Academic Writings


Refereed Journal Articles (Sociology, Social Science, Women’s Studies, Gender Journals) 

  1. Cotterill P and Letherby G (1993) ‘Weaving Stories: personal auto/biographies in feminist research’ Sociology 27:1 (reprinted in David M (ed) (2006). Case Study Research (Sage Benchmarks in Social Research Methods Series). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage) 
  1. Letherby G (1993) ‘The Meanings of Miscarriage’ Women’s Studies International Forum 16:2 
  1. Letherby G (1994) ‘Mother or Not, Mother or What?: problems of definition and identity’ Women’s Studies International Forum 17:5                                                     
  1. Letherby G and Zdrokowski D (1995) ‘Dear Researcher: the use of correspondence as a method within feminist qualitative research’ Gender and Society 9:5 (reprinted in Atkinson, P. and Delamont, S. (eds) (July 2008) Representing Ethnography (Sage Benchmarks in Social Research Methods Series). London: Sage) 
  1. Fontaine P Letherby G Whatley D (1998) ‘Mothers, Daughters and Others: some personal reflections on ‘Mothers and Daughters’’ Canadian Journal of Women’s Studies 
  1. Letherby G and Williams C (1999) ‘Non-motherhood: ambivalent autobiographies’ Feminist Studies 25:3 
  1. Letherby G and Ramsay K (1999) ‘So why are you doing this project?: issues of friendship, research and autobiography’ Auto/Biography VII:1 and 2 
  1. Letherby G (1999) ‘Other than Mother and Mothers as Others: the experience of motherhood and non-motherhood in relation to ‘infertility’ and ‘involuntary childlessness’ Women’s Studies International Forum 22:3 
  1. Letherby G (2000) ‘Working and Wishing: an auto/biographical account of managing home and work’ Auto/Biography VIII:1 and 2 
  1. Exley C and Letherby G (2001) ‘Managing a Disrupted Lifecourse: issues of identity and emotion work’ Health 5:1 
  1. Jewkes Y and Letherby G (2001) ‘Insider and Outsiders: complex issues of identification, difference and distance in social research’ Auto/Biography IX:1 and 2 
  1.  Letherby G and Marchbank J (2001) ‘Women’s Studies: a comparative UK view’ Women’s Studies International Forum 24:4 
  1.  Letherby G (2002) ‘Childless and Bereft?: stereotypes and realities in relation to ‘voluntary’ and ‘involuntary childlessness and womanhood’ Sociological Inquiry 72:1 
  1.  Letherby G (2002) ‘Challenging Dominant Discourses: identity and change and the experience of ‘infertility’ and ‘involuntary childlessness’ Journal of Gender Studies 11:3 
  1. Bailey N Brown G Letherby G and Wilson C (2002) 'The Baby Brigade: teenage mothers and sexuality' Journal of the Association of Research on Mothering 4:1 
  1.  Letherby G (2002) 'Claims and Disclaimers: knowledge, reflexivity and representation in feminist research' Sociological Research Online 6:4 (reprinted in Delamont S and Atkinson P (October 2008) Gender and Research (eds) (Sage Benchmarks in Social Research Methods Series). London: Sage) 
  1.  Marchbank J and Letherby G (with K Lander A Walker and A Wild) (2003) 'Empowering and Enabling or Patronising and Pressurising?: opening dialogues between staff and students' Gender and Education 15:1 
  1.  Letherby G and Reynolds G (2003) 'Making Connections: the relationship between Train Travel and the Process of Work and Leisure' Sociological Research Online 8:3 
  1.  Letherby G (2004) 'Quoting and Counting: an autobiographical response to Oakley' Sociology 38:1 
  1.  Marchbank J and Letherby G (2006) ‘Views and Perspectives of Women’s Studies: a survey of women and men students’ Gender and Education 18:2
  1.  Ramsay K and Letherby G (2006) ‘The Experience of Academic Nonmothers in the Gendered University’ Gender, Work and Organisation 13:1                                                                                       
  1. Earle S and Letherby G (2007) ‘Conceiving Time?: Women who do or do not conceive’ Sociology of Health and Illness  29:2
  1.  Letherby G (2008) ‘Mothers and Others:  promoting healthy living through research’ Atlantis 32:2 
  1. Kirkman M and Letherby G (2008) ‘Some ‘Grimm’ Reflections on Mothers and Daughters: A fairy tale for our times’ Journal for the Association for Research on Motherhood 10:2 
  1. Letherby G (2010) ‘Reflecting on Loss as a M/Other and a Feminist Sociologist’ Journal of the Motherhood Initiative 1:2 
  1. Letherby G (2011) ‘Auto/biographical reflections on personal and other legacies: much more than money’ in Sparkes A (ed) Auto/Biography Yearbook 2010 BSA: Durham 
  1. Jarvie R Letherby G and Stenhouse E (2015) Renewing’ Motherhood/ing after the Age of 35 Years: ‘Why the hell would you go back to that again for...?’ Women and Ageing 27:2 
  1. Letherby G (2015) ‘Bathwater, Babies and Other Losses: A Personal and Academic Story’ Mortality: Promoting the interdisciplinary study of death and dying 20:2 
  1. Brown G Davidson D Harvey J Letherby G Parsons J (2015) ‘HE(R)tales: reflections on some auto/biographical inter/multi-connections in academia’ in Sparkes A (ed) Auto/Biography Yearbook 2014 BSA: Durham 
  1. Letherby G (2015) ‘Mixed Messages’ in ‘Fat’ Media/Culture Journal 18(3) http://journal.media-culture.org.au/index.php/mcjournal/article/viewArticle/972 
  1. Letherby G and Davidson D (2015) ‘Embodied Storytelling: loss and bereavement, creative practices and support’ Illness, Crisis and Loss 23:4 
  1. Brennan M and Letherby G (2017) ‘Auto/Biographical Approaches to Researching Death and Bereavement: connections, continuums, contrasts’ for Morality: Promoting the interdisciplinary study of death and dying 22(2) (ALSO to be published in Researching Death, Dying and Bereavement London: Routledge, 2017) 
  1. Pettinger, C. Letherby, G. Parsons, J. Withers, L. Cunningham, M. Whiteford, A. D’Aprano, G. Ayres, R. and Sutton, C. (2018) ‘Creative Multi-Disciplinary Methods for Engagement’ Methodological Innovations. 11(1) 
  1. Davidson D and Letherby G (2019) ‘Use of the Internet and Griefwork in Perinatal Loss: motivations, methodologies and making meaning’ for Women’s Studies International Forum 74: May-June 
  1. Gristy C Wilson T and Letherby G (2019) 'Schooling, Selection and Social Mobility Over the Last 50 Years; an exploration through stories of lifelong learning journeys’ British Journal of Educational Studies 9(1) 
  1. Eyres P Letherby G Bannigan K (2019) ‘An Understanding of Religious Doing: a photovoice study’ Religious Studies 10(4) 
  1. Pettinger C Cunningham M Letherby G Parsons J Whiteford A Withers L (2019)  "Participatory food events as collaborative public engagement opportunities’ Methodological Innovations 12(2) 
  1. Letherby G (2022) ‘Thirty Years and Counting: an-other auto/biographical story’ Auto/Biography Review 3(1) View of Thirty Years and Counting (autobiographyreview.com)
  2. Letherby G (2022) ‘Stories of and from solitude and companionship’ The Sociological Review (Fiction and Exegesis) Stories of and from solitude and companionship - The Sociological Review 

