Dr Rebecca Barnes

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Job title: Lecturer in Sociology and Joint Honours Sociology Subject Leader

Email: r.barnes@derby.ac.uk
Phone No: (01332) 591849
Room: E216 Kedleston Road

Recent publications

Barnes, R. (2011) ''Suffering in a silent vacuum': woman-to-woman partner abuse as a challenge to the lesbian feminist vision', Feminism & Psychology, 21(2): 233-239.
Barnes, R. (2011) 'Ku Klux Klan', 'Lesbian/Gay Clergy' and 'Family Research Council' in Strange, M.Z. and Oyster, C.K. (eds) Multimedia Encyclopedia of Women in Today's World, London: Sage.
Barnes, R. (2010) Review of Abrahams, H. (2007) Supporting Women after Domestic Violence: Loss, Trauma and Recovery, London: Jessica Kingsley. In Sociology 44(1).
Barnes, R. (2009) Woman-to-Woman Partner Abuse: Research Summary Report, Derby: University of Derby (a resource for practitioners).
Barnes, R. (2009) 'Concerned Women for America', 'Daughters of Bilitis' and 'Sodomy' in O'Brien, J. (ed.) Encyclopedia of Gender and Society, London: Sage.

Barnes, R. (2008) ''I still sort of flounder in a sea of non-language': the constraints of language and labels in women's accounts of woman-to-woman partner abuse' in Throsby, K. and Alexander F. (eds) Gender and Interpersonal Violence: Language, Action and Representation, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.
Barnes, R. (2008) Researcher experience contributions to Bryman, A. (2008) Social Research Methods, 3^rd Edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Faculty: Education, Health and Sciences

School: School of Education

Subject Area: Social Science

I've been a full time lecturer in Sociology at the University of Derby since August 2007. I teach across undergraduate programmes in the Sociology subject area, making core contributions to research methods teaching in particular. I'm currently supervising four PhD students; two as Director of Studies and two as Second Supervisor. I'm available for PhD supervision in the areas of domestic and sexual violence, the family, sexuality and gender.

Teaching responsibilities

My current teaching contributions include:

Researching the Social World (module leader, level 4)
Deviance and Difference (teaching team, level 4)
Doing Qualitative Research (teaching team, level 5)
Researching People: Patterns and Trends (module leader, level 5)
Family Forms and Personal Ties (module leader, level 5)
'Race' and Ethnicity in British Society (module leader, level 5)
Gender and Violence (module leader, level 6)
Independent Studies (module leader and tutor, level 6)

Research interests

My main area of interest is domestic violence, and in particular, violence and abuse in women's same-sex relationships. My doctoral study was one of the first studies of violence and abuse in women's same-sex relationships in the UK, and I have particular interests in issues of how women's violence is conceptualized; the long-term impacts of domestic violence and the implications of public perceptions of 'victims'; and the negotiation of gender roles in same-sex relationships. Alongside this main area of interest, I have also been involved in two smaller internally-funded projects, the first in collaboration with Dr Philip Henry of the Multi-Faith Centre examining youth, identity and community in a youth inter-faith forum, and the second examining LGBT students' experiences of learning in higher education and lecturers' perceptions of their learning needs.

I'm currently involved in researching young people's experiences of their faith identities in intra-faith, inter-faith and inter-generational contexts in a project funded by the University of Derby's Society, Religion and Belief research group (co-investigator Dr Phil Henry).

Membership of professional bodies and advisory committees

I have fellowship of the Higher Education Academy. I'm a member of the British Sociological Association and the Feminist and Women's Studies Association (UK and Ireland).

I also belong to Nottinghamshire Domestic Violence Forum's same-sex domestic violence focus group.

Recent Conferences

(with Henry, P.) 'Blurring the Boundaries?: From communities of faith to a community of faiths in the Derby Youth Inter-faith Forum', Youthful Spaces of Belief strand, Royal Geographical Society/Institute of British Geographers Annual Conference, Royal Geographical Society, London, 1 September 2010.
"I sound like such a victim...I'm not at all": the accounts and self-presentations of female survivors of same-sex domestic violence', Present and Future of Symbolic Interactionism: International Symposium, Pisa, Italy, 3-5 June 2010.
(with Henry, P.) 'False impressions: the relational construction and negotiation of faith identities amongst young people', Present and Future of Symbolic Interactionism: International Symposium, Pisa, 3-5 June 2010.
'Same sex, different issues?: women's accounts of seeking support in abusive same-sex relationships', Lesbian Lives XVII: Lesbian Lives, Studies and Activisms: In-laws, Outlaws and Other Relations, University College Dublin, Ireland, 19-20 February 2010.
(with Henry, P.) 'Building and Researching a Youth Inter-faith Forum for Derby: The Journey so Far', FaithXChange Event 1, Multi-faith Centre, Derby, 28 January 2010.
'Speaking out about woman-to-woman partner abuse: the problem of recognition', World Outgames 2^nd International Conference on Human Rights, DR Concert Hall, Copenhagen, Denmark, 27-29 July 2009.

Additional Interests and Activities

I am a member of the University's Society, Religion and Belief Research Group and a member of the University's LGBT Action Network.

Undergraduate qualifications

BA (Hons) Sociology with Applied Studies, University of Derby

Postgraduate qualifications

MA Research Methods in Sociology, University of Nottingham
PG Cert in Learning and Teaching in Higher Education, University of Derby

Research qualifications

PhD on woman-to-woman partner abuse, University of Nottingham

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