Staff profile
Overview
Jennifer Thompson

Research interests
- Gender
- Intersectionality
- Water
- Participatory visual methodologies
Publications
Book review
- Urban youth and photovoice: Visual ethnography in action [Delgado, 2015]Thompson, J. A. (2016). Urban youth and photovoice: Visual ethnography in action [Delgado, 2015]. Global Public Health, 11(5-6), 812-813. https://doi.org/10.1080/17441692.2016.1169308
Chapter in book
- Case study: Picturing consent: Using photographs in a visual consent formThompson, J. A. (2013). Case study: Picturing consent: Using photographs in a visual consent form. In A. Graham, M. Powell, N. Taylor, D. Anderson, & R. Fitzgerald (Eds.), Ethical Research Involving Children (pp. 141-144). UNICEF Office of Research - Innocenti.
Conference Paper
- The potential of intercultural reflection for enhancing teaching and internationalising academic developmentReimann, N., Rattray, J., Murray, M., Dragas, T., Thompson, J., Hansen, M., Fabriz, S., & Mendzheritskaya, J. (Eds.). (2017). The potential of intercultural reflection for enhancing teaching and internationalising academic development. Presented at Society for Research into Higher Education Conference, Newport, Wales, 6-8 December 2017.
Doctoral Thesis
- Women and water wahala: Picturing gendered waterscapes in Southwest CameroonThompson, J. A. (2017). Women and water wahala: Picturing gendered waterscapes in Southwest Cameroon [Thesis]. Awarding Organisation: Unknown. http://digitool.library.mcgill.ca/R/GCSL45GSD4322UAXY64HFGTNCIKKT9VVNH9925BBMC9D19E1UN-03031
Journal Article
- Embodied intersections: Gender, water and sanitation in CameroonThompson, J. A., Gaskin, S. J., & Agbor, M. (2017). Embodied intersections: Gender, water and sanitation in Cameroon. Agenda, 31(1), 140-155. https://doi.org/10.1080/10130950.2017.1341158
- Intersectionality and water: How social relations intersect with ecological differenceThompson, J. A. (2016). Intersectionality and water: How social relations intersect with ecological difference. Gender, Place and Culture, 23(9), 1286-1301. https://doi.org/10.1080/0966369x.2016.1160038
- On writing notes in the field: Interrogating positionality, emotion, participation and ethicsThompson, J. A. (2014). On writing notes in the field: Interrogating positionality, emotion, participation and ethics. McGill Journal of Education, 49(1), 247-254. https://doi.org/10.7202/1025781ar
- Obtaining meaningful informed consent: Preliminary results of a study to develop visual informed consent forms with children.Ruiz-Casares, M., & Thompson, J. A. (2014). Obtaining meaningful informed consent: Preliminary results of a study to develop visual informed consent forms with children. Children’s Geographies, 14(1), 35-45. https://doi.org/10.1080/14733285.2014.971713
- Fetching water in the unholy hours of the night: The impacts of a water crisis on girls' sexual health in semi-urban CameroonThompson, J. A., Folifac, F., & Gaskin, S. J. (2011). Fetching water in the unholy hours of the night: The impacts of a water crisis on girls’ sexual health in semi-urban Cameroon. Girlhood Studies, 4(2), 111-129. https://doi.org/10.3167/ghs.2011.040208
- Picturing gendered water spaces: A textual approach to water in rural Sierra LeoneThompson, J. A. (2011). Picturing gendered water spaces: A textual approach to water in rural Sierra Leone. Agenda, 25(2), 43-53. https://doi.org/10.1080/10130950.2011.575996
- “I am a farmer”: Young women address conservation using photovoice around Tiwai Island, Sierra LeoneThompson, J. A. (2009). “I am a farmer”: Young women address conservation using photovoice around Tiwai Island, Sierra Leone. Agenda, 23(79), 65-69. https://doi.org/10.1080/10130950.2009.9676224
- Enset is a good thing: Gender and enset in Jimma Zone, Ethiopia.MacEntee, K., Thompson, J. A., & Fikreyesus, S. (n.d.). Enset is a good thing: Gender and enset in Jimma Zone, Ethiopia. Ethiopian Journal of Applied Science and Technology, 1, 103-109.
Other (Digital/Visual Media)
- Gender and enset: A documentary filmMacentee, K., Thompson, J. A., & Fikreyesus, S. (2012). Gender and enset: A documentary film [Film].
Report
- Girls’ empowerment through language and literacy: A landscape review of gender and literacy in African contextsThompson, J. A. (2017). Girls’ empowerment through language and literacy: A landscape review of gender and literacy in African contexts.
- Wake up and smell the coffee! Facilitator’s guideThompson, J. A. (2013). Wake up and smell the coffee! Facilitator’s guide.