Leigh Spanner
Biographic Data
| ID | 3047158 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Leigh Spanner |
| GIVEN NAMES | Leigh |
| FAMILY NAME | Spanner |
| SIGNATURE | SPANNER L |
| AFFILIATIONS | Saint Mary's University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2650-1300 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 10 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Soldier first or loyal military wife? What women in dual-service relationships reveal about the contemporary gendering of militaries
Stretched at Both Ends
The role and responsibility of universities in supporting student mental health has been the subject of high-profile legal debate. Drawing on a thematic analysis of twelve semi-structured focus groups conducted during the Student Minds UK University Mental Health Charter consultations, this paper elucidates the experiences, perceptions, and practices of 75 staff working within student services to support student mental health, with the aim of cla…
Inclusion or Isolation? Differential Student Experiences of Independent Learning and Wellbeing in Higher Education
Independent learning is frequently identified as instrumental to student success within higher education. Although there is a significant body of literature demonstrating the importance of independent learning for retention and progression, to date, the relationship between independent learning and student wellbeing within higher education has been under-explored. This article addresses the gap in the literature by interrogating this relationship…
Resilient and entrepreneurial military spouses
Feminist scholarship on gender and militarization reveals how militaries rely on the commitments and contributions of military spouses on the basis of essential gender norms and exploitative gender relations. Strategies to secure these contributions and power dynamics shift in response to political, social and cultural pressures and require feminist interrogation if they are to be undone. Thus, this paper asks, how is the Canadian military securi…
Student wellbeing and assessment in higher education
This paper draws on staff and student consultations conducted during the development of Student Minds’ University Mental Health Charter to identify five key tensions which can arise in assessment design and strategy when seeking to balance the wellbeing of students with pedagogical, practical and policy considerations. It highlights the need to acknowledge the pressures of assessment on staff wellbeing as well as students. The particular tensions…
Governing “dependents”
Pioneering feminist International Relations scholarship suggests that in order to function, militaries rely on spouses, most often wives, to undertake the majority of domestic labour, suspend their own careers, and relocate willingly for new postings. However, the contemporary military family’s relationship to war making may be different because family forms are changing: norms around domestic responsibilities and primary earners suggest greater …
Resilient and entrepreneurial military spouses
Feminist scholarship on gender and militarization reveals how militaries rely on the commitments and contributions of military spouses on the basis of essential gender norms and exploitative gender relations. Strategies to secure these contributions and power dynamics shift in response to political, social and cultural pressures and require feminist interrogation if they are to be undone. Thus, this paper asks, how is the Canadian military securi…
Governing “dependents”
Pioneering feminist International Relations scholarship suggests that in order to function, militaries rely on spouses, most often wives, to undertake the majority of domestic labour, suspend their own careers, and relocate willingly for new postings. However, the contemporary military family’s relationship to war making may be different because family forms are changing: norms around domestic responsibilities and primary earners suggest greater …
Governing “dependents”
Pioneering feminist International Relations scholarship suggests that in order to function, militaries rely on spouses, most often wives, to undertake the majority of domestic labour, suspend their own careers, and relocate willingly for new postings. However, the contemporary military family’s relationship to war making may be different because family forms are changing: norms around domestic responsibilities and primary earners suggest greater …
Student wellbeing and assessment in higher education
This paper draws on staff and student consultations conducted during the development of Student Minds’ University Mental Health Charter to identify five key tensions which can arise in assessment design and strategy when seeking to balance the wellbeing of students with pedagogical, practical and policy considerations. It highlights the need to acknowledge the pressures of assessment on staff wellbeing as well as students. The particular tensions…
Resilient and entrepreneurial military spouses
Feminist scholarship on gender and militarization reveals how militaries rely on the commitments and contributions of military spouses on the basis of essential gender norms and exploitative gender relations. Strategies to secure these contributions and power dynamics shift in response to political, social and cultural pressures and require feminist interrogation if they are to be undone. Thus, this paper asks, how is the Canadian military securi…
Stretched at Both Ends
The role and responsibility of universities in supporting student mental health has been the subject of high-profile legal debate. Drawing on a thematic analysis of twelve semi-structured focus groups conducted during the Student Minds UK University Mental Health Charter consultations, this paper elucidates the experiences, perceptions, and practices of 75 staff working within student services to support student mental health, with the aim of cla…
Inclusion or Isolation? Differential Student Experiences of Independent Learning and Wellbeing in Higher Education
Independent learning is frequently identified as instrumental to student success within higher education. Although there is a significant body of literature demonstrating the importance of independent learning for retention and progression, to date, the relationship between independent learning and student wellbeing within higher education has been under-explored. This article addresses the gap in the literature by interrogating this relationship…
Soldier first or loyal military wife? What women in dual-service relationships reveal about the contemporary gendering of militaries
Political science (6 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Gender, Security, and Conflict (3 works) · Higher education (3 works) · Historical Gender and Feminism Studies (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Pedagogy (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works)