Dr Kym Atkinson
School of Health & Society
Current positions
Lecturer
Biography
Kym joined the Â׸£ÀûƬ in 2026 as a lecturer in Criminology. Her PhD explored women students' experiences of sexual violation at university and the nature of institutional responses. Her research continues to focus on the theorisation of sexual violation and conceptualisation of justice.
Areas of Research
- Gender, the state and sexual violation
- Sexual violation at university
- Gender, harm and victimisation
- Feminist methodologies
- Feminist theorisations of sexual violation and justice
Areas of Supervision
Gendered harms, sexual violation, gender and victimisation, feminist poststructuralism, gender and justice
Kym has taught and led on a range of undergraduate and postgraduate modules relating to gender and harm, research methods and criminological theory.
Qualifications
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Criminology
2015 - 2020 -
Critical Social Science
2011 - 2012 -
Criminology
2008 - 2011