Refereed Journal Articles (Professional/Practitioner Journals) 

  1. Jewkes Y and Letherby G (2002) ‘Mothering and Non-Mothering Identities for Women in Prison’ The Prison Service Journal 139 
  1. Bailey N Brown G DiMarco H Letherby G Wilson C (2004) ‘Teenage Pregnancy and Young Motherhood: medical encounters’ British Journal of Midwifery 12:11 
  1. Stenhouse E and Letherby G (2010) ‘Multidisciplinary Research in Midwifery:  Reflecting on a Collaborative Working Relationship’ Evidence Based Midwifery 8:1 

4.    Stenhouse E and Letherby G (2011 [online 2009]) ‘Mother/Daughter Relationships during Pregnancy and the Transition to Motherhood of Women with Pre-Existing Diabetes: raising some issues’ Midwifery 27:2 

5.    Brown G Brady and Letherby G (2012 [online 2011])‘Young mothers’ experiences of domestic violence in their intimate and familial relationships’ Child Care in Practice 17:4 

6.     Stenhouse E and Letherby G (2013) ‘Women with pre-existing diabetes and their experiences of maternity care services’ Midwifery 29:2 

7.    Tomlinson J Letherby G Pinkney J Millward A Stenhouse E (2013) ‘Raising Awareness of Polycystic Ovary Syndrome’ Nursing Standard 27:40 

8.    Hugill K Letherby G Reid T Lavender T (2013)  ‘The Emotion Work of Fathers of Preterm Infants in a Neonatal Unit’ Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic, & Neonatal Nursing 42

9.    Tomlinson J Pinkney J Adams L Stenhouse E Bendall A Letherby G (2017) ‘A qualitative study of the diagnosis and lived experience of Polycystic Ovary Syndrome’ Journal of Advanced Nursing 73 

10. Stenhouse E and Letherby G (2018) Infant Feeding Choices and Experiences for Women with Pre-existing Diabetes: Facilitating or Forcing Breastfeeding Journal of Nursing Science 4:1 

