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Dr Gemma Ahearne PhD

Sociology, Social Policy and Criminology

Teaching

I make a substantial contribution to teaching in the department evidenced by leading five modules and teaching on many others.

I won a Faculty Learning and Teaching Student Experience Award 2021, Learning and Teaching Fellowship 2021.

You can read more about my award-winning module Crime, Justice and the Sex Industry SOCI349.

I am a teacher with Dyslexia

You can read about my commitment to trauma-informed teaching.

Modules for 2021-22

CULTURE, POWER AND SOCIAL CHANGE

Module code: SOCI256

Role: Module Co-ordinator

Creative Consultant: Dissertation by Portfolio

Module code: SOCI347

Role: Module Co-ordinator

Crime, Justice and the Sex Industry

Module code: SOCI349

Role: Module Co-ordinator

DISSERTATION 2

Module code: SOCI301

Role: Teaching

INTRODUCTION TO CRIME AND SOCIETY

Module code: SOCI107

Role: Teaching

OBSERVATION

Module code: SOCI533

Role: Teaching

POLICING IN A DIVIDED SOCIETY

Module code: SOCI241

Role: Teaching

PUNISHMENT, PENALITY AND PRISONS: CRITICAL DEBATES

Module code: SOCI254

Role: Teaching

QUALITATIVE SOCIAL RESEARCH METHODS

Module code: SOCI248

Role: Teaching

SOCIAL CHANGE AND SOCIAL POLICY IN CONTEMPORARY SOCIETY 2: CHANGING INEQUALITIES

Module code: SOCI103

Role: Module Co-ordinator

STUDYING SOCIETY

Module code: SOCI106

Role: Teaching

THINKING SOCIOLOGICALLY: APPROACHES TO SOCIAL INQUIRY

Module code: SOCI242

Role: Teaching

UNDERSTANDING VIOLENCE

Module code: SOCI296

Role: Teaching