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Victoria Clarke
Alma materLoughborough University
Scientific career
Fieldsqualitative methods, human sexuality, feminist psychology and queer psychology
InstitutionsUniversity of the West of England
ThesisLesbian and gay parenting: a feminist social constructionist analysis (2002)

Victoria Clarke is a UK-based chartered psychologist and an Associate Professor in Qualitative and Critical Psychology at the University of the West England, Bristol. Her work focuses on qualitative psychology and critical psychology, and her background and training is in the fields of women studies, feminist psychology, LGBTQ psychology, and qualitative methods. She is particularly known for her ongoing collaboration with Professor Virginia Braun around qualitative methods. Braun and Clarke developed a widely cited approach to thematic analysis in 2006[1] and have published extensively around thematic analysis since then.[2] They have also collaborated on an award-winning qualitative research textbook and more recently have published around the qualitative story completion method with the Story Completion Research Group.

Biography

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Higher education

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Victoria Clarke completed an undergraduate degree in psychology at Brunel University; she graduated in July 1997.[3] After graduation, Clarke started a PhD in the Department of Social Sciences at Loughborough University supervised by Professor Celia Kitzinger (and later Professor Jonathan Potter and Professor Sue Wilkinson). Her PhD - in women's studies and psychology – focused on lesbian and gay parenting.[4] This research further advanced the intersection between queer psychology and qualitative methods – she explored the social construction of LGBT parenting from both a queer studies and critical psychological perspective. Clarke graduated from Loughborough in July 2002. Lastly, Clarke got her postgraduate certificate in higher education at University of the West England, Bristol, graduating in July 2004.[3]

Career

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Between October 1997 and March 2002, Clarke was a PhD student in the Department of Social Sciences at Loughborough University. Her PhD research explored the social construction of lesbian and gay parenting – in psychology and mainstream media. She published papers on television talk show debates about same-sex parenting,[5] on arguments used by opponents of same-sex parenting to justify their opposition to equality for lesbian and gay families[6] and arguments about children's need for male role models[7] and 'concerns' about homophobic bullying.[8] She also published several papers critically exploring the representation of same-sex parenting in psychological research - exploring themes of sameness and difference,[9] the rhetoric of pseudoscience[10] and constructions of lesbians as parents in psychological literature from 1886 to 2006.[11]

After completing her PhD at Loughborough University, Clarke worked with Dr Carole Burgoyne and Professor Janet Reibstein, as a Research Fellow at the University of Exeter. The project - funded by the Lord Chancellor's Department - focused on money management in first time heterosexual marriage.[12]

She joined the University of the West of England as a lecturer in Social Psychology in 2003. Currently Clarke is an Associate Professor in Qualitative and Critical Psychology at the University of the West England, Bristol. Her research and teaching is centered around qualitative methods, queer psychology, human sexuality and gender studies.[3]

Selected works

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Books[13]

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Selected journal entries and book chapters

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Research and scholarship

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Qualitative research and thematic analysis

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Clarke's main area of focus is qualitative research and particularly the reflexive approach to thematic analysis she has developed with Professor Virginia Braun at The University of Auckland. The 2006 paper[1] in which they originally outlined their approach has over 59,000 Google Scholar citations and according to Google Scholar is the most cited academic paper published in 2006. An open access version is available from the University of the West of England Research Repository. Braun and Clarke have a thematic analysis website at The University of Auckland. This includes an extensive reading list, FAQs and links to their lectures on thematic analysis on YouTube. They have written numerous chapters, editorials, commentaries and encyclopedia entries on thematic analysis.

