Sarah Whatmore (geographer)

Dame
Sarah Whatmore
DBE FBA FAcSS
Born
Aldershot, Hampshire
Alma materUniversity College London
Known forCritical geography
Scientific career
FieldsHuman-Environment geography, critical geography
InstitutionsOxford University
Thesis The 'other half' of the family farm: an analysis of the position of 'farm wives' in the familial gender division of labor on the farm  (1988)
Doctoral advisorRichard Munton

Dame Sarah Jane Whatmore DBE FBA FAcSS (born 25 September 1959[1]) is a British geographer. She is a professor of environment and public policy at Oxford University. She is a professorial fellow at Keble College, moving from Linacre College in 2012.[2] She was associate head (research) of the Social Sciences Division of the university from 2014 to 2016, and became pro-vice chancellor (education) of Oxford in January 2017. From 2018 she has been head of the Social Sciences Division.[3]

  1. ^ "Whatmore, Prof. Sarah Jane", Who's Who (online edition, Oxford University Press, December 2017). Retrieved 5 July 2018.
  2. ^ "Keble welcomes Professor Sarah Whatmore - Keble Geography". www.keble-oxford-geography.info.
  3. ^ "Sarah Whatmore". University of Oxford Social sciences Division. Retrieved 4 October 2018.