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Sally Hines (born 28 July 1967) is a British sociologist and
gender studies Gender studies is an interdisciplinary academic field devoted to analysing gender identity and gendered representation. Gender studies originated in the field of women's studies, concerning women, feminism, gender, and politics. The field n ...
scholar. She is Professor of Sociology and Director of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion at the Department of Sociological Studies at the
University of Sheffield The University of Sheffield (informally Sheffield University or TUOS) is a public university, public research university in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. Its history traces back to the foundation of Sheffield Medical School in 1828, Fir ...
. She is the daughter of
Barry Hines Melvin Barry Hines, FRSL (30 June 1939 – 18 March 2016) was an English author, playwright and screenwriter. His novels and screenplays explore the political and economic struggles of working-class Northern England, particularly in his native W ...
, the novelist and screenwriter whose most famous book, ''A Kestrel for a Knave'', was turned into the 1969 film Kes.


Career

Hines earned a PhD in sociology at the
University of Leeds The University of Leeds is a public research university in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It was established in 1874 as the Yorkshire College of Science. In 1884, it merged with the Leeds School of Medicine (established 1831) and was renamed Y ...
in 2004 with the dissertation ''Transgender Identities, Intimate Relationships and Practices of Care'', supervised by
Fiona Williams Jonquil Fiona Williams, (born 22 July 1947) is a British retired academic of social policy whose research covers gender, race, ethnicity, and the welfare state. From 1996 to 2012, she was Professor of Social Policy at the University of Leeds. S ...
and
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. She was Professor and Director of the Centre for Interdisciplinary Gender Studies at the University of Leeds until 2019, when she joined the University of Sheffield as Professor of Sociology. Her research concerns gender, sexuality, intimacy and the body,
feminist theory Feminist theory is the extension of feminism into theoretical, fictional, or Philosophy, philosophical discourse. It aims to understand the nature of gender inequality. It examines women's and men's Gender role, social roles, experiences, intere ...
,
intersectionality Intersectionality is an analytical framework for understanding how groups' and individuals' social and political identities result in unique combinations of discrimination and privilege. Examples of these intersecting and overlapping factor ...
, and citizenship. She is the co-founder and co-chair, with Natacha Kennedy, of the Feminist Gender Equality Network, a group "dedicated to countering anti-trans propaganda at home and abroad." According to
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her work has been cited over 3,000 times and she has an
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of 26.


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References

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