Dr Rebecca Fish

Researcher

Research Overview

I research experiences of health, social care, and criminal justice systems including institutions and their impact on understandings of gender and disability. My PhD study was an ethnography of a women's secure mental health and learning disability service. I have studied experiences of interpersonal violence, mental health, drug recovery, police and service responses from multiple perspectives. Some of my research has been featured in international policy, NICE guidance and Parliamentary debates. I am interested in creative and inclusive research methods with marginalised groups, feminist and disabiity research.

I currently teach Special Study Modules in the Medical School covering bioethical aspects of mental health treatment, accessible and inclusive health information, and workbased learning.

In the past I have convened and taught Violence and Society (BA2) and Gender Sex and Bodies (MA) in the Sociology Department.

Other teaching includes Adult Social Care (BA2 and MA), Contemporary Social Problems (BA1), Society and Drugs (BA2).

Keynote: Gender and self-harm in forensic services
Oral presentation

Zine and Heard?: mental health survivors, zines and epistemic justice
Examination

Evaluation of Buvidal prescribing in Blackpool
Invited talk

PhD Disability Studies
Examination

Learning disabled women in the criminal justice system
Invited talk

Disability & Society (Journal)
Editorial activity

Exploring Intersections between Disability and Sex: Social Representations of Disabled Women in Malta
Examination

Disability & Society (Journal)
Editorial activity

Keynote: Women's Experiences of Seclusion
Invited talk

Workshop: Women's Experiences of Seclusion
Oral presentation

Disability & Society (External organisation)
Membership of board

Disability and Society (Journal)
Editorial activity

Inclusive Research methods
Invited talk

Social, ethical and phenomenological aspects of FASD
Participation in workshop, seminar, course

Working with men who self-harm
Invited talk

Accessible information and prescriptions
Invited talk

An ethnography of secure wards for women
Invited talk