Dr Angela Meah
Research Associate CONANX Project
Address: 4th Floor, ICoSS Building
Telephone (Internal): 26062
Telephone (UK): 0114 222 6062
Telephone (International): +44 114 222 6062
Email: A.Meah@Sheffield.ac.uk
Angela Meah gained a PhD in Sociology from the University of Manchester in 2001. Since then, she has worked as a post-doctoral researcher in a range of disciplinary areas, joining us from Leeds Metropolitan University in June 2009 to work on the ERC-funded CONANX project.
Research Interests
A Sociologist with a specific interest in gender, agency, feminist epistemologies, and the co-construction of knowledge, Angela has worked flexibly across a diverse range of disciplines including Sociology (University of Sheffield), Social Policy (SPRU, University of York), Marketing (Lancaster University Management School), Nursing (University of Manchester) and Public Health (Leeds Metropolitan University). Her research has included: an exploration of the response of the State and NGOs to HIV/AIDS in KwaZulu Natal (ESRC studentship); a cross-generational study of the making of modern heterosexual relationships (ESRC); employment, disability and ill-health (DWP); social identity transitions among new mothers (Agencé Nationale de la Recherché); the self-management of asthma among children and young people, and the role of lay people in public health (National Institute for Health Research).
Methodologically, Angela's interest is in qualitative research and she has particular expertise in oral life history interviews and focus groups.
Angela is an Honorary Editor of the Journal of Gender Studies and has co-edited a special edition of the journal on Masculinities, with Victoria Robinson (Sociological Studies), to be published at the end of 2009.
Current Research
Angela joins us to work on CONANX, a four-year research programme lead by Professor Peter Jackson and funded by the European Research Council. She will be working with Dr Matt Watson on a three-year work package which will draw upon current theories of practice to explore the ways in which differing – and often competing – discourses and sources of knowledge regarding food safety and `correct´ food handling have been negotiated into everyday practice at the household level since the inter-war period.
Key Publications
- Meah, A., Hockey, J. and Robinson, V. (2011) ' ''I'm a sex kitten, aren't I …'': relocating agency and pleasure in older women´s narratives about sex', Australian Feminist Studies, 26: 67, 57 — 71.
- South, J., Meah, A. and Branney, P. (2011) `Think differently and be prepared to demonstrate trust´: Findings from public hearings, England, on supporting lay people in public health roles', Health Promotion International [http://heapro.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2011/04/20/heapro.dar022.full.pdf+html]
- Meah, A., Rogers, S., Milnes, L. and Callery, P. (2010) Thinking Taller: sharing responsibility in the everyday lives of children with asthma. Journal of Clinical Nursing.
- Hockey, J., Meah, A. and Robinson, V. (2009) Fast Girls, Foreigners and GIs: An Exploration of the Discursive Strategies Through Which the Status of Pre-Marital (Hetero) sexual Ignorance and Restraint Was Upheld During the Second World War, Sociological Research Online , 62(2).
- Robinson, V. and Meah, A. (eds.) (2009) Journal of Gender Studies (special issue on Masculinities), 18(4).
- Meah, A., Hockey, J. and Robinson, V. (2008) What's sex got to do with it? A family-based investigation of growing up heterosexual during the twentieth century, Sociological Review, 53(3), 454-473.
- Hockey, J., Meah, A. and Robinson, V. (2007) Mundane Heterosexualities: from theory to practices. London: Palgrave Macmillan.
- Robinson, V., Meah, A. and Hockey, J. (2007) Representing Sex in the Research Process. The International Journal of Social Research Methodology, Theory and Practice, 10(3), 181-194.
Other publications
Peer reviewed articles
- Robinson, V., Hockey, J. and Meah, A. (2004) "What I did… on my mother's settee": Spatialising Heterosexuality. Gender, Place and Culture, 11(3), 417-435.
- Hockey, J., Meah, A. and Robinson, V. (2004) A Heterosexual Life. Journal of Gender Studies, 13(2), 227-238.
- Hockey, J., Robinson, V. and Meah, A. (2002) "For Better or Worse?": Heterosexuality Reinvented. Sociological Research Online, 7(2).
Book Chapters
- Meah, A., Hockey, J. and Robinson, V. (2004) Narrating Heterosexual Identities: Recollections, Omissions and Contradictions.In: Robinson, D., Horrocks, C., Kelly, N. and Roberts, B. (eds.) Narrative, Memory and Identity: Theoretical and Methodological Issues, Huddersfield: University of Huddersfield Press.
Reports
- Meah, A., Kinsella, K. and South, J. (2009) Community Health Information and Links, Leeds (CHILL) Evaluation. Leeds: Leeds Metropolitan University.
- Stafford, B., et al. (2006) New Deal for Disabled People Second Synthesis Report: interim findings for the evaluation. Research Report 377. Sheffield: Department for Work and Pensions.
- Meah, A. and Thornton, P. (2005) Desirable Outcomes of WORKSTEP: User and Provider Views, Research Report 279, Sheffield: Department for Work and Pensions.