Dr Abs Ashley
PHD, BA (hons), MA
Current positions
Lecturer in 20th and 21st Century Literature
Department of English
Contact
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Research interests
I am an interdisciplinary researcher focusing on neurodivergent health in contemporary culture.
My current publications are avaliable in Autism, TSQ, Neurodivergent Connection amongst other places. More broadly, I am interested in critical medical humanities and disability justice scholarship, (neuro)queer theory, affect theory, transfeminism and posthumanism.
I am a member of the leadership team for the Neurodivergent Humanities Network. This research network, currently funded by Wellcome, holds important events in critical neurodiversity studies and runs a safe and supportive mentorship scheme for neurodivergent researchers across all career stages.
Projects and supervisions
Research projects
Neurodivergent Humanities Research Network
Role
Co-Investigator
Managing organisational unit
Department of EnglishDates
05/03/2023 to 31/08/2025
Publications
Recent publications
01/01/2025Neurodiversity
Key Concepts in the Medical Humanities
Neuroqueer (a)socialities
Critical Neurodiversity Studies
Neurotrans Affect
Transgender Studies Quarterly
The neurodiversity concept was developed collectively
Autism
The Cass Review’s final report
Neurodiverse Connection
Thesis
Neuroqueering Gender/Genre
Supervisors
Award date
23/01/2024