Sara Delamont DSc Econ, AcSS FLSW is a reader in the School of Social Sciences at Cardiff University.
[1] Dr Delamont's research covers many different areas and disciplines including anthropology, feminist and gender studies, the sociology of education, food, professions and qualitative research methods.
Sara Delamont studied archaeology and anthropology at Girton College, Cambridge and graduated with First Class Honours in 1968.
[2] Delamont's first post was a two-year research position at the University of Edinburgh whilst writing up her doctoral thesis, after which she lectured in sociology of education for three years at the University of Leicester, before moving to Cardiff University and joining the School of Social Sciences in 1976.
[4] In 1984, Delamont was elected the first woman president of the British Educational Research Association (BERA), then elected to the Academy of Learned Societies for the Social Sciences in Nov 2000.