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Education: MA Hons. (Dundee), PhD (Loughborough) Sally has been working in the department since April 2004, after working as a lecturer in the Psychology Division at Nottingham Trent University. She teaches qualitative research methods and social psychology to both undergraduates and postgraduates. Her research interests are based within the fields of discursive psychology and conversation analysis, specifically around eating practices and weight management issues. |
Research Grants
2007-2008 |
Development of problem-based learning materials for teaching qualitative research methods. Higher Education Academy mini-project. £5,451. |
2007-2008 |
Development of a web-based resource to aid the teaching of qualitative research methods at undergraduate level. Grant funded as part of TQRMUL working group ('Teaching qualitative research methods at undergraduate level'). Higher Education Academy mini-project. £5,933. |
2007-2008 |
Human respondent researchers: Sharing best practice across 3 faculties. University of Strathclyde Research Enhancement Group Initiatives. £5,000. |
2004-2005 |
Discourses, identities and accountability in weight management groups'. Strathclyde University Research & Development fund award, £6,849. |
Recent Publications
Books/book chapters
Wiggins, S. & Riley, S. (in press, 2010). Discourse analysis. In M.A. Forrester (Ed.) Doing qualitative research in psychology: A practical guide. London: Sage.
Wiggins, S. (2009). Discourse analysis. In H. T. Reis & S. Sprecher (Eds.), Sage Encyclopedia of Human Relationships. Pp. 427-430. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Riley, S., Burns, M., Frith, H., Wiggins, S. & Markula, P. (2008) (Eds.). Critical bodies: Representations, practices and identities of weight and body management. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.
Riley, S., Frith, H., Wiggins, S., Markula, P. & Burns, M. (2008). Critical bodies: Discourses of health, gender and consumption. In Riley et al (Eds.) Critical bodies. Pp. 193-203. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.
Wiggins, S. & Potter, J. (2008) Discursive psychology. In C. Willig & W. Stainton Rogers (Eds.) The Sage Handbook of qualitative research in psychology. (P 72-89) London: Sage.
Wiggins, S. & Hepburn, A. (2007). Food abuse: Mealtimes, helplines and 'troubled' eating. In A. Hepburn & S.Wiggins (Eds.) Discursive research in practice. Pp. 263-280. Cambridge: CUP.
Wiggins, S. & Hepburn, A. (2007). Discursive research: applications and implications. In A. Hepburn & S.Wiggins (Eds.) Discursive research in practice. Pp. 281-291. Cambridge: CUP.
Hepburn, A. & Wiggins, S. (2007). (Eds.). Discursive research in practice: New approaches to psychology and everyday interaction. Cambridge: CUP.
Stokoe, E.H. & Wiggins, S. (2005). Discursive approaches. In J. Miles & P.Gilbert (Eds.) Handbook of research methods in clinical and health psychology. Pp. 161-174. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Peer-reviewed journal articles
Wiggins, S. (2009). Managing blame in NHS weight management treatment: Psychologising weight and 'obesity'. Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology. Vol. 19 (5): 374-387.
Wiggins, S. & Burns, V. (2009). Research methods in practice: The development of problem based learning materials for teaching qualitative research methods to undergraduate students. Psychology Learning and Teaching. Vol. 8 (1): 29-33.
Horne, J. & Wiggins, S. (2009). Doing 'being on the edge': Managing the dilemma of being authentically suicidal in an online forum. Sociology of Health and Illness. Vol. 31 (2): 170-184.
McCreaddie, M. & Wiggins, S. (2009). Reconciliing the good patient persona with problematic and non-problematic humour: A grounded theory. International Journal of Nursing Studies. Vol. 46 (8): 1079-1091.
Horton-Salway, M., Montague, J., Wiggins, S. & Seymour-Smith, S. (2008). Mapping the components of the telephone conference: An analysis of tutorial talk at a distance learning institution. Discourse Studies. Vol. 10 (6): 737-758.
McCreaddie, M. & Wiggins, S. (2008). The purpose and function of humour in health, healthcare and nursing: A literature review. Journal of Advanced Nursing. Vol. 61 (6): 584-595.
Hepburn, A. & Wiggins, S. (2005). Size matters: Constructing accountable bodies in NSPCC helpline interaction. Discourse & Society. Vol. 16(5): 625-645
Wiggins, S. & Forrest, S. (2005). Integrating quantitative and qualitative approaches in psychology research methods teaching: The example of a classroom debate. Psychology Learning and Teaching. Vol. 4(2): 90-94
Wiggins, S. (2004). Talking about taste: Using a discursive psychological approach to examine challenges to food evaluations. Appetite. Vol. 43: 29-38.
Wiggins, S. (2004). Good for 'you': Generic and individual healthy eating advice in family mealtimes. Journal of Health Psychology. Vol. 9 (4): 535-548.
Wiggins, S. & Potter, J. (2003). Attitudes and evaluative practices: Category vs. item and subjective vs. objective constructions in everyday food assessments. British Journal of Social Psychology. Vol. 42: 513-531.
Wiggins, S. (2002). Talking with your mouth full: Gustatory 'mmm's and the embodiment of pleasure. Research on Language and Social Interaction. Vol. 35 (3): 311-336.
Wiggins, S. (2001). Construction and action in food evaluation: Examples from conversation. Journal of Language and Social Psychology. Vol. 20 (4): 445-463.
Wiggins, S., Potter, J. and Wildsmith, A. (2001). Eating your words: Discursive psychology and the reconstruction of eating practices. Journal of Health Psychology, 6 (1): 5-15.