Staff Profile
Rachel Salvatelli
Visiting Lecturer
I joined York St John University in 2021, as a visting lecturer in Sociology and criminology. Prior to this, I was working for 3 years as a Graduate Teaching Assistant in the departments of Social Policy and Social Work, and Sociology at the University of York. Although my current interests are in the social sciences, my background is in philosophy, as I hold an undergraduate degree in Philosophy and a master’s degree in Philosophy and Ethics of Human Relationships, both from the University of Perugia. I came to York in 2014, after I was awarded a White Rose College of Arts and Humanities scholarship to do a MA in Political Philosophy in the department of Politics at the University of York. In 2017, I started a PhD in Sociology at the same university.
- School – York Business School
- Email – r.salvatelli@yorksj.ac.uk
Teaching
I teach on the following undergraduate modules:
- Introduction to Sociological Theory
- Fundamentals of Criminological Theory
- Researching and Presenting
- Introduction to the Critical Justice System.
Research
My current research centres around the narratives of fat body positive individuals and the ways in which they construct their identities in relation to their 'unruly' bodies.
Publications
Publications
Journal Articles
Salvatelli, R. (2019). On Fat Female Embodiment: Narratives of 'Coming Out as Fat'. International Journal of Social Sciences and Interdisciplinary Studies. Vol. 4(1). Pp. 43-52.
Chapters in Edited Books
Salvatelli, R. Coming Out as Fat. In A. Farrell, Routledge Companion to Gender and Fat. (Forthcoming).
Reports
Glover, N., Salvatelli, R., Usta, D., Palma, T. (2021). Life in Lockdown. A narrative project exploring the lived experiences of students at the University of York during the first national lockdown. Available at: https://wonkhe.com/wp-content/wonkhe-uploads/2021/08/LifeInLockdown_2021.pdf
Other Publications
Salvatelli, R., Usta, D. Multifaceted identities: what the pandemic has taught us about students’ identities. Wonkhe. (Forthcoming).
Glover, N., Salvatelli, R., Usta, D., Palma, T. (2021). It’s amazing what we can learn from students when we listen. Wonkhe. Available at: https://wonkhe.com/blogs/its-amazing-what-we-can-learn-from-students-when-we-listen/
Conference Papers
Salvatelli., R. (2021). Clothing practices among fat body positive women. Centre for Appearance Research, 'Appearance Matters 9'. University of the West of England, 13 July.
Glover, N., Salvatelli, R., Usta, D., Palma, T. (2021). Life in Lockdown: Student engagement with digital learning during the first national lockdown. Annual Learning and Teaching Conference, 'The Changing University', University of York, 2 July.
Salvatelli, R. (2021). Food consumption and 'healthy' eating habits: the moral battlefield of eating in public while fat. BSA Food Study Group Virtual Conference 'Food & Food Systems in a Time of Insecurity', 23 June.
Salvatelli, R. (2020). The body as a site of resistance: inhabiting the fat female body. BSA Annual Conference 'Reimagining Social Bodies. Self, Institutions and Societies', Aston University, Birmingham.
Salvatelli, R. (2019). Body Positivity and Clothes Consumption: How Fat Body Positive Individuals Narrate Their Bodies Through Clothing. BSA Postgraduate Forum Regional Event 'These are a few of my favourite things: exploring the value of material culture in the everyday'. University of Sheffield, 1 March.
Salvatelli, R. (2018). On Fat Female Embodiment: Narratives of 'Coming Out as Fat'. 3rd International Interdisciplinary Conference on Gender and Women's Studies. Eastern Mediterranean Academic Research Centre. Istanbul, 14 December.
Salvatelli, R. (2018). On Fat Female Embodiment: Narratives of 'Coming Out as Fat'. Centre for the Study of Women and Gender. Graduate Seminar Series 'Narratives of Embodiment: empowering bodies and practices'. University of Warwick, 28 November.
Salvatelli, R. (2018). Empowering Fat Bodies: 'Coming Out as Fat'. Sociology PG Conference 'Empowered Bodies'. University of York, 26 June.
