School of Social and Political Science

Research interests

Publications: journal articles, book chapters, etc.

Andrada, A. (2020, Forthcoming). Modern Approaches to Online Methods: Recruitment and Sampling Hard-to-Reach Groups.

Andrada, A. & Ozdemir U. (2020, Forthcoming). Intersectionality & COVID-19: Relative Verses Absolute Well-being.

Andrada, A. (December, 2019). ‘Woman’ and (Un)Partnered Mother: Intersectional Perspective, In Buchanan, F. & Zufferey, C. (Ed.), Intersections of Mothering: Feminist Accounts. Routledge: UK.

Other publications: book reviews, blog posts, etc.

Difficult Conversations. (2020, July). What’s the Role of White People in Black Lives Matter? Looking in the Mirror at Feminism & Anti-Racism, Podcast. Podcast by Amy Andrada. Difficult Conversations Blog. Retrieved on August 10, 2020, 

The Focus Magazine. (2020, July). Texting Your Ex in Lockdown? Here’s Why. Interview with Amy Andrada. The Focus. Retrieved on July 12, 2020, 

Sociological Review. (June, 2020). COVID Outside Outside Our Door. Post by Amy Andrada, Solidarity & Care, Sociological Review Blog. Retrieved on June 6, 2020, 

University of Edinburgh. (2020, May).  Strange, Strange Times: Methods and Stuff During COVID-19. Post by Amy Andrada. Post Pandemic, Edinburgh Decameron Blog. Retrieved on May 21, 2020, 

Difficult Conversations. (2020, April). COVID-19 Pandemic Outbreak: Motherhood & Single Parents, Podcast. Podcast by Amy Andrada. Difficult Conversations Blog. Retrieved on April 4, 2020, 

University of Edinburgh. (2020, February). Feminist Teaching, Podcast Episode 15. Podcast by Amy Andrada. Teaching Matters Blog. Retrieved on February 26, 2020, 

University of Edinburgh. (2019, August). A Night at the Cabaret… of Dangerous Ideas (CoDI), Interview with Amy Andrada. University of Edinburgh. Retrieved on August 15, 2020, 

Andrada, A. (2018). [Review of the book Getting Respect: Responding to Stigma and Discrimination in the United States, Brazil, and Israel, by Lamont, M, Moraes Silva, G., Welburn, J., Guetzkow, J., Mizrachi, N., Herzog, H. and E. Reis]. Sociological Research Online, 23(2). 

Andrada, A. (2017). [Review of the book Negotiating Identities: Adolescent Mothers’ Journey to Motherhood, A Research Study, by Ford, K.L.]. Women & Language Online, 38(1). 

Andrada, A. (2017). [Review of the book Family Rhythms: The Changing Textures of Family Life in Ireland, by Grey, J., Geraghty, R., and Ralph, D.]. Sociological Research Online, 22(1). 

Centre for Research on Families and Relationships. (Dec 5, 2017). Trust me, I know exactly how you feel’: Undisclosed thoughts on researching single mums when you are one. Post by Amy Andrada. Centre for Research on Families and Relationships Blog. 

DePaulo, B. (2017). Why Aren’t the Other kids Playing with My Son? Post by Amy Andrada, Part 1. Psych Central. Retrieved on November 17, 2017, 

DePaulo, B. (2017). Why Aren’t the Other kids Playing with My Son? Post by Amy Andrada, Part 2. Psych Central. Retrieved on November 25, 2017, 

Conference papers, presentations, and proceedings 

• Training Course/Lecture (2021, Forthcoming). Gender & Adolescence: Unpacking Stigma and Learned Intragender Sexism (Community Engagement). Lothian Association of Youth Clubs (LAYC). Edinburgh, UK.
• Andrada, A. (2020, September). Modern Approaches to Data Collection: Recruitment and Sampling, Hard-to-Reach Groups. Presentation at the NVivo Virtual Conference* (online), United States.
• Lecture, (2020, August). Are Women Assholes? The Cabaret of Dangerous Ideas (Public Lecture). Edinburgh, UK, 
• Andrada, A. (2020, March). Pregnancy and Motherhood: The Medicalization of the Bodies of Women. Panelist at the Eliminating Gender-Based Violence Conference* (online), University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom.
• Andrada, A. (October, 2019). American Mothers: Balancing Acts of ‘Mother' and ‘Womanhood’. Presentation at the California Sociological Association, Sacramento, CA, USA.
• Lecture Series, (2019, July—October). Are Women Assholes? The Cabaret of Dangerous Ideas, (Public Lecture). Edinburgh, UK.
• Andrada, A. (2019, April). Hierarchies of (Un)Partnered Motherhood. Presentation at the British Sociological Association, Glasgow Caledonian University, Glasgow, United Kingdom.
• Committee Member, New Directions Annual Conference, April 18-19, 2019, Edinburgh, UK. 
• Andrada, A. (2018, December). Hierarchal Sub/Prescriptions of (Un)Partnered Woman. Presentation at the Exploring Legacies of Injustice and Inequality Conference, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
• Hierarchal Prescription of UnPartnered Motherhood: Single Mothers and Stigma, Exploring Legacies of Injustice and Inequality, Dec 3, 2018, Edinburgh University, Edinburgh, UK.
• Why Mums Have More in Common Than They Think (Public Lecture), Leith Lab Conversations: Exploration, September 29, 2018, Edinburgh, UK.
• Chair, Opportunity and Identity, New Directions Annual Conference, April 19-20, 2018, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
• Middle Class Mothers in the US. Emerging Themes: Identity, Stigma, and Agency, BSA Annual Conference, April 10-12, 2018, Northumbria University, Newcastle, UK.
• Middle Class Mothers: Examining Single Mothers and their Experiences (Preliminary Data), CSA Annual Conference, Nov 17-18, 2017, Sacramento, CA, USA.
• Single Mothers in the American Middle Class: Theoretical Analysis of Motherhood and Mothering, Kaleidoscope: Postgraduate Gender Research Network of Scotland Conference, June 5, 2017, Edinburgh, UK.
• American Single Mothers: Class, Identity, and Stigma, New Directions Annual Conference, April 20-21, 2017, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.