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Dr Anne-Marie Smith

School of Education

Faculty of Arts Professional and Social Studies

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I joined the School of Education at JMU in 2021, as senior lecturer in Education and Early Childhood Studies, having previously held the post of course director in Childhood and Youth Studies at Bangor University. Prior to beginning a career in higher education, I worked as a translator, a language teacher (French, Spanish and EFL) in London and Mauritius, and as a children’s participation project worker in Liverpool.

My main research and teaching expertise centres around socio-cultural ideas of childhood and children’s participation rights, developed from my doctoral ethnographic fieldwork with street children in southern Mexico, as well as study trips with students to Romania and Uganda. As a researcher and writer, I am interested in autoethnography and methodologies that are creative and participatory. I have written about the emotional experiences of doing fieldwork, published in Qualitative Inquiry, and have supervised doctoral students carrying out fieldwork in different countries.

More recently I have developed an interest in writing for personal and professional development in education. As a qualified Poetry Therapy Practitioner, I lead workshops for students and staff in schools and higher education contexts.

I welcome informal enquiries from prospective doctoral students in any of the areas described here.

Languages

French
Spanish - Latin American
Creoles and pidgins French based

Degrees

2005, University of Liverpool, United Kingdom, PhD
2000, University of Liverpool, United Kingdom, MA
1991, Thames Valley University, United Kingdom, BA (Hons)

Certifications

The International Academy for Poetry Therapy, United Kingdom, Poetry Therapy Practitioner

Academic appointments

Senior Lecturer, Education and Early Childhood Studies, Education, Liverpool John Moores University, 2021 - present
Lecturer and Course Director, Childhood and Youth Studies, Education, Bangor University, 2011 - 2021
Lecturer, Childhood and Youth Studies, Education, Liverpool Hope University, 2009 - 2011
Postdoctoral Fellow (Childhood and Youth Studies), Education, Liverpool Hope University, 2008 - 2009

Postgraduate training

Postgraduate Certificate in Teaching & Learning in Higher Education, United Kingdom, Liverpool Hope University, 2009 - 2010
PGCE (Modern Foreign Languages, French & Spanish), United Kingdom, University of Greenwich, 1992 - 1993

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