Shardia Briscoe-Palmer

Shardia Briscoe-Palmer is in her final year of her doctoral research into the reconstructions of masculinities over time and space, with a specific focus on black masculinities in the Caribbean. She is using qualitative methodologies to capture a shared performance amongst black men and is structuring her work around postcolonial theoretical frameworks as well as intersectional approaches to her analysis.  

• PhD Political Science and International Studies (University Of Birmingham) -
• MSc International Political Economy for Development (University of Birmingham)
• BSc Politics and International Relations (Aston University)
• Diploma in Management and Leadership (Institute of Leadership and Management) 

Gender and Sexuality: masculinity, Women of Colour, cultural identities and behaviours.

Diversity and Inclusion Research: gender, race and disability – inclusivity in higher education, intersectionality and anti-discriminatory.

Children and Young People: social and economic disadvantage and opportunities, racialized academic attainment and community cohesion.

Shardia is active in youth engagement and empowerment and is the co-founder of a youth-led human rights organization Gender Empowerment Movement. She has worked as a doctoral tutor for the Brilliant Club for the past 4 years delivering university style seminars to young people in compulsory education. 

• Briscoe-Palmer, S and Mattocks, K (2019) Equals or others? International Early Career Academics in the United Kingdom. Political Science Review (in progress)

• Briscoe-Palmer, S and Morris, A (2018) Silent Screams: a queer and postcolonial feminist exploration into emotional labour undertaken by Early Career Researchers at UK universities. Gender, Work and Organisation (under review)
• Mattocks, K and Briscoe-Palmer, S (2016) Diversity, Inclusion and Doctoral Study: Challenges Facing Minority PhD Students in the United Kingdom, European Political Science (December 2016) 15 (4):476–492