Professor Gayle Letherby on reproductive loss, auto/biographical methodologies, loss and bereavement, childlessness, and academic and creative writing practices

The Death Studies Podcast

What's the episode about?

In this episode, hear Professor Gayle Letherby discuss reproductive loss, auto/biographical methodologies, loss and bereavement, childlessness, and academic and creative writing practices approaches.

Who is Gayle?

Gayle Letherby is a Visiting Professor of Sociology at the University of Plymouth and Visiting Professor at the University of Greenwich.

She is a teacher, mentor and a researcher. Alongside substantive interests in reproductive and non/parental identities; gender, health and wellbeing; loss and bereavement; travel and transport mobility and gender and identity within institutions she has always been fascinated by research methodology, including auto/biographical, feminist and creative practices.

In recent years Gayle has become interested in writing sociologically for non-academic audiences and creative writing within academic work.

In addition to writing her own memoir and fiction she also runs ‘creative writing for academics’ workshops and has helped to facilitate a variety of research and writing events as consultant.

Visit her staff profile for more information⁠ and Gayle's full publication list.

How do I cite the episode in my research and reading lists?

To cite this episode, you can use the following citation:

Letherby, G. (2022) Interview on The Death Studies Podcast hosted by Michael-Fox, B. and Visser, R. Published 1 November 2022. Available at: www.thedeathstudiespodcast.com, DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.21506625

For Gayle's memoir and fiction writing please visit her page on⁠ ABC Tales

Gayle is an avid twitter user and you can find her ⁠@gletherby⁠

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