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Biography
Jo is currently a Reader in Sociology and Youth Studies and Director of the Centre for Citizenship, Conflict, Identity and Diversity. Combining her interests in childhood sexual abuse, childhood and young people's sexuality, and LGBT+ young people Jo also leads the Gender and Sexualites Special Interest group. She joined the University of Huddersfield as a Senior Lecturer in Sociology in 2007 having previously taught Sociology at the University of York, the University of East Anglia and Leeds Trinity. Jo completed her PhD (funded by the ESRC) in the Centre for Women’s Studies at the Univeristy of York.
Jo’s PhD explored women’s engagement with narratives of childhood sexual abuse and she has since published widely on this subject including the book ‘Contesting Stories of Childhood Sexual Abuse’ published by PalgraveMacmillan. In addition she has presented her work at both National and International conferences, including many as invited / key note speaker.
Jo’s interests are broadly within the areas of self and identity, childhood sexuality, LGBT+ young people, (historic) childhood sexual abuse and interpersonal sexual violence, , narratives, and the intersections of these with gender and / or sexuality. She is currently undertaking a number of research projects exploring the experiences of LGBT+ young people with a colleague from Sheffield Hallam University and proefessional's understandings of childhood sexual abuse with a colleague from Durham University.
Jo is also an active member of the wider sociological community. She is a member of the British and European Sociological Associations and a board member of the ESA Sexualities network. She is also a member of the editorial boards of Sociology (the flagshp journal of the BSA) and the Journal of Gender studies and is on the advisory board of Cultivate: The Feminist Journal of the Centre for Women's Studies. She regularly reviews for these and other journals as well as book proposals for publishers and funding applications for Research councils.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Research Expertise and Interests
- Sexualities
- Childhood Sexual Abuse
- Exploitation
- Gender Based Violence and Abuse
- Narrative Research
- LGBT+ young people
- 'Historic' sexual abuse
- children, young people and sexuality
- Non normative gender and sexual identities
- Representations of sexual abuse in the media
- Childhood sexual abuse and gender based violence
- Historic childhood sexual abuse
- Narrative constructions of self/identity
- Childhood sexual abuse and the media
- Responses to abuse / Therapeutic and self-help cultures
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Projects
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ESRC Festival of Social Science 2017 - Supporting LGBT Young People: Exploring Approaches
1/11/17 → 30/11/17
Project: Research
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Telling different stories: Contemporary narratives available to young people making sense of their gendered and sexual lives in England and Sweden
Woodiwiss, J. & Formby, E., 29 Mar 2023, Child-Friendly Perspectives on Gender and Sexual Diversity: Beyond Adultcentrism. Langarita, J. A., Santos, A. C., Montenegro, M. & Urek, M. (eds.). 1st ed. Routledge, p. 100-117 18 p. (Interdisciplinary Research in Gender).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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Dramatising a contemporary childhood sexual abuse narrative: reinforcing a hierarchy of victims
Woodiwiss, J., 22 Dec 2022, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Feminist Media Studies. 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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From One Girl to ‘Three Girls’: The importance of Separating Agency from Blame (and Harm from Wrongfulness) in Narratives of Childhood Sexual Abuse and Exploitation
Woodiwiss, J., 2018, In: Pastoral Care in Education. 36, 2, p. 154-166 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open AccessFile3 Citations (Scopus) -
Challenges for Feminist Research: Contested Stories, Dominant Narratives and Narrative Frameworks
Woodiwiss, J., Aug 2017, Feminist Narrative Research: Opportunities and Challenges. Woodiwiss, J., Smith, K. & Lockwood, K. (eds.). Palgrave Macmillan UK, p. 13-37 25 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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Feminist Narrative Research: Opportunities and Challenges
Woodiwiss, J. (ed.), Smith, K. (ed.) & Lockwood, K. (ed.), 6 Aug 2017, 1st ed. London: Palgrave Macmillan UK. 218 p.Research output: Book/Report › Book › peer-review
Activities
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Journal of Gender Studies (Journal)
Jo Woodiwiss (Reviewer)
2022 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Publication Peer-review
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Evaluation (Journal)
Jo Woodiwiss (Reviewer)
2022Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Publication Peer-review
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LGBT+ life in ‘lockdown’: Young people’s experiences in England
Jo Woodiwiss (Speaker) & Eleanor Formby (Speaker)
Aug 2021Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
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Whose story? Beyond public narratives in England and Sweden: LGBT+ young people resisting dominant narratives
Jo Woodiwiss (Speaker) & Eleanor Formby (Speaker)
24 Jun 2021Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
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Evaluation of the yOUTh service 2020-2021
Eleanor Formby (Speaker) & Jo Woodiwiss (Speaker)
29 Apr 2021Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
Press/Media
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Huddersfield University academics to investigate effects of childhood adoption in adulthood
15/10/14
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Public Engagement Activities