91福利

C U R R I C U L U M V I T A E

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PROFESSOR SIMON JOHNSON WILLIAMS

Qualifications:

B.A. (First Class Honours) Social Science: Polytechnic of Central London. 1985.

M.Sc. Sociology with Special Reference to the Sociology of Medicine: Royal Holloway and Bedford New College, University of London 1986.

Ph.D. Faculty of Economics and Political Science. Royal Holloway and Bedford New College, University of London.Thesis in Medical Sociology on 'The Consequences of Chronic Respiratory Illness: a Sociological Study'. 1990.

Honours: FAcSS

Posts:

October 2019> Emeritus Professor, Department of Sociology, 91福利, Coventry, CV4 7AL. Email: s.j.williams@warwick.ac.uk

2006-2019: Professor of Sociology, 91福利.

2000-2005: Reader, Dept of Sociology, 91福利.

1997-2000: Senior Lecturer (with 91福利 Research Fellowship status), Dept. of Sociology, 91福利 and co-director (with Dr. M. Carpenter) of the Centre for Research in Health, Medicine and Society, 91福利: 1998-2001.

1995-2001: 91福利 Research Fellow in Dept. of Sociology.

1992-1995: Lecturer in Dept. of Sociology, 91福利.

1989-1992: Research Fellow, Centre for Health Services Studies (CHSS); University of Kent at Canterbury.

1986-1992: Part-time undergraduate and postgraduate teaching in (medical) sociology at the following institutions: Polytechnic of Central London; Royal Holloway and Bedford New College, University of London; St Mary's Hospital Medical School, London, and; University of Kent at Canterbury.

Teaching:

Courses taught upon have included:

Undergraduate: sociology of health and illness (2nd & 3rd year module); technologies of the gendered body; health in the community (pre-clinical module: 91福利 Medical School); special study module on sleep medicine (91福利 Medical School); field studies (2nd year module); introduction to research methods (1st year undergraduate).

Postgraduate: sociology of the body (MA module option); Neuroscience, Self and Society (MA module option); MA sociological research in health care; researching society (MA/doctoral research methods training programme) research process and design (Doctoral Training Programme).

Research Interests/Expertise:

Sociology of the body, health and emotions; bioscience, biomedicine and biotechnology; new digital technologies and everyday/night life; social theory; social research methods..

Publications:

A wide range of publications, including contributions to (international, peer reviewed) journals such as Sociology of Health and Illness, Social Science and Medicine, Health, International Journal of Health Services, Sociology, Body & Society, Sociological Research Online. Books include the following:

1. Williams S.J. (1993) Chronic Respiratory Illness. London: Routledge (pp. 160).

2. Williams S.J. and Calnan M. (eds.) (1996) Modern Medicine: Lay Perspectives and Experiences. London: UCL Press (pp. 270).

3. Williams S.J. and Bendelow G. (1998) The Lived Body: Sociological Themes, Embodied Issues. London: Routledge. (pp. 261).

4. Bendelow G. and Williams S.J. (eds.) (1998) Emotions in Social Life: Social Theories and Contemporary Issues. London: Routledge. (pp. 336).

5. Williams S.J., Gabe J., and Calnan M. (eds.) (2000) Health, Medicine and Society: Key Theories, Future Agendas. (London: Routledge) (pp. 365).

6. Williams S.J. (2001) . London: Sage (pp. 168).

7. Bendelow, G., Carpenter, M., Vautier, C., Williams, S. (eds.) (2002) Gender, Health and Healing: The Public/Private Divide. London: Routledge (pp. 292).

8. Williams S.J. 2003 . London: Sage.

9. Williams, S.J., Birke, L. and Bendelow, G. (eds.) 2003 London: Routledge.

10. Williams, S.J. (2005) . London: Routledge.

11. Williams, S.J., Gabe, J. and Davis, P.B. (eds) (2009) Pharmaceuticals and society: critical discourses and debates. Oxford: Blackwells.

12. Williams, S.J. (2011) Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.

13. Meloni, M., Williams, S.J.,and Martin, P. (eds) (2016) . Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell.

14. Coveney, C, Greaney, M, Hsu, E, Meadows, R, Williams, S.J. (2023) ' (Palgrave Macmillian).

Last Edited: July 2023.