 Refereed Journal Articles (Other Journals) 

  1. Holliday R and Letherby G (1993) ‘Happy Families or Poor Relations: an exploration of familial analogies in the small firm’ International Small Business Journal 11:2 
  1. Earle S and Letherby G (2002) 'Whose Choice is it Anyway?: decision making, control and conception' Human Fertility 5 
  1. Brady G Brown G Letherby G Bayley J Wallace L M (2008) ‘Young women’s experience of termination and miscarriage: a qualitative study’ Human Fertility 11:3 

4.    Letherby G Stephen N Stenhouse E (2012) ‘Pregnant Women with Pre-existing Diabetes:  Familial Support in Managing the Pregnancy Process’ Human Fertility 15:4 

5.    Davidson D and Letherby G (2014) ‘Griefwork Online: perinatal loss, lifecourse disruption and online support’ Human Fertility 17:3 

  1. Pettinger C et al Parsons JM Cunningham M Withers L D’Aprano G Letherby G Sutton C Whiteford A Ayres R  (2017) Using food activities to engage and empower homeless individuals to think about their wellbeing: a pilot study’ Health Education 76(5)
  1. Eyres P Birken M Bannigan K and Letherby G (2018) ‘Occupational therapy practice: client participation in religious occupational science: a scoping review protocol’ JBI Database of Systematic Reviews and Implementation Reports 16(6)  

Non Referred Pieces in Refereed Journals 

1.    Letherby G (2000) ‘A letter to the Editor – Images and Representation of Non-Motherhood: a response to ‘Living Without Children’’ Reproductive Health Matters 8:16 

2.    Marchbank J and Letherby, G (2001) ‘Not ‘missing’ but marginalised?: alternative voices in Feminist Theory’ Feminist Theory 2:1 (a commissioned response to an article published in the journal) 

3.    Letherby G (2003) 'Reflections on where we are and where we want to be: Response to 'Looking Back and Looking Forward: some recent Feminist Sociology Reviewed'’  Sociological Research Online 8:4 

4.    Letherby G (2004) Reply to Oakley Sociology 38:1 

5.    Letherby G (2005) ‘Current Issues and Future Trends in Sociology: extending the debate in Sociological Research Online’ Sociological Research Online 10:1 

6.    Cotterill P and Letherby G (2005) ‘Women in Higher Education: issues and challenges (editorial)’ Women’s Studies International Forum 28: 2-3 

7.    Cotterill P Hughes C and Letherby G (2006) ‘Women and Transgression in Higher Education’ (editorial) Studies in Higher Education 31:4 

8.    Coomber R and Letherby G (2009) ‘Introduction to the Rapid Response on the Current Financial Crisis/'Credit Crunch' Sociological Research Online 14:2/3 

9.     Letherby G (2011) ‘Review of Angela McRobbie, The Aftermath of Feminism’ Sociology (invited as part of a review symposium) 45:4 

10. Coomber R and Letherby G (2012) ‘Introduction to the Special Issue on the use of Visual Methods in Social Research’ Sociological Research Online 17: 1 

11. Letherby G and Davidson D (2013) ‘Rocking or Not? Reflections from the Motherhood Initiative for Research and Community Involvement (MIRCI) Annual Fall Conference 2012 Mothering and Reproduction’ Illness, Crisis and Loss 21:2 

12. Letherby G (2013) Editorial Methodological Innovations Online 8(1) 1-2 

13. Davidson D and Letherby G (2015) ‘Editorial Introduction: Loss, Bereavement and Creativity’ Illness, Crisis and Loss 23:4 

14. Parsons J and Letherby G (2020) ‘Introduction to Creative and collaborative approaches to research and practice’ Methodological Innovations 13:2 

