Jack Whalley
Senior Lecturer in Criminology; Interim Programme Leader for Postgraduate Criminology
Biography
Jack is a PhD candidate whose research takes a retrospective approach to exploring the legacy of Covid-19 within the English education sector.
Employing interpretivist phenomenological analysis, their work examines the long-term impact of the pandemic on educational practice and experience. He has completed his BA (Hons) Sociology, Criminology and Deviance, and his MA Sociology and Social Justice, along with both PGCE and PgCHPE teaching qualifications, and has achieved fellowship of the HEA.
With over five years of experience in higher education, Jack has taught sociology, criminology, and policing. Alongside teaching, they have contributed to research projects on victimology and road incidents, as well as a collaboration with Gloucestershire Constabulary evaluating the effectiveness of community speed watch initiatives in reducing speeding.
Profile
Research Interests
Jack has a keen interest in social justice, criminological theory, creative methodologies in research, social aspects of criminality, and criminology in the digital space.
Teaching
Jack teaches various topics including media, research, crime and justice and look after the Criminology foundation programme as well as the Postgraduate students.
Administrative Responsibilities
Supervision of dissertations at undergraduate and postgraduate levels with topical focus regarding far-right extremism, roads policing, implications of social media, cyber-criminality, religion and coercive control, online gaming, and human trafficking.
Membership of Professional Organisations
- FHEA
- BSA