Dr Michael R.M. Ward is lecturer in Applied Social Sciences at Swansea University. He joined the Department of health, public policy and social science in October 2016. His work centres on the performance of working-class masculinities within and beyond educational institutions. He is the author of From Labouring to Learning, Working-class Masculinities, Education and De-industrialization (Palgrave MacMillan) and the editor of Gender Identity and Research Relationships, which is volume 14 in the Studies in Qualitative Methods book series (Emerald). Mike is also an editorial board member for Sociological Research Online and the Journal of Boyhood Studies and co-convenor of the BSA Education Study Group Alongside his research, Mike has taught sociology at both further and higher education institutions to students of all ages both in the UK and Canada. He has worked at Cardiff University, Lincoln University, The Open University, the University of the West of England, Bristol and Simon Fraser University [Canada]. Areas of Expertise masculinities qualitative research social class ethnography sociology of education

Ward, M. (2017). You don’t have to be male to be a role model for men. The Conversation https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa32015 https://theconversation.com/you-dont-have-to-be-male-to-be-a-role-model-for-men-71296 Featherstone, B., Robb, M., Ruxton, S. & Ward, M. (2016). ‘They are just good people…generally good people’: perspectives of young men on relationships with social care workers in the UK. Children & Society https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa31741 doi:10.1111/chso.12201 Ward, M. (2016). Place plays a vital role in how boys learn to become men.. The Conversation https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa31418 https://theconversation.com/place-plays-a-vital-role-in-how-boys-learn-to-become-men-68367 Ward, M. (2015). The Chameleonisation of Masculinity: Jimmy’s Multiple Performances of a Working-Class Self.. Masculinities & Social Change 4(3), 215 https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa31422 doi:10.17583/mcs.2015.1657 Ward, M., Featherstone, B., Robb, M. & Ruxton, S. (2015). Beyond Male Role Models? Gender identity in young men. Discover Society 24(1st September) https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa31437 http://discoversociety.org/2015/09/01/beyond-male-role-models-gender-identity-in-young-men Tarrant, A., Terry, G., Ward, M., Ruxton, S., Robb, M. & Featherstone, B. (2015). Are Male Role Models Really the Solution? Interrogating the ‘War on Boys’ Through the Lens of the ‘Male Role Model’ Discourse. Boyhood Studies 8(1) https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa31423 doi:10.3167/bhs.2015.080105 Ward, M. (2014). ‘I'm a Geek I am’: academic achievement and the performance of a studious working-class masculinity. Gender and Education 26(7), 709-725. https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa31426 doi:10.1080/09540253.2014.953918 Ward, M., Somerville, P. & Bosworth, G. (2013). 'Now without my car I don't know what I'd do': The transportation needs of older people in rural Lincolnshire. Local Economy 28(6), 553-566. https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa31427 doi:10.1177/0269094213495232 Ward, M. (2012). The Emos: The Re-Traditionalisation of White, Working-Class Masculinities through the ‘Alternative Scene'. Cardiff School of Social Sciences, Working Paper 150: Cardiff University 150 https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa31441 http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/socsi/resources/wp150.pdf