Joy Cranham

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I am a lecturer in the Department of Education, at the University of Bath. My research focuses on developing preventative safeguarding measures that empower children to speak about concerning situations and trust that adults will listen and support them. The aim is to contribute to the creation of educational approaches that equip young people with the knowledge and resources to resist exploitative and coercively controlling individuals and groups. A key aspect of my work is exploring the vital role that families and primary caregivers play in protecting children from grooming and manipulation.

Drawing on my background in the Primary Education Sector, I collaborate closely with schools to promote diversity, foster inclusion, and build safer communities where everyone feels a sense of belonging. I employ participatory, arts-based methodologies to amplify marginalised voices, ensuring they are heard and not overshadowed by dominant narratives. My approach is informed by posthumanist feminist praxis, which challenges hierarchical assumptions, and embraces relational, and embodied ways of knowing. This lens allows me to critically engage with power, voice, and agency in safeguarding contexts, particularly in how families, children and caregivers navigate complex social ecologies.

Experience

  • 2023–present
    Research Associate, University of Bath
  • 2022–present
    Lecturer, University of Bath
  • 2018–2022
    General Teaching Assistant, University of Bath
  • 2019–2020
    Research Assistant, University of Bathe
  • 2007–2018
    School manager and teacher, Bristol City Council

Education

  • 2023 
    University of Bath, PhD in Educational Research
  • 2001 
    Central Queensland University, Qld, Australia, Bachelor in Education
  • 1998 
    Queensland University, Qld, Australia, Postgraduate Diploma in Educational Studies
  • 1996 
    University of Plymouth, BSc in Psychology (Hons)

Publications

  • 2023
    Towards a more capacious, kindly and caring criticality: A post-critical manifesto for ethical relational creative reviewing. , Taylor, C. A., Cranham, J., Hewlett, S. & Hogarth, H. (2023) Towards a more capacious, kindly and caring criticality: A post-critical manifesto for ethical relational creative reviewing. Critical Studies in Teaching and Learning (CriSTal).
  • 2023
    Concept-ing with the gift: Walking method/ologies in posthumanist research., Taylor, C. A., Hogarth, H., Cranham, J., Hewlett, S., Bastos, E., Barratt Hacking, E., & Barr, K. (2023) Concept-ing with the gift: Walking method/ologies in posthumanist research. Journal of Posthumanism.
  • 2023
    Not mine, not yours, but ours: Collaborative writing simultaneously together-apart., Cranham, J., Hewlett, S., Hogarth, H., Taylor, C. A., Bastos, E., Barratt Hacking, E., & Barr, K. (in press). Not mine, not yours, but ours: Collaborative writing simultaneously together-apart. In C. Hughes, C. A. Taylor, S. Pérez & J. Ulmer (Eds.) The Routledge international handbook of research and methods in transdisciplinary feminism. Routledge.   

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