Justine Gallagher is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Social Work Education and Community Wellbeing. She teaches on the BA(Hons) Childhood and Early Years Studies programme, leads modules and supervises undergraduate dissertation projects. Justine has a keen interest in experiential learning and employability and supports students with fieldwork and placement opportunities as part of their studies. Her previous roles in Sure Start Children’s Centre provided a wealth of experience in working with families as part of multi professional teams.
Her research comes under the broad theme of motherhood. Particularly in terms of breastfeeding, poverty, genealogy and family history. She has a developing interest in children's literature. Her PhD explored the infant feeding stories of new mothers in Newcastle upon Tyne.
Justine is also Departmental Transnational Education Coordinator for both the BA (Hons) Childhood and Early Years Studies and BA (Hons) Guidance and Counselling programmes and supports the delivery of these programmes by our partner organisation, Kaplan, in Singapore.
My research interests centre around families, parents and motherhood. This includes infant feeding, baby banks, representations of mothers in children's literature, motherhood in the past, genealogy and family history.
Ѳ explored mother's stories of infant feeding in Newcastle upon Tyne.
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