Book Chapters 

  1. Holliday R Letherby G Mann L Ramsay K Reynolds G (1993) ‘Room of Our Own: an alternative to academic isolation’ in Kennedy M Lubelska C and Walsh V (eds) in Making Connections: Women’s Studies, Women’s Movements, Women’s Lives London: Falmer Press, Taylor and Francis 
  1. Cotterill P and Letherby G (1994) ‘The Person in the Researcher’ in Burgess R (ed) Studies in Qualitative Methodology Vol VI  Jai Press 
  1. Cotterill P and Letherby G (1997) ‘Collaborative Writing: the pleasure and perils of working together’ in Ang-Lygate M Corrin C Henry M S (eds) Desperately Seeking Sisterhood: still challenging and building London: Taylor and Francis 
  1. Barnes-Powell T and Letherby G (1998) ‘All in a day’s work: care work by women in HE’ in Malina D and Maslin-Prothero S (eds) Speaking Our Place: Women’s Perspectives on Higher Education London: Taylor and Francis 
  1. Letherby G (2000) ‘Dangerous Liaisons: auto/biography in research and research writing’  in Lee-Treweek G and Linkogle S (eds) Danger in the Field: risk and ethics in social research London: Routledge 
  1.  Letherby G and Shiels J (2001) ‘Isn’t he good, but can we take her seriously?’ in Anderson P and Williams J (eds) Identity and Difference in Higher Education London: Ashgate 
  1. Marchbank J and Letherby G (2001) ‘Offensive and Defensive: feminist pedagogy, student support and higher education’ in Howie G and Tauchert A (eds) Gender, Teaching and Research in Higher Education: challenges for the 21st Century London: Ashgate 
  1.  Letherby G and Marchbank J (2002) ‘Cyber-chattels: buying brides and babies on the net’ in Jewkes Y (ed) Dot.cons: crime, deviance and identity on the internet Devon: Willan 
  1. Earle S and Letherby G (2003)’Introducing Gender, Identity and Reproduction’ in Earle S and Letherby G (eds) Gender, Identity and Reproduction: social perspectives London: Palgrave 
  1. Letherby G (2003) 'Battle of the Gametes: cultural representation of medically assisted conception in Earle S and Letherby G (eds) Gender, Identity and Reproduction: social perspectives London: Palgrave 
  1.  Letherby G (2003) 'I didn't think much of this bedside manner but he was very skilled at his job: medical encounters in relation to 'infertility' in Earle S and Letherby G Gender Identity and Reproduction: social perspectives London: Palgrave 
  1. Letherby G (2005) 'Gendered Concerns' in Denny E and Earle S (eds) Sociology for Nurses London: Polity (Second revised edition Letherby G (2009) Gender, Third revised edition Gender, (2016)) 
  1.  Letherby G Marchbank J Ramsay K Shiels J (2005) ‘Mothers and “Others” Providing Care Within and Outside of the Academy’ in Hile Bassett R Parenting and Professing: Balancing Family Work with an Academic Career Nashville, TN: Vanderbilt University Press 
  1. Cox R Letherby G and Marchbank J (2006) ‘Gender’ in Marsh I Sociology: making sense of society London: Pearson (third edition) (Fourth revised edition Marchbank J and Letherby G (2009) Gender, Fifth revised edition Marchbank J and Letherby G (2013) 
  1. Letherby G (2006) ‘Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea: developing professional and academic skills and building an inclusive research culture in a climate of defensive evaluation in Jary D and Jones R (eds) (2006) Widening Participation in Higher Education – Issues, Research and Resources for the Social Sciences and Beyond Birmingham: C-SAP 
  1. Cotterill P Jackson S and Letherby G (2007) ‘Introducing Challenges and Negotiations for Women in Higher Education’ in Cotterill P Jackson S and Letherby G (eds) Challenges and Negotiations for Women in Higher Education The Netherlands: Kluwer 
  1.  Cotterill P Hirsch M and Letherby G (2007) ‘Three Ages of Woman: age and generation in the academy’ in Cotterill P Jackson S and Letherby G (eds) Challenges and Negotiations for Women in Higher Education The Netherlands: Kluwer 
  1. Bywaters  P and Letherby G (2007) ‘Extending Social Research’ in Letherby G and Bywaters (eds) Extending Social Research: application, implementation, presentation .Buckingham: Open University 
  1. Letherby G and Bywaters P (2007) ‘ Extending Social Research: Why?’ in Letherby G and Bywaters P (eds) Extending Social Research: application, implementation, presentation .Buckingham: Open University 
  1. Letherby G and Bywaters P (2007) ‘Extending Social Research: Meanings and Understandings’ in Letherby G and Bywaters P. (eds) Extending Social Research: application, implementation, presentation .Buckingham: Open University 
  1. Bywaters P and Letherby G (2007) ‘ Extending Social Research: How?’ in Letherby G and Bywaters P (eds) Extending Social Research: application, implementation, presentation .Buckingham: Open University 
  1. Ali Z Brown G Bywaters P Du Boulay D Hirsch M Letherby G and Poole H (2007) ‘Setting the Agenda’ in Letherby G and Bywaters P. (eds) Extending Social Research: application, implementation, presentation .Buckingham: Open University 
  1. Coughlan A Letherby G Tanner D Wilson C and Bywaters P (2007) ‘Managing the Process’ in Letherby G and Bywaters P (eds)  Extending Social Research: application, implementation, presentation .Buckingham: Open University 
  1. Colombo T Allender P Bywaters P and Letherby G (2007) ‘Outputs’ in Letherby G and Bywaters P. (eds) Extending Social Research: application, implementation, presentation .Buckingham: Open University 
