Dr Jennifer Leigh is Reader at the University of Kent. She is Co-Chair of their Staff Disability Network, Co-Lead of the Visual and Sensory Research Cluster at the University. She is Co-Lead of the National Association of Staff Networks (NADSN)’s STEMM Action Group, and Vice Chair (Research) of the International Women in Supramolecular Chemistry (WISC) Network.

Her recent books include Ableism in Academia: Theorising experiences of chronic illness and disability in Higher Education (UCL Press); Conversations on embodiment across Higher Education: Teaching, Practice, and Research (Routledge); Embodied Enquiry: Research Methods (Bloomsbury); Women in Supramolecular Chemistry: Collectively Crafting the Rhythms of our work and lives in STEM (Policy Press); Boundaries of research: Between qualitative research and therapy, art, education, and science (Policy Press); Ableism and exclusion: Challenging academic cultural norms in research communication (Journal of Research Management and Administration, forthcoming).