Dr Melanie Jordan undertakes undergraduate and postgraduate teaching as well as PhD supervision plus personal and collaborative research and publication - in the fields of criminology and sociology.

She is an interdisciplinary criminologist at the University of Nottingham who undertakes research that spans health humanities, prisons, music and movement (e.g., capoeira), forensic mental health, and trauma-informed care and practice.

Mel also works with governmental and non-governmental bodies and charities as an advisor on elements of prisons, survivor services, public protection policing, secure sites, care settings, mental health, therapeutic environments. Melanie has a PhD in Prison Mental Health, an MA in Research Method, and a BA in Social Policy. Melanie moved to this post after several post-doctoral years at the University of Nottingham on Jubilee Campus in the Institute of Mental Health.