Dr Mark Bendall

Biography

Mark has been a Senior Lecturer for many years spanning a range of subjects, both political and criminological. Experience had included being on the team to establish new degrees such as the Politics degree and the inception of the Criminology degree at Chester in 2004. He has been an Editor for Cogent Social Science (Taylor and Francis) and published with a range of presses including Oxford University Press. He has secured external funding for example from the British Academy and seen a number of doctoral students to completion, some of whom are themselves now lecturers.

Teaching and Supervision

Mark has taught on a range of subjects spanning Anglo-American politics and culture, as well as Comparative Politics and Political Communication. He also taught for some years the module Criminal Representations. Nominations have been received for Most Innovative Lecturer, Most Helpful PAT and Most helpful Feedback, for example. His work securing sponsorship from M and S and Odeon cinemas for a Bond Event, linked to a Criminology module, was short listed for a THES award.

Research and Knowledge Exchange

Mark has published on a range of eclectic subjects such as corporate social responsibility and human rights. This has included interviews with icons such as Quentin Crisp. The interest in human rights has continued with his research into conflicts in the Mediterranean, and to this end he has supported students to set up their own Peace Society in 2024. The interest of human rights as pursued by superheroes has also been a subject of published interest, reflecting his interdisciplinary interests where the political, cultural and criminological interweave. Mark has also established links and given papers at international conferences on autoethnographic topics.

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