Carly Guest

Carly Guest is an Assistant Professor in the Social Sciences Department at Northumbria University. She focuses on decarceral feminism, memory studies, and feminist methodologies. Her work explores intersections between carceral systems, resistance, and narrative identity through historical case studies like the Holloway Prison closure and the UK miners’ strike.

Her research employs interdisciplinary methods including poetry analysis and ethnography. She currently supervises PhD projects on decarceral feminism and related themes. Guest has contributed to journals like Memory Studies and Punishment and Society, and co-authored chapters in edited volumes on abolitionist futures and legal social change.

Her teaching emphasizes innovative pedagogical approaches informed by feminist science fiction, advocating for 'slow pedagogy' that challenges traditional academic timelines. Guest collaborates internationally on projects examining carceral logics and abolitionist futures.