Dr Jess Mannion

@drjessmannion.bsky.social

Research Fellow at the University of Leeds. Research on disability studies, action research, & the arts. ADHDer. Working class academic.

And that’s a wrap! 🎓Just finished an incredible semester teaching at The Institute of Foundation Studies at Arden University Leeds. Two brilliant student groups, a supportive team, & a truly rewarding experience from start to finish. Now to tackle the marking! #University

Me outside the uni smiling I wrote on a white board last class well done and attempted to draw a party emoji!

After 2 years at Manchester Metropolitan University, that’s all Folks! I had a lovely last day with students who also have me emotional leaving! 😭 I will miss them and the lovely staff team in the School of Social Care & Social Work, as well as academics in Manchester Law School.

Power point slide saying that’s all folks Empty classroom Brooks building MMU

The Relationships & Sexuality Research Team in Ireland have been collaborating with researchers in the University of Cincinnati for some time now. We decided we needed to create a name for our international research team. We are collectively now called ‘Disabilities Without Borders’. #Coproduction

And today’s teaching prop! We had fun in class today, singing Xmas songs, Irish dancing, ironing, dancing to baby shark, playing air guitar, it was everybody’s birthday & there was even a proposal! The best way to teach how to form an argument & write critically! 😊 #teaching

An ironing board with an iron

Delighted to be presenting a paper ‘Why haven't we done this sooner? Clashing and grappling within a co-produced disability study using creative research methods’, at the Inclusive Creative Methods Symposium at York St John University. Free tickets here.

Inclusive Creative Methods Symposium | York St John University

The symposium brings together international speakers from a diversity of disciplinary backgrounds, including theatre, architecture, psychology, education and health.

yorksj.ac.uk

Late diagnosed neurodivergent people were relentlessly criticized growing up for behavior(s) they could not help. Once they figure it out suddenly everyone that’s been criticizing them their entire life has the audacity to say things like: “You don’t have autism or adhd. You are perfectly normal.”