Dr Joy Probyn
School of Health & Society
Current positions
Senior Lecturer
Biography
Joy is a sociologist and Senior Lecturer at the University of Salford, and a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. She joined the University in 2014 following an early career as a postdoctoral qualitative health researcher, where she contributed to projects on adolescent diabetes management, paediatric end-of-life care, and informed consent in cardiac surgery.
Joy holds a BA (Hons) in Sociology (2004) and a PhD in Health Services Research (2010) from the University of Liverpool. Since joining Salford, she has undertaken a range of senior academic leadership roles, including Interim Head of Social Policy, Sociology and Criminology (2020–2022) and Deputy Director of Postgraduate Research in the School of Health & Society (Admissions) (2020–2025).
Joy has extensive experience teaching qualitative research methods at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels, alongside expertise in health inequalities and gender studies. Joy is an experienced PGR supervisor, having successfully supervised seven PhD/DProf candidates and two MPhil students to completion since 2021.
Joy's current research focuses on gender inequality in the workplace, with a particular emphasis on flexible working practices and their role in shaping everyday experiences of work and care.
Areas of Research
Gender inequality
Flexible work
Motherhood
Health inequalities
Areas of Supervision
Qualitative methods
Gender inequality
Motherhood
Work
Wellbeing
Health inequalities
Joy's teaching is focused on qualitative research methods and health, wellbeing and illness in society, and social inequalities.
Qualifications
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PG Cert Academic Practice
2019 - 2020 -
PhD in Health Sciences
2006 - 2010 -
BA (Hons) Sociology
2001 - 2004