An EconoTimes perspective

Penny Tinkler

Professor of Sociology and History, University of Manchester

Professor of Sociology and History, University of Manchester My academic career straddles the disciplines of sociology and history. Following a History degree in the School of Social Sciences at Sussex University, I completed a PhD on the cultural construction of girlhood in Lancaster University’s Educational Research Department and then held a British Academy Post-Doctoral Fellowship in the Centre for Women’s Studies. I joined Sociology at the University of Manchester in 1993. My research centres on 2 inter-related fields: (i) Gender History with particular reference to Girlhood, Visual Culture, Consumption, Age and Ageing, Girls’ magazines; (ii) Biographical and Visual Methods, including Photographic methods. I am a member of the British Sociological Association, the Women’s History Network, Gender & Education Association, and the Social History Society.