  1. Brady G Bywaters P Kynspel M Letherby G and Steventon G (2007) ‘Outcomes’ in Letherby G and Bywaters P. (eds) Extending Social Research: application, implementation, presentation Buckingham: Open University 
  1. Bywaters P and Letherby G (2007) ‘Where are we know?’ in Letherby G and Bywaters P. (eds) Extending Social Research: application, implementation, presentation .Buckingham: Open University 
  1.  Letherby G (2007) ‘Health and Feminist Research’ in Douglas J Earle S Handsley S Lloyd C E and Spurr S (eds) A Reader in Promoting Public Health: challenge and controversy  London: Sage (second edition 2009) 
  1. Letherby G Brady G Brown G (2007) ‘Working with the Community: research and action’ in Clay C J Madden M and Potts L (eds)  Towards Understanding Community: people and places Houndsmills: Palgrave 
  1. Letherby G Birch P Williams K Cain M (2008) Problematising Sex: introducing sex as crime in Letherby G Birch P Williams K Cain M (eds) Sex as Crime? Devon: Willan 
  1. Letherby G (2008) ‘Researching Reproductive Loss’ in Earle S Komaromy C and Batholomew C (eds) Death and Dying: A Reader London: Sage 
  1. Reynolds G and Letherby G (2009) ‘Emotion, Gender and Travel: moving on’ in Letherby G and Reynolds G (eds) Gendered Journeys, Mobile Emotions Aldershot: Ashgate 
  1. Letherby G (2009) ‘Researching People with Long Term Conditions’ in Earle S and Denny E (eds) The Sociology of Long Term Conditions and Nursing Practice  Houndsmills: Palgrave 
  1. Brown G Wilson C Brady G Letherby G (2009) ‘Teenage pregnancy and young parenthood: questioning the inevitability of risk, lone motherhood and social exclusion’ in Johns N and Barton A (eds) Evaluating the Political Achievement of New Labour Since 1997: Social Policy and the Public Trust Ceredigion: Edwin Mellen 
  1. Letherby  G and Shaw (2009) ‘Dear Diary: auto/biography, respect and mobility’ in Vanninni  P (ed) Routes Less Travelled: the cultures of alternative mobilities Aldershot: Ashgate 
  1. Letherby G (2010) ‘A Changing Life-Course in British Sociology’ in Burnett J Jeffers S and Thomas G (eds) New Social Connections: Sociology’s Subjects and Objects Houndsmills: Palgrave 
  1. Letherby G (2010)  ‘Have Backpack Will Travel: auto/biography as a mobile methododology’ in Fincham B McGuinness M and Murray L (eds) Mobile Methodologies Houndsmills: Palgrave 
  1. Letherby G (2010) ‘When treatment ends’ in Crawshaw M and  Balen R (eds) Adopting after Infertility: Messages from practice, research and personal experience London: Jessica Kingsley Publishers 
  1. Letherby G (2011) ‘Feminist Methodology’ in Williams M and Vogt P (eds) The Sage Handbook of Methodological Innovation London: Sage 
  1.  Letherby G (2012) ‘Infertility’ and ‘Involuntary childlessness’: Losses, ambivalences and resolutions’ in Earle S Komaromy C and Layne L  (eds) Understanding Reproductive Loss: International perspectives on life, death and fertility Aldershot: Ashgate 
  1.  Letherby G and Stenhouse E (2013) ‘Researching Relationships, Relationships in Research: reflections on multidisciplinary work on pregnancy, birth and early motherhood’ in Wray S and Rae R (eds) Personal and Public Lives Cambridge: Cambridge Scholars Publications 
  1. Reid-Boyd E and Letherby G (2014) ‘Stay at Home Mothers’ in O’Reilly Mothers, Mothering and Motherhood: A Reader Bradford Toronto: Demeter Press 
  1. Brown G Brady G Letherby G (2014) ‘Young Mothers in the UK: push and pull factors relating to choices to stay at home or not’ in Reid Boyd E and Letherby G  Stay at Home Mothers: An international perspective Bradford Ontario: Demeter Press 
  1. Letherby G (2014) ‘Feminist Auto/Biography’ in Evans M Hemmings C Henry M Johnstone H Madhok S Plomien A Wearing S  (eds) Handbook on Feminist Theory London: Sage 
  1. Letherby G (2015) ‘Methods and Methodology’ in Deery R Denny E and Letherby G (eds) (Sociology for Midwives London: Polity 
  1.  Letherby G (2015) ‘Gendered-Sensitive Method/ologies’ in Robinson C and Richardson D (eds) Introducing Gender and Women’s Studies 4th edition London: Palgrave (5th Edition 2020, revised) 
  1.  Letherby G (2015) ‘Me, Myself and Sociology’ in Dodge M Twamley K and Scott A (eds) Sociologists’ Tales Policy Press 
  1. Letherby G and Davidson D  (2017) ‘Creative Methodologies’ in Davidson D (ed) The Tattoo Project: Visual Culture and the Digital Archive Ontario: Canadian Scholars Press 
  1. Letherby G and Davidson D (2017) ‘Tatooing as Auto/Biographical Practice’  in Davidson D (ed) The Tattoo Project: Visual Culture and the Digital Archive Ontario: Canadian Scholars Press 
  1. Letherby G (2017) ‘To Be or Not to Be (a mother): thinking about mothers and others through literature and social science’ in Browne V Giorgio A Jeremiah E Six A L and Rye G (eds) Motherhood in Literature and Culture: Interdisciplinary Perspectives from Europe  London: Routledge 
  1. Letherby G (2018)’The Sociological Imagination and Feminist Auto/Biographical Approaches’ in  Matthews C. Edgington U Channon, A  (eds.) Tales of Teaching with Sociological Imagination Springer Press 
  1. Davidson D and Letherby G (2020) ‘Reflections on a Collaborative, Creative ‘Working’ Relationship’ in Parsons J and Chappell A  (eds) The Palgrave Handbook of Auto/Biography (Auto/Biographical Creativity and Collaboration, Section Editor Letherby G) London: Palgrave 

