Caitlin MacKinlay
Department of Geography, Durham University, UK.
Responsibilities
- Contributes to CGWG committee meetings and discussions
- Co-organizes Early Career Perspectives seminar series
- Member, 2026 Conference Organising Committee. Contribute to planning, programme development, and organisational decisions for the 2026 annual conference.
Research Interests
Caitlin PhD research explores LGBTQ+ experiences of the UK prison system, questioning how queer bodies navigate, (re)negotiate and resist prison spaces within everyday life via queer worldmaking practices. They are also interested in the affective and atmospheric conditions of carcerality, having previously conducted research that interrogated the embodied, emotional and affective dimensions of increased security within public transit spaces.
Contact
If you would like to get in touch with Caitlin in their role as Committee Member, please email: caitlin.mackinlay@durham.ac.uk