Stephen Macdonald

Contact
Biography
My Latest
My Most Viewed

[+][-]

Contact

profile_image:

Name:

Stephen Macdonald

Email address:

stephen.j.macdonald@sunderland.ac.uk

Department:

Faculty of Education & Society (2SST)

Organisation:

University of Sunderland

Address:

Dr. Stephen J Macdonald Reader in Social Science Department of Social Sciences Faculty of Education and Society University of Sunderland The Reg Vardy Centre, Room 419, St Peter's Way Sunderland SR6 0DD Tel: 0191-515-3380

Country:

Homepage URL:

http://www.sunderland.ac.uk/research/researchstaff/facultyofeducationsociety/socialsciences/drstephenmacdonald/#d.en.44344

Biography

Expertise:

Specific Learning Disabilities, disability studies, medical sociology, criminology

Job title:

Reader in Social Science

Biography:

Stephen is currently a Reader in Social Science at the University of Sunderland. He has held a number of principal, senior lecturer and lecturer posts in criminology, social work and sociology. Stephen graduated in 2006 with a doctorate in Sociology and Criminology at Newcastle University. His Ph.D. developed a social model of specific learning difficulties in an attempt to understand the impact that disabling barriers have within education, employment and the criminal justice system. Previously, he studied at Northumbria University and graduated with a B.Sc. (Hons) in Criminology and a M.Sc. in Social Research. In his Masters research, he explored a relationship between learning difficulties and young offenders. In practice, Stephen has served in the military where he has worked for the Umore...

Qualifications:

Ph.D. (N'cle) Sociology of Specific Learning Disabilities M.Sc. Social Research (with distinction) Post-Cert Ed, Teaching and Learning B.Sc. (Hons) Criminology B.N. Dip. Health Studies Science

My Latest

Peacock, Donna, Macdonald, Stephen J, Cosgrove, Faye and Podd, Wendy (2022) We capture their comments before we leave the station’: Service User Involvement in the Delivery of Appropriate Adult Schemes. Social Work and Social Sciences Review, 23 (3). (In Press)
Macdonald, Stephen J, Donovan, Catherine, Clayton, John and Husband, Marc (2022) Becoming cuckooed: conceptualising the relationship between disability, home takeovers and criminal exploitation. Disability and Society. pp. 1-21. ISSN 1360-0508
Grunke, Matthias, Hord, Casey and Macdonald, Stephen J (2021) A Rationale for the Use of Case Reports in Special Education: The Significance of Detailed Descriptions of Assessment and Intervention Scenarios for Bridging the Research-to-Practice Gap. Insights into Learning Disabilities, 18 (1). pp. 91-101.
Peacock, Donna, Macdonald, Stephen J, Cosgrove, Faye and Podd, Wendy (2021) Examining the missing voices of disabled people in police custody. In: BSC Annual Conference 2021 Crime and Harm: Challenges of social and global justice, June 28th - July 1st, Virtual Conference. (Unpublished)
Macdonald, Stephen J, Donovan, Catherine and Clayton, John (2021) ‘I may be left with no choice but to seek an ending to my torment’: Disability, Hate Crime and the Intersectionality of Hate Relationships. Disability and Society. ISSN 0968-7599

My Most Viewed

	Item title
1	Towards a Sociology of Dyslexia: Exploring Links Between Dyslexia, Disability and Social Class	477	280
2	Dyslexia and Crime: A Social Model Approach	470	1
3	‘The Invisibles’: Conceptualising the Intersectional Relationships between Dyslexia, Social Exclusion and Homelessness.	452	29
4	Mad Studies and Social Work: conceptualising the subjectivities of service user/survivors that experience significant mental health problems	432	239
5	A Critical Portrait of Hate Crime/Incident Reporting in North East England: The Value of Statistical Data and the Politics of Recording in an Age of Austerity	325	247
6	Five Models of Disability	324	0
7	Windows of Reflection: Conceptualizing Dyslexia Using the Social Model of Disability	285	9
8	‘I may be left with no choice but to seek an ending to my torment’: Disability, Hate Crime and the Intersectionality of Hate Relationships.	272	207
9	Towards a social reality of dyslexia	264	3
10	The Limits of Technology: Social Class, Occupation and Digital Inclusion in the City of Sunderland, England	254	3

SURE