52. Letherby G (forthcoming) ‘Deploying sociological fiction and memoir to explore issues of loss, kindness, and emotional wellbeing’ in Moran L and Dooley Z (ed) Stories of the pandemic: Global narrative biographical perspectives on lives lived during COVID-19 London: Springer

 

53. Letherby G (forthcoming) ‘Using fiction, non-fiction and memoir to tell sociological (death) stories’ in Tripathi K and Lamond I (eds) Listening to Death’s Echo: International Critical Autoethnographic Discussions on Death London: Palgrave/Macmillan

 

54.  Letherby G (forthcoming) ‘Telling Stories: using auto/biographical fiction and memoir at times of personal and collective crisis’ in Parsons J and Letherby G (eds) Methodological Innovations in Times of Crisis London: Routledge 

 Dictionary/Encyclopaedia Entries 

  1. Letherby G ‘Standpoint Research’ in Jupp V (ed) (2006) The Sage Dictionary of Social Research London: Sage 
  1. Letherby G ‘Emancipatory Research‘ in Jupp V (ed) (2006) The Sage Dictionary of Social Research London: Sage 
  1. Letherby G ’Exploitative Research’ in Jupp V (ed) (2006) The Sage Dictionary of Social Research London: Sage 
  1. Letherby G and Bywaters P ‘Extending Social Research’ in Jupp V (ed) (2006) The Sage Dictionary of Social Research London: Sage 
  1. Letherby G ‘Childlessness’ in O’Reilly A and Golson J G (eds) (2010) Encyclopedia of Motherhood London: Sage 
  1. Letherby G ‘Emotions’ in O’Reilly A and Golson J G (eds) (2010) Encyclopedia of Motherhood London: Sage 
  1. Letherby G ‘Family Values’ in O’Reilly A and Golson J G (eds) (2010) Encyclopedia of Motherhood London: Sage 
  1. Letherby G ‘United Kingdom’ in O’Reilly A and Golson J G (eds) (2010) Encyclopedia of Motherhood London: Sage 
  1. Letherby G and Reid-Boyd E ‘Stay-at-Home Mothers’ in O’Reilly A and Golson J G (eds) (2010) Encyclopedia of Motherhood London: Sage 
  1. Letherby G Brady G Brown G and Wilson C ‘Teenage Mothers’ in O’Reilly A and Golson J G (eds) (2010) Encyclopedia of Motherhood London: Sage 
  1. Letherby G Brady G Brown G and Wilson C ‘Young Mothers’ in O’Reilly A and Golson J G (eds) (2010) Encyclopedia of Motherhood London: Sage 
  1. Davidson D and Letherby G ‘Motherhood Denied’ in O’Reilly A and Golson J G (eds) (2010) Encyclopedia of Motherhood London: Sage 
  1. Letherby G ’Crime Victims: Female’ in Zeiss Stange M and Oyster C K (eds) (2011) Multimedia Encyclopedia of Women in Today's World  London: Sage 
  1. Letherby G ‘Male Order Brides’ in Zeiss Stange M and Oyster C K  (eds) (2011) Multimedia Encyclopedia of Women in Today's World  London: Sage 
  1. Letherby G and Reid Boyd E ‘Stay-at-Home Mothers’ in Zeiss Stange M and Oyster C K  (eds) (2011) Multimedia Encyclopedia of Women in Today's World  London: Sage 
  1. Letherby G (2021) ‘Subjectivity’ in Atkinson P Delamont S Cemat A and Sakshaug J W (eds) The Sage Encyclopedia of Research Methods London: Sage  

