Angela Dwyer | |
|---|---|
| Occupation(s) | Sociologist, Academic & Writer |
| Title | Associate Professor in Policing |
| Academic background | |
| Education | Bachelor of Social Science (Sociology) (Hons), Doctor of Philosophy |
| Alma mater | Queensland University of Technology |
| Thesis | Teaching girls a lesson: The Fashion Model as Pedagogue (2006) |
| Doctoral advisor | Erica McWilliam, Daphne Meadmore |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Education,Sociology,Policing |
| Institutions | Queensland University of Technology (2007-2015), University of Tasmania (2015-) |
| Main interests | Crime and Social Justice,Gender,Policing |
| Website | Researcher Website |
Dr Angela Ellen Dwyer is an Australian social scientist and writer. Her specialist area is policing studies,with a particular interest in how lesbian,gay,bisexual,and transgender young people experience policing. [1] [2]
Dwyer holds a Bachelor of Social Science with Honours (Sociology and Feminist Studies) from Queensland University of Technology (QUT). She completed her PhD at QUT in 2006 and began working the following year as a senior lecturer at the university. Dwyer's research focuses on how sexuality,gender,and sex diversity influences policing. [3]
In 2015 she was appointed as Associate Professor of Policing and Emergency Management at the University of Tasmania. [4] and is a senior researcher at the Tasmanian Institute of Law Enforcement Studies,serving as a member of the Vulnerability,Resilience,and Policing Research Consortium. [5]
Dwyer also holds a several Adjunct Professorial roles at the Queensland University of Technology,and with the Centre for Research in Young People’s Texts and Cultures at the University of Winnipeg. [6] [7]
Dwyer has published extensively in the discipline areas including Sociology,Criminology and Gender;with select publicatings including: [3]