
Profiles
Ms Claudia Blandon
Doctoral Teaching Assistant
Plymouth Institute of Education (Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Business)
Biography
Biography
Doctoral Teaching Assistant (Institute of Education)
Qualifications
M.A. International Human Rights Law (2008-2010), American University in Cairo, Egypt
Teaching
Teaching
Teaching interests
Research methods, ethics, praxis for change, gender and difference.
Research
Research
Research interests
I have developed a keen interest in a number of topics, including:
- Human rights and human rights education
- Displacement and borders
- Inclusive and participatory methodologies in research
- Learning outside formal education
- Evaluation research
- Feminist new materialism
Other research
2010: Conducted qualitative research in five refugee camps in Southern Algeria
2013: Qualitative needs assessment of female asylum seekers in Plymouth
2013: Conducted fieldwork in a project with Spanish-speaking migrants in the South West of England.
2017: Conducted an evalution of an inter-generational arts and music intervention.
2020: Pursuing post doctoral studies in Education.
Creative practice & artistic projects
Commended entry (People category) at the Images of Public Engagement competition organised by the National Co-ordinating Centre for Public Engagement in 2018.
Publications
Publications
Key publications
Key publications are highlighted
Journals2020: Lifelong Learning and Dementia: A Posthumanist Perspective. Jocey Quinn and Claudia Blandon
The Making Bridges with Music Evalution Report (2017).
Personal
Personal
Other academic activities
Member of the Adventures in Post-humanism reading group (University of Plymouth)
Member of the Inclusion Research Node (Institute of Education)
Member of the Afro-descendent Working Group (The Americas)