Professor Donna Chambers

Professor

School: Design Arts and Creative Industries

I am an interdisciplinary scholar who is interested in how people and places are represented in cultural and heritage tourism, gender intersectionality (specifically Black feminist approaches), postcolonialism and decolonisation, and critical and innovative approaches to research. I joined Northumbria University in September 2022 and prior to this I was at the University of Sunderland where I established a cross faculty Interdisciplinary Research Network on Race, Class and Ethnicity (RaCE).

I was also employed at the Universities of Surrey and Edinburgh Napier. I am a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and prior to entering academia, I spent five years in the Ministry responsible for tourism in Jamaica. I hold Masters degrees in International Relations (University of the West Indies) and Tourism Management (University of Surrey) and a PhD in Tourism Studies (Brunel University). I am an Associate Editor for Annals of Tourism Research, and served as a Managing Editor for Leisure Studies. I was also an external member of the Central University Research Ethics Committee of the University of Oxford between 2013-2021. I have published numerous journal articles, books, book chapters and presented at many national and international conferences several as a keynote speaker. I am a passionate advocate for equity, justice, anti-racism and anti-discrimination within the university community and the wider society.

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Research Themes and Scholarly Interests

Representations of culture and heritage

Gender intersectionality (with race)

Postcolonialism and decolonisation

Visual and other qualitative methods

Key Publications

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VW campervan tourists' embodied sonic experiences, Wilson, S., Chambers, D., Johnson, J. 1 May 2019, In: Annals of Tourism Research
The future of deaf tourism studies: an interdisciplinary research agenda, Jensen, M., Chambers, D., Wilson, S. 1 May 2023, In: Annals of Tourism Research
Are we all in this together? Gender intersectionality and sustainable tourism, Chambers, D. 20 Oct 2021, In: Journal of Sustainable Tourism
The construction of intangible cultural heritage: a Foucauldian Critique, Melis, C., Chambers, D. 1 Jul 2021, In: Annals of Tourism Research
Volunteers’ Sense of (Dis)Connection at a Sport Event, Owen, S., Chambers, D. 17 Feb 2024, In: Leisure Sciences
Volunteers’ embodied experience at a sport festival, Owen, S., Chambers, D. 18 May 2022, In: Event Management

PGR Supervision

Degna Stone Reimagining heritage: Examining the visibility and creative expression of African, Asian and Caribbean diaspora artists in the north of England Start Date: 13/03/2023 End Date: 17/10/2025
Kathleen Boodhai Indian Heritage-ness in Diaspora: Transnational Case Studies Start Date: 21/03/2024
Kathleen Boodhai Indian Heritage-ness in Diaspora: Transnational Case Studies Start Date: 21/03/2024 End Date: 17/10/2025
Maya Azizan Performances of cultural heritage amongst the Malaysian diaspora in the Northeast of England Start Date: 01/03/2023 End Date: 17/10/2025
Maya Azizan Performances of cultural heritage amongst the Malaysian diaspora in the Northeast of England Start Date: 01/03/2023
Dawn Knox Interrogating colonialism, climate crisis and mass human migration through decolonial curating. Start Date: 01/10/2024
Degna Stone Reimagining heritage: Examining the visibility and creative expression of African, Asian and Caribbean diaspora artists in the North of England Start Date: 13/03/2023
Dawn Knox Interrogating colonialism, climate crisis and mass human migration through decolonial curating. Start Date: 01/10/2024 End Date: 17/10/2025