Sarah Gordon

Contact

• workInstitute of Mental Health
  Innovation Park
  Triumph Road
  Nottingham
  NG7 2TU
  UK
• Sarah.Gordon1@nottingham.ac.uk
• https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarahruthgordon/

Biography

Sarah is a PhD student at the University of Nottingham. Sarah's current PhD research embraces the worlds of design, education and mental health, exploring Black students' mental and emotional well-being in the context of university life. The project does this through creative design-led methods, influenced by critical theories.

Teaching Summary

Sarah's teaching interests are graphics, design and illustration, research for design, practical design skills and design theory. Her learning interests are design, research for design, Black mental… read more

Research Summary

Project:

• Black Student Experiences: Exploring Black undergraduate students mental and emotional wellbeing through design.

Supervisors:

• Professor Paul Crawford (Professor of Health Humanities)
• Dr Elvira Perez Vallejos (Associate Professor of Digital Technology and Mental Health)
• Dr Sachiyo Ito-Jaeger (Research Fellow)

Sarah's teaching interests are graphics, design and illustration, research for design, practical design skills and design theory. Her learning interests are design, research for design, Black mental health and wellbeing, critical race theory, critical pedagogy and creative methodologies for health promotion.