Amanda McBride

Assistant Professor

School: Communities and Education

Amanda is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Social Work, Education and Community Wellbeing (SWECW). Based on the BA (Hons) Childhood and Early Years Studies degree, she teaches modules which explore young people's lives. She is particularly interested in the role of gender in our social world and her work uses creative, qualitative methods of enquiry.

She is a member of Northumbria University’s Gender, Violence and Abuse Interdisciplinary Research Theme and leads the SWECW Power, Culture and Identities research group. Her current research focusses on how schools can support children experiencing domestic abuse

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Key Publications

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Girl-Kind North East: Making, Learning, and Spaces of Value, McBride, A., Holland, T., Ralph-Lane, S., Winkler-Reid, S. 1 Jun 2024, In: Girlhood Studies
Fear, ‘discomfort’, anger, and shame in the night-time economy: Women’s responses to unwanted sexual intrusions, Lewis, R., McBride, A. 1 Aug 2025, In: Violence Against Women
“This is what I like, this is why I need to be here”: Young women’s pleasure in the urban night time economy, McBride, A. 1 May 2025, In: Urban Studies
Girls Shift Digital: Reflecting on the Impact of Moving Online in Girls' Creative Youth Projects, McBride, A., Ralph, S. 5 Oct 2020
Practitioner perspectives on child feeding in Uganda: community engagement through the Global Agenda, McBride, A., Graham, P., Mugyisha, A., McInnes, A. 14 Mar 2024, In: Practice

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