Neil McPherson
Contact Details
Room A820 (Hamilton Campus)
Tel: 01698 283100 Ext 8479 / Mobile: 07708 931 325
E-mail: neil.mcpherson@uws.ac.uk /Twt: @neilgmcpherson
Staff Profile
Dr Neil McPherson is a Lecturer in Sociology at the University of the West of Scotland. He joined the University in August of 2006 and lectures in the areas of health, illness and medicine, social theory, research methods, art & culture, and human/nonhuman animal relations. He was awarded his PhD by Glasgow Caledonian University in 2010, with his thesis entitled, “Destabilising the discourse of vivisection:a Foucauldian archaeology/genealogy of human/nonhuman animal association”. He is currently undertaking further research in the area of his PhD and has recently delivered a n Honours year module entitled 'Sociology and Human/Nonhuman Animal Relations' as part of this focus. He is also interested in the use of electronic learning and assessment technologies, which he uses widely in module delivery.
Selected Publications
McPherson, N.G. 2009. Joint Review: Elaine Denny and Sarah Earle (eds) Sociology for Nurses. Cambridge: Polity Press, 2005, and Ellen Annandale, Mary Ann Elston and Lindsay Prior (eds) Medical Work, Medical Knowledge and Health Care. Oxford: Blackwell, 2004. Sociology200943:785-787
McPherson, N.G. 2009. Editorial: ‘The role of sociology in nurse education: A call for consistency’. Nurse Education Today 2009, 28(6): 653-656
Feeney, M & McPherson, N.G. 2002. 'Health'. In Sociology and Scotland. Sweeney, T., Etherington, N. & Lewis, J., eds. Paisley: Unity Publications.
Online publications
McPherson, N.G. 2011. Using Assessment21 and Electronic Voting Systems for formative and summative assessments. JISC RSC Scotland South & West Case Study.Video. Available at: http://goo.gl/R5haS
McPherson, N.G. 2010. Developing academic engagement and confidence in students through the use of Turnitin originality checking and plagiarism prevention. JISC RSC Scotland South & West Case Study. Available at: http://goo.gl/vxlXd
Conference papers:
McPherson, N.G. 2011. ‘Enhancing Student Experience and Performance through eInnovation: An Analysis of the Embedding of Formative and Summative eAssessment in Module Delivery Using a Dedicated eAssessment System’. Delivered at "'E-Innovation in the Student Learning Experience’ Faculty Enhancement Conference, University of the West of Scotland. 3rd March.
McPherson, N.G. 2009. ‘Blended Learning: Some reflections on the use of Turning Point and iTALC’. Deliver at "Inspiring Learners through Inspirational Teaching” conference, University of the West of Scotland. June.
McPherson, N.G. 2007. ‘A Sociological Deconstruction of Human Dominion in Christian Discourse’. Delivered to the XIV CongressoInternacional De Filosofia: Identidad y Differencia, Mazatlan, Mexico. 8th Nov.
McPherson, N.G. 2007. ‘Deconstructing Nonhuman Animal Subordination in the Discursive Formations of Christian Dominion’. Delivered at Bell College Research Conference, Bell College, Hamilton. 30 May 2007.