Kay Brady

Kay Brady

Senior Lecturer

Faculty and Department

  • Faculty of Arts Cultures and Education
  • School of Criminology, Sociology and Policing

Qualifications

  • PGDip (University of Hull)
  • MRes (Lancaster University)

Summary

Kay Brady has worked in a variety of areas; in areas such as substance misuse, harm reduction and domestic abuse.

Kay joined the University of Hull in 2003 and has taught on a range of themes at both undergraduate and postgraduate level. Her research and interests are around substance use and harm reduction, domestic abuse, homelessness and also mature students within Higher Education.

She currently sits on the Board of Directors for a large project which supports and houses victims of domestic violence.

Kay is the Director For Foundation Year Studies across the University, co-ordinating modules, centralising the delivery and enhancing the student experience. Within the School of Criminology, Sociology & Policing Kay is the Director for Education and Student Experience.

Current PhD supervision:

Dissociation as an emotion-regulation defence mechanism: an exploration of adjustment to prison life through the lens of the dissociating young male prisoner.

Lived experiences of the homeless LGBTQ community.

Kay currently teaches core research methods modules for Criminology students. She delivers an option module at Level 6 around her research of drugs and drug use.

Research interests

Drugs and drug use

Sex workers (SSWs)

Homelessness

Mature students within Higher Education

Lead investigator

Project

Funder

Grant

Started

Status

Project

Heroin and Crack Action Evaluation

Funder

Humberside Police

Grant

£12,000.00

Started

1 November 2020

Status

Complete

Co-investigator

Project

Funder

Grant

Started

Status

Project

The Pound in the Pocket

Funder

00 University of Hull

Grant

£3,500.00

Started

1 February 2019

Status

Complete

Postgraduate supervision

Drugs and drug use

Sex works; street sex workers

Homelessness

Mature students within Higher Education

Current PhD Supervision

Dissociation as an emotion-regulation defence mechanism: an exploration of adjustment to prison life through the lens of the dissociating young male prisoner.

Lived experiences of the homeless LGBTQ community.

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