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Biography
Dr Miranda Armstrong joined the School as an Assistant Professor of Sociology in September 2024. She was born and raised in South East London. As a mature student and single parent, she studied for a BSc in Sociology at the University of Surrey, an MSc in Social Research Methods at the LSE and a PhD in Sociology and PG Cert in Learning and Teaching in HE at Goldsmiths College.
Previously, Miranda was a Teaching Fellow in the School of Politics and International Relations at Queen Mary, University of London and a Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Department of Sociology at the University of York.
Dr Armstrong also worked as a Researcher-in-Residence at the Black Cultural Archives, a Research Assistant at the Department of Sociology, University of Cambridge and as an Associate Lecturer in the Department of Sociology, Goldsmiths College.
As a non-fiction writer and editor developing a sociological book project for the general reader, the agent Salma Begum represents her at Greyhound Literary. She is a steering group member of the Black British Museum Project with Museum X and an Honorary Research Fellow of the University of York.
Dr Armstrong's research focuses broadly on single mothering, urban inequalities, and the politics of representation.
Teaching Summary
Miranda teaches sociology at undergraduate and postgraduate levels. She currently teaches on the following modules:
Understanding Contemporary Society
Classical Sociological Theory
Investigating Social Worlds
Foundations in Qualitative Research Methods
She is also a personal tutor and dissertation supervisor.
Publications:
Millington, G. and Armstrong, M. (2024) . City, 28(5-6), pp. 659-680.
Armstrong, M. and Baz, S.A. (2024) . Ethnic and Racial Studies, pp. 1-24.
Armstrong, M. (2024) 'Illuminating Experiences among Inner-City Black British Single Mothers and their Sons', in Andrews, K., Crenshaw, K., and Wilson, A. (eds.) . London: Bloomsbury Academic, pp. 169-178.
Armstrong, M. (2023) Black Cultural Archives digital exhibition.
Armstrong, M. (2022) 'Four (single parent) women': Emulating Nina Simone's storytelling for critical consciousness', Feminist Review, 131(1), pp. 26-32.
Armstrong, M. (2021. The Voice Newspaper.
Armstrong, M. (2021) Beyond the myth: single black mothers and their sons. Graphic pamphlet.
Armstrong, M. (2020) 'Single mothers deserve better' in Chukwu, C. and Vedelago, E. (eds) .
Armstrong, M. (2020) '', Black Ballad.
Armstrong, M. (2020) , Discover Society.
Armstrong, M. (2019) Media Diversified.