Kerryn Husk

Dr Kerryn Husk

Job title: Associate Lecturer, School of Social Science and Social Work (ALD) (Faculty of Health, Education and Society (ALD))
Address: Room 103, 4 Portland Villas, Drake Circus,
Plymouth, Devon, PL4 8AA
Email: kerryn.husk@pcmd.ac.uk

Qualifications & background
PhD - (2008 - 2011) - Sociology/Social Research
MSc - (2006-2007) - Social Research Methods
BSc - (2003-2006) - Sociology with Politics

Professional membership
Member - British Sociological Association (BSA)

Research interests
My interests are largely based around social inequality, group classification and research methodology. My previous research identified small-scale groups at risk of health inequality and exclusion through an examination of key datasets such as the 2001 Census. Methodologically, I am interested in the epistemology and application of both qualitative and quantitative methods in the social sciences. My recent work has examined the possibility and desirability of ethnicity measurement in social surveys, and the emergent complex narratives uncovered by utilising rigorous mixed-method approaches.

Publications

Refereed Papers:

Husk, K. (2009). 'Accessing education in Cornwall: exploring the structure/agency debate amongst potential students.' In Payton, P. Cornish Studies Seventeen. Exeter: University of Exeter Press.

Husk, K. (2010). Ethnicity, by Steve Fenton. Reviewed in: Sociological Research Online. Vol 15. 2. [http://www.socresonline.org.uk/15/3/reviews/5.html]

Husk, K. (2011). 'Ethnicity and social exclusion: research and policy implications in a Cornish case study'. Social and Public Policy Review. (5). 1. 7-25

Husk, K. (2011). ‘Estimating the Cornish from the 2001 England and Wales Census: adjustment and re-analyses.' Local Population Studies. (87). 78-83

Husk, K. (Forthcoming) ‘The Sage Handbook of Innovation in Social Research Methods, edited by Malcolm Williams and W. Paul Vogt’. Reviewed in, Sociology

Husk, K. (Forthcoming). 'Elucidating a Cornish ethnie: the argument for mixed method.' Sociological Research Online

Barton, A. and Husk, K. (Forthcoming). ‘Controlling pre-loaders: alcohol related violence in an English night time economy’. Drugs and Alcohol Today

Husk, K. and Williams, M. (Forthcoming). ‘The Legitimation of ethnicity – the case of the Cornish.’ Studies in Ethnicity and Nationalism

Williams, M. and Husk, K. (2012). ‘Can we, should we, measure ethnicity?’ International Journal of Social Research Methodology. DOI: 10.1080/13645579.2012.682794

Conference Proceedings:

Husk, K. (2010). ‘Ethnicity and Social Exclusion – A contextualised case for a separate Cornish identity; theory and implications. In. British Sociological Association - Annual Conference 2010 – Inequalities and Social Justice. Glasgow, UK. 8th April 2010.

Husk, K. (2010). 'Innovations in collation; weighting strategies derived from multiple data set and single-variable Census analysis.' ESRC. 4th ESRC Research Methods Festival. Oxford, UK. July 2010.