Harriet Marks

Background

About Harriet Marks

As a Sociology PhD student and Doctoral Teaching Assistant (DTA), I research and deliver teaching to undergraduate students at the University of Plymouth (UoP). Research and Higher Education (HE) teaching: I have. Had 3 Research Assistant (RA) roles Contributed to 10 conferences/events Been Seminar Leader for 9 modules 🩺 Been Visiting Specialist (VS) for 1 module Given 2 Guest Seminars Given 1 Guest Lecture My PhD research centres around lived experiences and perceptions of autistic people who identify as women and/or were Assigned Female at Birth (AFAB), as well as media representations of this population. I am currently in the data collection phase, conducting ‘direct messaging interviews’ (interviews via email) at autisticperspectivesphd@plymouth.ac.uk Research Interests: neurodiversity, gender equality, fandom, medical sociology, sensory (dis)comfort, lived experiences, education and disabilities. Additional Academic Profiles: https://loop.frontiersin.org/people/2214541/overview Recent publications: Marks, H.(2024). Invalidated and ‘salty’: an auto/biographical and theoretical review of the lived experiences of individuals with PoTS. Front. Sociol. doi: 10.3389/fsoc.2024.1283695 What is neurodiversity? Harriet Marks explores what it means to be neurodivergent and how we can be more ‘neuroinclusive’ Neurodiversity, Community and Murmuration Approx 20 minutes into this recording, you can watch my paper from the International Conference of Autoethnography (ICAE) 2024 https://youtu.be/Wo54odOf0AQ?si=z36hxKEeSpsG8EFB