 Jan 2008, In: Internet Journal of Criminology. p. 1-28
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Activities
2021
- Prejudice, Being Normal, and Social Status in STEM with Teresa Crew
In the fifth episode of Little Science Talks Season 1, Heidi Gardner and her co-host Anna Kebke are joined by Teresa Crew, a Senior Lecturer in Social Policy at the University of Bangor in North West Wales. Teresa joins us to talk about her research with working class academics, and how working class academics specifically working in STEM subjects present and experience the academy. Teresa is a proud working class academic herself, and has been told multiple times that people like being taught by her because she's 'normal'. At first, she thought this may be a gender thing, but after speaking to some male working class academics, it became clear that they were getting this type of feedback too - it wasn't a gender thing, it was a class thing. Her research delved further into experiences of working class academics, and unfortunately it wasn't all positive - people being judged based on the car they pulled up to work in, academics judging members of the public because of the number of toys visible in their homes, and more. This focus on deficits was rife, and Teresa steers away from any sort of negativity as she pushes through these experiences to find the golden nuggets - the wonderful contributions that working class academics make to university life. We hope that this episode helps to show people that academia is not just for the tweed-clad middle and upper classes that history would have us believe. Teresa is a powerhouse and an inspiration to all, not just people that identify as working class.
30 Sep 2021
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Activity: Invited talk (Speaker)
Other Information
Activities
A member of the Editorial Board for the Journal of Class and Culture
Worked on a British Sociological Association task and finish group to create an Applied Sociology curriculum
Member of Social Policy Association
Member of British Sociological Association (BSA)
Member of BSA Bourdieu Group