Areas of expertise

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Awards and achievements

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  • American Psychological Association Division 44 Award for the Best Book in Lesbian, Gay, and/or Bisexual Psychology for 2007 (August 2007).[3]
  • British Psychological Society Book Award (Textbook) 2013 (September 2013).[3]
  • Association of Women in Psychology Distinguished Publication Award 2014 (August 2014).[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b Braun, Virginia; Clarke, Victoria (2006). "Using thematic analysis in psychology". Qualitative Research in Psychology. 3 (2): 77–101. doi:10.1191/1478088706qp063oa. hdl:2027.42/138221. S2CID 10075179.
  2. ^ a b Braun, Clarke; Clarke, Victoria (2019). "Reflecting on reflexive thematic analysis". Qualitative Research in Sport, Exercise and Health. 11 (4): 589–597. doi:10.1080/2159676X.2019.1628806. S2CID 197748828.
  3. ^ a b c d e f Engl, Victoria ClarkeUniversity of the West of; Health, Bristol | UWE Bristol ·; BSc, Social Sciences 28 36 ·; PhD. "Victoria Clarke | BSc, PhD | University of the West of England, Bristol, Bristol | UWE Bristol | Health and Social Sciences". ResearchGate. Retrieved 11 December 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  4. ^ Clarke, Victoria (2002). Lesbian and gay parenting: A feminist social constructionist analysis (thesis). Loughborough University.
  5. ^ Clarke, Victoria; Kitzinger, Celia (2004). "Lesbian and gay parents on talk shows: Resistance or collusion in heterosexism?". Qualitative Research in Psychology. 1 (3): 195–217. doi:10.1191/1478088704qp0140a.
  6. ^ Clarke, Victoria (2001). "What about the children? Arguments against lesbian and gay parenting". Women's Studies International Forum. 24 (5): 555–570. doi:10.1016/S0277-5395(01)00193-5.
  7. ^ Clarke, Victoria; Kitzinger, Celia (2005). ""We're not living on planet lesbian": Constructions of male role models in debates about lesbian families" (PDF). Sexualities. 8 (2): 137–152. doi:10.1177/1363460705050851. S2CID 144773634.
  8. ^ Clarke, Victoria; Kitzinger, Celia (2004). ""Kids are just cruel anyway": Lesbian and gay parents' talk about homophobic bullying". British Journal of Social Psychology. 43 (4): 531–550. doi:10.1348/0144666042565362. PMID 15601508. S2CID 22812305.
  9. ^ Clarke, Victoria (2002). "Sameness and difference in research on lesbian and gay parenting". Journal of Community & Applied Social Psychology. 12 (3): 210–222. doi:10.1002/casp.673.
  10. ^ Clarke, Victoria (2000). "'Stereotype, attack and stigmatize those who disagree': Employing scientific rhetoric in debates about lesbian and gay parenting". Feminism & Psychology. 10 (1): 152–159. doi:10.1177/0959353500010001018. S2CID 144959581.
  11. ^ Clarke, Victoria (2008). "From outsiders to motherhood to reinventing the family: constructions of lesbians as parents in the psychological literature – 1886-2006". Women's Studies International Forum. 32 (2): 118–128. doi:10.1016/j.wsif.2008.03.004.
  12. ^ Burgoyne, Carole; Clarke, Victoria (2006). "'All My Worldly Goods I Share with you'? Managing Money at the Transition to Heterosexual Marriage". The Sociological Review. 54 (4): 619–637. doi:10.1111/j.1467-954X.2006.00663.x. S2CID 143252530.
  13. ^ "Dr Victoria Clarke - UWE Bristol". people.uwe.ac.uk. Retrieved 11 December 2018.
  14. ^ Braun, Virginia; Clarke, Victoria (2021). Thematic Analysis: A Practical Guide. Sage.
  15. ^ Braun, Virginia; Clarke, Victoria (2006). "Using thematic analysis in psychology". Qualitative Research in Psychology. 3 (2): 77–101. doi:10.1191/1478088706qp063oa. hdl:10125/42031. S2CID 10075179.
  16. ^ Glassgold, Judith M; Drescher, Jack (2011). Activism and LGBT psychology. ISBN 9781317993933.
  17. ^ Dua, Aarti (2006). Feminist Psychology. New Delhi: MD Publications. ISBN 9788175330955. OCLC 226361472.
  18. ^ Money, John (2003). "Human Sexuality". Journal of Psychology & Human Sexuality. 15: 23–33. doi:10.1300/j056v15n01_03. S2CID 147657844.
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