Norman Riley

Biography

I am interested in perceptions of veganism and Nonhuman animals in working-class communities. I am from such a community. I have a multi-disciplinary background in languages, international relations, human rights, and sociology. My MSc dissertation explored Thatcherite social housing policy through a human rights framework and my MA dissertation looked at representations of vegans/veganism in UK national newspapers. An edited version of the MA dissertation has subsequently been published as an article in the Journal for Critical Animal Studies. I have worked in a voluntary capacity with The Refugee Council, Helen Bamber Foundation, Community Action for Refugees and Asylum Seekers, and Detention Action. I give cookery demos and talks on veganism at state comprehensive schools for Animal Aid and produce the Football and Society podcast. Publications: McLaughlin, D., Jafet Quintero Venegas, G., Riley, N. and Ward, N. (2023) Veganism, Archives and Animals: Geographies of a Multispecies World, Social & Cultural Geography, DOI: 10.1080/14649365.2023.2269741 Riley NG (2022) PC-ravaged clowns or plant-powered pioneers? UK newspaper portrayals of veganism in 2020. Journal for Critical Animal Studies. 19(2): 53-83. Teaching and Lecturing: SC104 Introduction to Crime, Law and Society (Assistant Lecturer) SC204 Sociology of Crime and Control (Assistant Lecturer) SC209 Environment, Sustainability and Climate Change (Guest Lecturer - Should We All Go Vegan Now?) Veganism for Consistent Pro-liberation at The University of Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities Race and Resistance Programme (Guest Lecturer, June 2023)

Qualifications

• MA Sociological Research Methods University of Essex (2021)

• MSc Human Rights London School of Economics and Political Sciences (2018)

• Postgraduate Certificate International Relations Staffordshire University (2012)

• BA (Hons) Modern Languages University of Essex (2005)

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