Dr Claudia Blandon

Profiles

Dr Claudia Blandon

ARF

Doctoral Teaching Assistant (Institute of Education)

Project Title: Exploring the impact of human rights education (HRE) programmes on displaced women of African descent in Colombia

I obtained my BA in Anthropology and Sociology from Florida International University in 2002, and an MA in International Human RIghts Law from the American University in Cairo, Egypt, in 2010.

Qualifications

M.A. International Human Rights Law (2008-2010), American University in Cairo, Egypt


Thesis topic: Legal Evolutions &Legacies: The Saharawi & Self-determination. Fieldwork in five refugee camps in the Algerian Sahara 

Graduate Diploma in Migration & Refugee Studies (2008), American University in Cairo, Egypt

B.A. Sociology & Anthropology (1998-2002), Florida International University, Miami USA

Teaching

Teaching interests

Research methods, ethics, praxis for change, gender and difference. 

Research

Research interests

I have developed a keen interest in a number of topics, including:

  • Human rights and human rights education 
  • Displacement and borders
  • Inclusive and participatory methodologies in research 
  • Learning outside formal education 
  • Evaluation research
  • Feminist new materialism 


Other research

2010: Conducted qualitative research in five refugee camps in Southern Algeria

2013: Qualitative needs assessment of female asylum seekers in Plymouth

2013: Conducted fieldwork in a project with Spanish-speaking migrants in the South West of England. 

2017: Conducted an evalution of an inter-generational arts and music intervention

2020: Pursuing post doctoral studies in Education. 

Creative practice & artistic projects

Commended entry (People category) at the Images of Public Engagement competition organised by the National Co-ordinating Centre for Public Engagement in 2018. 

Publications

Books

2020: Lifelong Learning and Dementia: A Posthumanist Perspective. Jocey Quinn and Claudia Blandon

 https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007%2F978-3-030-42231-8

Reports

The Making Bridges with Music Evalution Report (2017). 

Personal

Other academic activities

Member of the Adventures in Post-humanism reading group (University of Plymouth)

Member of the Inclusion Research Node (Institute of Education) 

Member of the Afro-descendent Working Group (The Americas)