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Kelly-Mae Saville

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 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9219-5719

    Personal profile

    Qualifications

    Academic Qualifications

    • PhD Sociology, Awarded with Minor Corrections (3 Months), Aston University
    • MA Sociology and Social Research, Awarded with Distinction, Aston University
    • BSc (Hons) Sociology and English Language, Awarded with First Class Honours, Aston University

    Teaching Qualifications

    • MEd in Learning and Teaching in Higher Education, (undertaking currently), Aston University
    • Postgraduate Diploma in Learning and Teaching in Higher Education (PGDipHE), Awarded with Distinction, Aston University
    • Postgraduate Certificate in Learning and Teaching in Higher Education (PGCLTHE)(FHEA), Awarded with Distinction, Aston University

     

    Membership of Professional Bodies

    Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA)

    Research Interests

    Disability and mothering; dwarfism; disabled identities; disabled childhoods; motherhood; communities; biopower; power/knowledge; gender; stigma; pregnancy and screening; drug trials and disability; disability autoethnographies/autobiographies; feminist methodologies; theories of embodiment; social justice; construction of disability discourses; social inequalities.

    Key research projects

    Doctoral Research (2024)

    Thesis: Biopower, Biotechnologies, and the Biopolitics of Mothering: A Sociological Exploration of Maternal Subjectivities within UK Dwarfism Communities

    Situated within the context of emerging biotechnological advances in growth treatments for children with achondroplasia type dwarfism, the research offered the first sociological exploration into maternal experiences within UK based dwarfism communities. Derived from qualitative in-depth interviews with average statured and dwarf mothers, the findings demonstrated the centrality of power in the complex and nuanced interplay of identity, stigma, and disability, which were interwoven in the construction of maternal experiences. The study offered original contributions to the fields of medical sociology, digital sociology, motherhood studies, disability studies, and theories on the formation of identities and communities.

    Funding Applications and Awards

    2016 - Aston School of Languages and Social Sciences 50th Anniversary PhD Bursary

    2015 - HEFCE MA Scholarship

    Awards

    2017 - The Sociology and Policy Prize (Aston University)

    Awarded for the best overall performance on a Sociology or Policy postgraduate taught programme 

    2015 - Languages and Social Sciences School Prize (Aston University)

    Awarded for Outstanding Performance in Sociology and Policy

    Teaching Activity

    Becoming a Social Scientist (LK1101)

    Short Bio (max 200 characters)

    Dr Saville's research focuses on disability and mothering, dwarfism, disabled identities and disabled childhoods.

    Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

    In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

    1. SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
      SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being

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