HCRG Webinar ‘Minority Stress and its Relation to Mental Health and Family Functioning in Bisexual+ Mother Families’

This hate crime research group webinar will focus on 'Minority Stress and its Relation to Mental Health and Family Functioning in Bisexual+ Mother Families’ with Ellen Davenport-Pleasance (she/her), PhD Candidate and Postgraduate Teaching Assistant, University College London.

If you have any questions, please contact the chair of this webinar, Dr Irene Zempi (irene.zempi@ntu.ac.uk).

Link to join the event:

https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_ODczOTEzMDItYWNkYi00ZWVlLThkZjQtZmYwMTUzODMwYzdh%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%228acbc2c5-c8ed-42c7-8169-ba438a0dbe2f%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%221d27ee5d-3d7a-4c75-a7ec-e8fb8cfcd92f%22%7d

Biography:

Ellen Davenport-Pleasance (she/her) is a final year Social Science PhD candidate at University College London. She has a BA in Psychological and Behavioural Sciences, and an MPhil in Psychology from the University of Cambridge. Her research interests include minority stress, new family forms, parenthood, child development, bisexuality, and relationships, and she has previously published work about how bisexual+ mothers come out to their children. Her doctoral research project uses a mixed-methods approach to explore minority stress, meaning making, and family functioning in bisexual+ mother families. Theoretically, Ellen’s work is grounded in Minority Stress Theory, focusing on the links between experiences of minority stress and mental health outcomes, and Family Systems Theory, concentrating on the interconnected nature of family relationships. She also teaches psychology at UCL, Kings College London, and the University of Cambridge, alongside being a member of the leadership team of the Bisexual Research Group.