Jennifer Mason (sociologist)

Jennifer Mason FBA (b. 1958) is a British sociologist and Professor Emerita of Sociology at the University of Manchester.[1][2]

Biography

Mason studied for her undergraduate degree in sociology at the University of Southampton and a PhD at the University of Kent. She worked as a lecturer at Lancaster University before being appointed Reader in Sociology at the University of Leeds. In 2005 she moved to the University of Manchester and co-founded The Morgan Centre for Research into Everyday Lives with Carol Smart.[1] Mason has served as the Vice-Chair of the Economic and Social Research Council's research committee and acted as Chair of the ESRC Grants Delivery Group from 2012 to 2015.[1] She was elected as a fellow of the British Academy in 2019.[2]

Select publications
  • Mason, J. 2017. Affinities: Potent Connections in Personal Life, Polity.
  • Mason, J. 2017 Qualitative Researching (third edition). SAGE.
  • Mason, J. (ed). 2016. Living the Weather: Voices from the Calder Valley. University of Manchester.
  • Mason, J. and Dale, A. 2010. Understanding Social Research: Thinking Creatively about Method. SAGE.

References
  1. "Prof Jennifer Mason FBA". University of Manchester. Retrieved 24 March 2022.
  2. "Professor Jennifer Mason". British Academy. Retrieved 24 March 2022.
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