Published Abstracts 

  1. Letherby G Stephen N Stenhouse E (2010) Being a pregnant woman with diabetes: managing the process Diabetic Medicine 27 Supplement 1 pp171 
  1.  Stephen N Letherby G Stenhouse E (2010) Women with pre-existing diabetes and their experiences of Maternity Care Services Diabetic Medicine Vol 27 Supplement 1 March  pp167 

3.    Paisey R M Letherby G Smith M  Estcort, E Stenhouse E (2012) Eat study: exploring the patient experience of changes in appetite and diet with incretin analogue therapy in Type 2 diabetes Diabetic Medicine

 

  1. Wylie J Tomlinson J Pinkney J Letherby G Stenhouse E (2012) Cardiovascular risk related to gestational diabetes and polycystic ovary syndrome:  are women aware? Diabetic Medicine 
  1. Tomlinson J Letherby G Pinkney J Stenhouse E (2012) Women with polycystic ovary syndromes understanding of the risks of Type 2 diabetes Diabetic Medicine 
  1. Rowe J Compton T Letherby G Gilbert K (2020) Exploring shifts in professional identity through education mentoring ASM 

Single Authored Books 

  1. Letherby G (2003) Feminist Research in Theory and Practice Buckingham: Open University (Chapter Four: ‘Quoting and Counting: The Qualitative/ Quantitative Divide’ reprinted in Williams M (ed) (2005) Philosophical Foundations of Social Research. Vol IV) 

2.    Letherby G (2015) He, Himself and I: reflections on inter/connected lives  Durham: British Sociological Association

 Jointly Authored Books 

  1. Letherby G and Reynolds G (2005) Train Tracks: work, play, and politics on the railways London: Berg 
  1. Marchbank J and Letherby G (2007) An Introduction to Gender: social science perspectives Essex: Pearson 
  1. Letherby G Scott J and Williams M (2012) Objectivity and Subjectivity in Social Research London: Sage 
  1. Marchbank J and Letherby G (2014) An Introduction to Gender: social science perspectives (revised 2nd edition) London: Routledge 
  1. Letherby G and Collett T (forthcoming 2025) Insults: social and emotional impacts 21st Century Standpoints Bristol: Policy Press 

Edited Collections  

  1. Earle S and Letherby G (eds) (2003) Gender, Identity and Reproduction: social perspectives London: Palgrave 
  1. Cotterill P Jackson S and Letherby G (eds) (2007) Challenges and Negotiations for Women in Higher Education The Netherlands: Springer 
  1. Letherby G and Bywaters P (eds)  (2007) Extending Social Research: application, implementation, presentation .Buckingham: Open University (all jointly authored chapters – see above ) 
  1. Letherby G Birch P Williams K and Cain M (2008) Sex as Crime? Devon: Willan 
  1. Letherby G and Reynolds G (eds) (2009) Gendered Journeys, Mobile Emotions Aldershot: Ashgate 
  1. Reid-Boyd E and Letherby G (eds) (2014) Stay at Home Mothers: An international perspective Bradford Ontario: Demeter Press 
  1. Deery R Denny E and Letherby G (eds) (2015) Sociology for Midwives London: Polity 

8. Twinley R and Letherby G (eds) (2022) The Doctoral Journey as an Emotional, Embodied, Political Experience: stories from the field London: Routledge

 

9.    Parsons J and Letherby G (eds) (forthcoming 2025) Methodological Innovations in Times of Crisis London: Routledge 

Handbooks 

        1. Letherby G, Marchbank J and Parsons J (eds) (in preparation) Encyclopedia of Gender Studies London                   Edward Elgar 

        2. Letherby G (section editor) (2020) ‘Introduction to: Creative and Collaborative’ in Parsons J and Chappell A              (eds) The Palgrave Handbook of Auto/Biography London: Palgrave Macmillan

 Readers 

  1. Jewkes J and Letherby G. (eds) (2002) A Criminology Reader London: Sage 
  1. Earle S and Letherby G (eds) (2008) The Sociology of Health Care: A Reader for Health Professionals London: Palgrave

