Academic Activism and Publishing (Coming Soon)

In this webinar Dr. Jem Tosh talks about their experiences of mixing academic work with activism and vice versa. She outlines different kinds of academic interventions, as well as providing advice and guidance on publishing your activist work in academic spaces. She challenges participants to reflect on what they do with their research.

5/5 "...very compelling" - Western University, PhD Student 

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5/5 "...excellent advice that can be applied to all contexts." - Western University, PhD Student

Dr. Jem Tosh (they/she)

Founding Director

Jem is a Doctor of Psychology, a Chartered Member of the British Psychological Society, a Full Member of the Canadian Psychological Association, and a Fellow of the UK Higher Education Academy. They specialise in the psychology of gender and trauma, particularly the intersections of gender identity and sexuality in experiences of sexual violence. She has published several books on these topics including: Perverse Psychology (Tosh, 2014), Psychology and Gender Dysphoria: Feminist and Transgender Perspectives (Tosh, 2016) and The Body and Consent in Psychology, Psychiatry, and Medicine: A Therapeutic Rape Culture (Tosh, 2020). They were awarded the Psychology of Women & Equalities Section (POWES) Postgraduate Prize for their PhD research on sexual abuse, and in 2020 they received a Research Award from the Gender Identity Research and Education Society (GIRES) for a collaborative publication regarding trans youth.

Dr. Lucy Thompson (she/her)

Director

Lucy is a scholar and an activist based in Lansing, Michigan. She has worked in higher education in the UK for almost a decade, specialising in gender, work, and organisations. Prior to her move to the US, she was a senior lecturer in critical psychology at Leeds Beckett University, where she carried out research and action projects on diversity, inclusion, and organisational change.