Nikki Rutter
| Biography | Nikki is an assistant professor in the Department of Sociology and acting Practice Lead for the Master of Social Work. Nikki works across the department in Criminology, Sociology and Social Work. She is a registered social worker; completing the Master of Social Work Programme at Durham in 2019 with Distinction. Nikki has 17 years experience working and volunteering for various women and children's organisations and embeds this experience in her teaching. |
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| Research Interests | How symbolic and structural expectations of 'good' children, childhoods, and mothering creates contexts conducive to family harm. Child-parent violence Neurodivergence Parent-carer well-being Innovative, feminist, and/or emancipatory research methodologies |
| Scopus Author ID | 57217851719 |
| PhD Supervision Availability | Yes |
| PhD Topics | Child-to-parent violence Grounded Theory Violence against women and girls Participatory research |