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Lecturer in Sociology and Equalities Lead for the School of History Philosophy and Social Sciences (SHIPS)

After completing a degree in Sociology at Â鶹´«Ã½¸ßÇå°æ, Corinna then went on to work in the Mental Health Voluntary Sector as a Community Development Worker, before returning to full-time education in 2003 after being awarded ESRC (European Social Research Council) funding to complete an MA in Sociology and Social Policy and a PhD at Â鶹´«Ã½¸ßÇå°æ: ‘Wales in a Global Neighbourhood: Perspectives of and Reactions to Local and Global Citizenship’. Her PhD looked into issues of local and global civic empowerment and how globalization impacts different locations and communities.

Other Responsibilities:

Athena Swan Lead (2019 – current).Ìý

Diversity, Equality and Sustainability Lead (2018-Current), promoting inclusivity and diversity into School’s curriculums and promoting a culture of inclusivity and diversity amongst the staff.Ìý

Seminar Lead for Places of Climate Change Research Centre (PLoCC) (2019 – Current), Founding Member and Management Board member . PLoCC is a University wide, cross-disciplinary group. Semars are open to everyone and are run monthly on the second Wednesday or every month. /plocc.Ìý

Festival of Social Science Lead (2020- Current)

WISERD Associate – 2009 - current

Room 121, Mezzanine floor Main Arts

email c.patterson@bangor.ac.uk

Tel: 01248 382978

During her postgraduate years, she was given opportunities to teach at an undergraduate level and found she developed a passion for teaching. Modules taught to date are: Social Analysis, Perspectives in Social Sciences, Research Methods (undergraduate and postgraduate levels), Identity and Diversity, Â鶹´«Ã½¸ßÇå°æ Skills and has contributed to a postgraduate Communities Studies module.

Current Modules I am teaching are:Ìý

Year 1 – SXU-1003 - Introduction to SociologyÌý

Year 2 – SXU-2002 - Analysing Social and Political Debates.Ìý

Year 3 – HPS-3003 - Race Democracy and Political Ideology.Ìý

Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý ÌýSXS-3030 - Globalization and Social ChangeÌý

Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý SXU-3131 - The Climate Crisis and the Politics of Climate JusticeÌý

Postgraduate Modules:

Year 4 -Ìý SXU-4006 - The Climate Crisis and the Politics of Climate JusticeÌý

Research Students:

• Muhammad Shahiryar - 2024 – 2027 – PI supervisor for PhD that is looking at the social environmental effects of the Belts and Roads Initiative in Europe.
• Laura Jones 2022 – 2025 – PI supervisor for PhD looking at Dyslexia, social class and life opportunities.Ìý

• Dinah Jennings - 2021 – 2024 – PI Supervisor for a PhD that is looking into Gendered education.Ìý

• Sioned Page Jones(PhD) - 2017-2020 - P.I. Supervisor for a KESS-11 funded PhD for Ynni Padarn-Peris Cyf, in conjunction with Sophie Wyn Jones (Co-supervisor) from Synergy. The PhD is looking at how Local hydro-energy schemes are established and how they benefit communities.
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• Sheree Ellingsworth -Ìý2015 – 17 – Co-supervising a KESS funded MA student on a ‘Community Voice Project’ for for Medrwn ²ÑÔ²Ô.Ìý

Corinna’s interests are generally on issues related to globalization and geo-politics including: Citizenship and civic empowerment, local and global concepts of belonging and identity, community, identity, issues of inequality (race, class, gender and intersectionality), environmental sociology, rationalization of the ‘other’ (human and non-human animals).

2009 - 2010 - Research Assistant for WISERD (Wales Institute of Social and

Economic Research). Â鶹´«Ã½¸ßÇå°æ Social Science Department: Researching local life and civil society in Wales

Corinna is interested in supervising PhD’s in the areas of: globalization, community, identity, belonging, the environment, citizenship and civic empowerment and inequality.

2024

• Published
  Forino, G., Yorke, L., Del Pinto, M., Griffiths, H., Barker, L., Bates, M., Brummage, S., Davies, S., Patterson, C., Roberts, H., Robinson, G. & Webb, A., 18 Sept 2024, Royal Geographical Society with the Institute of British Geographers .
  Research output: Other contribution › peer-review

2018

• Published
  Patterson, C., 3 Oct 2018, The Conversation.
  Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Article

2016

• Published
  Patterson, C., 6 May 2016, In: British Journal of Educational Studies. 64, 2, p. 273-276 3 p.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Book/Film/Article review › peer-review

2012

• Published
  Plows, A., Mann, R. & Patterson, C., Jan 2012, Anonymisation in Social Research.
  Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Article

2011

• Published
  Plows, A. J., Mann, R., Plows, A. & Patterson, C., 1 Nov 2011, In: Voluntary Sector Review. 2, 3, p. 317-335
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• Published
  Patterson, C., 1 Dec 2011, In: Contemporary Wales. 24, 1, p. 86-112
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2024

• A community engagement event centred around climate change communication, coastal communities, and cultural heritage.

  26 Mar 2024

  Activity: Types of Public engagement and outreach - Festival/Exhibition (Contributor)

2019

• Engagement for All in the History Classroom: Schools and Universities Conference.

  11 Jul 2019

  Activity: Participation in Academic conference (Participant)

• Gave workshops on Global Citizenship and Poverty to AS Students for their Welsh Baccalaureate

  7 Jun 2019

  Activity: Invited talk (Speaker)

• Athena Swan Conference

  23 May 2019

  Activity: Participation in Academic conference (Participant)

• Conference on Globalization and Belonging: ‘On the Interplay of Language, Hospitality and Social Justice: Interdisciplinary Threads’

  2 May 2019 – 3 May 2019

  Activity: Participation in Academic conference (Participant)

• Presentation to SHIPS Teaching and Learning Forum

  3 Apr 2019

  Activity: Oral presentation (Speaker)

• Decolonising the Curriculum’ Conference

  2 Apr 2019

  Activity: Participation in Academic conference (Participant)

2018

• Gave workshops on Global Citizenship and Poverty to AS Students for their Welsh Baccalaureate

  2018

  Activity: Invited talk (Speaker)

2017

• Peer-reviewer

  2017

  Links:

  Activity: Publication peer-review (Editorial board member)

• Book Proposal Review: ‘Societal Problems as Public Bads’ by Nan Dirk de Graaf and Dingeman Wiertz. Recently published 2019 by Rutledge.

  2017

  Activity: Publication peer-review (Peer reviewer)

2016

• Book Review: Global Identity in Multicultural and International Educational Context: Students Identity Formation in International Schools. By Nigel Bagnall.

  6 May 2016

  Links:

  Activity: Publication peer-review (Peer reviewer)

• Review: Global Identity in Multicultural and International Educational Context: Students Identity Formation in International Schools. By Nigel Bagnall

  6 May 2016

  Links:

  Activity: Publication peer-review (Peer reviewer)

2014

• Manuscript Review: ‘Negotiating Identity: Social Interactionist approaches to Social Identity’ by Susie Scott

  2014

  Activity: Publication peer-review (Peer reviewer)

2010

• on behalf of WISERD and Â鶹´«Ã½¸ßÇå°æ’s School of Social Sciences to celebrate the contribution Graham Day has made to Social Science Research

  2010

  Activity: Participation in Academic conference (Organiser)

• 01/10/2017 – 31/03/2024 (Finished)

2023 – Senior HEA Fellowship AwardÌý

2020 - HEA Fellowship AwardÌý