 Research Reports 

  1. Letherby G Wilson C Bailey N Brown G (2001) Supported Semi-Independent Housing for under 18 Lone Parents: Needs Assessment, Centre for Social Justice: Coventry University (reported in Graham H and McDermott E (2005). Qualitative research and the evidence base of policy: Insights from studies of teenage mothers in the UK. Journal of Social Policy 35(1): 21-37.) 
  1. Letherby G Coghlan A and DuBoulay D (2002) Institutional Racism and The Children's Society, Centre for Social Justice, Coventry University 
  1. Letherby G Brown G DiMarco H Wilson C (2002) Pregnancy and Post-Natal Experience of Young Women who Become Pregnant under the Age of 20 Years, Centre for Social Justice, Coventry University 
  1. Letherby G DiMarco H Economidies P Reynolds G (2002) Needs Assessment: foster carers who provide placements for young people abusing substances, Centre for Social Justice, Coventry University 
  1. Letherby G Reynolds G (with Atwal, R) (2002) Substance Abuse with reference to children/young people on the 'at risk register' and in 'the looked after population', Centre for Social Justice, Coventry University 
  1.  Letherby G Brown G Butler C (2003) Housing Needs of Young Parents in Warwickshire, Centre for Social Justice, Coventry University 
  1.  Gilchrist L Letherby G Farrell M (2003) Domestic Violence Commissioning Strategy for Coventry, Psychology Subject Group and Centre for Social Justice, Coventry University 

8.    Letherby G Brady G Brown G (2004) Experience and Support Needs of ‘Young’ Fathers in Warwickshire, Centre for Social Justice, Coventry University 

  1. Reid K Letherby G Mason L Burke E Taylor C Gough A (2005) Research on Lifelong Learning for Pregnant Young Women & Young Parents in Sandwell, JCJ Solutions and Centre for Social Justice, Coventry University 
  1.  Brown G Brady G Letherby G (2005) An Evaluation of Specialist Services for Pregnant Teenagers and Young Parents, Centre for Social Justice, Coventry University 
  1. Brady G  Brown G Letherby G Bailey J Wallace L (2006) Support Prior to and Following Termination and Miscarriage for Young Women, Centre for Social Justice and Health Services Research Centre: Coventry University 
  1. Brown G Brady G Letherby G (2006) The Issue of Power and Control in the Intimate and Familial Relationships of Pregnant Teenagers and Young Mothers, Centre for Social Justice: Coventry University 
  1. Stenhouse E and Letherby G (2009) An exploration of Mother/Daughter Relationships during Pregnancy and the Transition to Motherhood of Women with Pre Existing Diabetes, (for Diabetes UK) University of Plymouth 
  1. Corrigan O Stenhouse E Adams L Letherby G Bendall A (2014) Carbon Monoxide Screening in Pregnancy: an evaluation of a Plymouth pilot intervention, Institute of Health and Community, Plymouth University (for Plymouth Teaching Primary Care Trust) 
  1. Letherby G Corrigan O Davies A Fletcher H Guest C Luff-Smith R Paul M Taylor L (2016) Negotiating the Care Maze: The process of decision-making when a family member or friend needs full-time social care, Heathwatch Essex. NB: the report was accompanied by a book of I-Poetry Negotiating the Care Maze in poetry: The process of decision-making when a family member or friend needs full-time residential care Negotiating the Care Maze – Healthwatch Essex
  2. Stenhouse E Letherby G Bendall A Hopper H Nichols G Maxwell N (2017) Infant Feeding Choices and            Experiences for Mothers with Infants in Neonatal Intensive Care Units and Transitional Care Wards, Plymouth University 

Development Publications 

  1. Letherby G Brady B and Brown B  (2004) Multi-Professional Training Pack for Health and Social Care Professionals working with Pregnant Teenagers and Young Parents, Centre for Social Justice: Coventry University 
  1. Brady G Brown G Letherby G (2005) Entry/Exit/Post-Exit Consultation Strategy for Pregnant Teenagers and Young Parents Accessing Supported Housing in Coventry ‘GOOD PRACTICE GUIDE’, Centre for Social Justice, Coventry University 


VIDEOS/RECORDINGS 

To Be Or Not to Be (a mother): Thinking about Mothers and Others through Literature and Social Science  (812) Thinking about Mothers and Others through Literature and Social Science - YouTube (2013) 

‘Qualitative Conversations, Gayle Letherby – a film by Kitrina Douglas & David Carless (264) Qualitative Conversations Gayle Letherby - a film by Kitrina Douglas & David Carless - YouTube (2019) 

‘Feminist Social Research Methods’ (six part lecture)  MASSOLIT – Feminist Social Research Methods | Video lecture by Prof. Gayle Letherby, (2021) 

‘Hair Today’ (International autoethnography conference) Gayle Letherby (Session 4) HAIR TODAY - Bing video (2021) 

The Death Studies Podcast (interview) (2022) The Death Studies Podcast 

NCRM, The Research Film Maker: Using Film in Research (Podcast Discussion) (812) NCRM Participatory Video Workshop - YouTube (2022)

 Lifetime Contribution to Autoethnography Award (acceptance speech) (2023) 2023 ICAE Awards (youtube.com)

 

 

 


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