Gill Valentine

Gill Valentine FBA is a geographer, currently Professor of Geography and Pro-Vice-Chancellor of social sciences at the University of Sheffield. Prior to Sheffield, she was head of Geography at the University of Leeds.[1]

Research

Valentine is a specialist in social geography, with her key areas of research covering social identities and belonging; childhood, parenting and family life; and urban cultures and consumption.[2] Her research in particular has focused on geographies of childhood, on alcohol-consumption and youth culture and on women's geographies.[3] A co-founder of the journal Social & Cultural Geography and co-editor of former co-editor of Gender, Place and Culture, she has made significant contributions to feminist geography.[4] Unusual for a human geographer, her work has received over 21,000 citations as of 2017.[5]

Administration

As Pro-Vice-Chancellor of social sciences she has overall responsibility for this field, and has hired Heads of Departments and reallocated staff over the last few years.

Awards

Notable publications
  • 1989. "The geography of women's fear" in Area 12(1)pp. 385–390
  • 1995. Mapping desire: Geographies of sexualities Psychology Press (with David Bell)
  • 1997. Consuming geographies: We are where we eat Psychology Press (with David Bell)
  • 2005. Cool places: Geographies of youth cultures Routledge
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References
  1. "University of Sheffield appoints new Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Social Science". Sheffield University. Retrieved 3 November 2015.
  2. "Pro-Vice-Chancellor honoured with top award". University of Sheffield. 5 May 2015. Retrieved 3 November 2015.
  3. "Professor Gill Valentine". Sheffield University. Retrieved 3 November 2015.
  4. "Gill Valentine". Sage Publications. Retrieved 3 November 2015.
  5. "Gill Valentine - Google Scholar Citations". scholar.google.com.au.
  6. "Full list of medals and awards recipients from 1970 - 2015" (PDF). Royal Geographical Society. Retrieved 3 November 2015.
  7. "Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) honours top geographers" (PDF). Royal Geographical Society. 5 May 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 October 2015. Retrieved 3 November 2015.
  8. "Fellows". Academy of Social Sciences. Retrieved 3 November 2015.
  9. "Record number of academics elected to British Academy | British Academy". British Academy. Retrieved 2018-07-22.
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