Dr. at University of Brighton
Catherine Theodosius is a senior lecturer at Brighton University. Her doctoral and post doctoral work is on the sociology of emotional labour and how this particularly impacts on health professionals such as nurses. Catherine’s monograph (2008) Emotional Labour in Healthcare, published by Routledge was awarded an honourable mention in 2010 by the American Sociology Association, Emotions Section. Currently Catherine is research lead for the Cultivating Compassion project lead by Brighton University in collaboration with five partner organisations (including Surrey University and Brighton and Sussex Medical School) and funded by Health Education Kent, Surrey and Sussex.