Dr David Ben Shannon

PhD, MA, PGCE, BA (hons)

School of Education

Lecturer in Education

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d.b.Shannon@Sheffield.ac.uk
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The Wave

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Dr David Ben Shannon
School of Education
The Wave
2 Whitham Road
Sheffield
S10 2AH
Profile

I am an interdisciplinary scholar, whose research intersects with critical disability studies, early childhood education, cultural studies, and art. With a background in primary special education, my research explores how neurodiversity unfolds in early childhood education through an attention to affect, place, early literacy and language, and the more-than-human. Methodologically, I experiment with sensory ethnography, sound, research-creation, and digital ethnography. I am also a sound artist and composer, and one-half of glitch-folk, electronica duo Oblique Curiosities.

My recent work has been published in Qualitative Inquiry, Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education, International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education, International Journal of Qualitative Methods, and the Canadian Journal of Disability Studies.

Research interests

affect; autism; neurodiversity; queer studies; early childhood education; literacy; language; sensory ethnography; arts-based methods; research-creation; research mobilities; posthuman and socio-material theories of learning.

Publications

Books

  • Burnett C, Adams G, Gillen J, Thompson TL, Cermakova A, Shannon DB & Shetty P (2024) . Taylor & Francis.
  • Badwan K, Dower RC, Farah W, Flewitt R, Hackett A, Holmes R, MacRae C, Nair VKK & Ben Shannon D () . Routledge.

Journal articles

  • Hackett A, Shannon DB, MacRae C & MacLure M (2025) . Journal of Early Childhood Literacy.
  • Shannon DB & Hackett A (2024) . Critical Inquiry in Language Studies, 22(2), 146-169.
  • Shannon DB (2024) . International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education, 37(3), 676-690.
  • Truman SE, Shannon DB & Yusoff K (2023) . Angelaki, 28(6), 84-96.
  • Shannon DB & Hackett A (2023) . Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education, 45(1), 118-130.
  • Shannon DB (2023) . Qualitative Inquiry, 29(1), 200-211.
  • Shannon DB (2021) . International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education, 38(5), 711-729.
  • Shannon DB (2021) . Matter: Journal of New Materialist Research, 4(4).
  • Shannon DB (2020) . Canadian Journal of Disability Studies, 9(5), 489-514.
  • Shannon DB & Truman SE (2020) . International Journal of Qualitative Methods, 19.
  • Shannon DB (2019) . Journal of Public Pedagogies(4).
  • Truman SE & Shannon DB (2018) . Capacious: Journal for Emerging Affect Inquiry, 1(3), 58-77.

Book chapters

  • Williams Y & Shannon DB (2025) , Language Place and the Body in Childhood Literacies Theory Practice and Social Justice (pp. 31-44).
  • Hackett A & Shannon DB (2025) , Language Place and the Body in Childhood Literacies Theory Practice and Social Justice (pp. 104-118).
  • Hackett A, Badwan K, Dower RC, Ehiyazaryan-White E, Farah W, Flewitt R, Grainger K, Holmes R, MacRae C, Nair VKK & Shannon DB (2025) , Language Place and the Body in Childhood Literacies Theory Practice and Social Justice (pp. 235-250).
  • Spencer W, Clarke J & Shannon DB (2025) , Language Place and the Body in Childhood Literacies Theory Practice and Social Justice (pp. 168-180).
  • Badwan K, Dower RC, Farah W, Flewitt R, Holmes R, Hackett A, MacRae C, Nair VKK & Shannon DB (2025) , Language Place and the Body in Childhood Literacies Theory Practice and Social Justice (pp. 1-16).
  • Hackett A, MacRae C, Shannon DB, Chester R, Cooke L, Hallberg E, Simmons G, Smith-Higgins L & Toon S (2025) , Language Place and the Body in Childhood Literacies Theory Practice and Social Justice (pp. 119-130).
  • Hackett A, Badwan K, Dower RC, Ehiyazaryan-White E, Farah W, Flewitt R, Karen G, Holmes R, MacRae C, Nair VKK & Shannon DB (2025) , Language, Place, and the Body in Childhood Literacies (pp. 237-249). Routledge
  • Williams Y & Shannon DB (2025) , Language, Place, and the Body in Childhood Literacies (pp. 31-44). Routledge
  • Hackett A & Shannon DB (2025) , Language, Place, and the Body in Childhood Literacies (pp. 104-118). Routledge
  • Badwan K, Dower RC, Farah W, Flewitt R, Holmes R, Hackett A, MacRae C, Nair VKK & Shannon DB (2025) , Language, Place, and the Body in Childhood Literacies (pp. 3-16). Routledge
  • Spencer W, Clarke J & Shannon DB (2025) , Language, Place, and the Body in Childhood Literacies (pp. 168-180). Routledge
  • Hackett A, MacRae C, Shannon DB, Chester R, Cooke L, Hallberg E, Simmons G, Smith-Higgins L & Toon S (2025) , Language, Place, and the Body in Childhood Literacies (pp. 119-130). Routledge
  • Shannon DB, Nair VKK & Farah W (2025) , Language, Place, and the Body in Childhood Literacies (pp. 95-103). Routledge
  • Farah W, Hackett A, Holcomb L, Nair VKK & Shannon DB (2025) , Language, Place, and the Body in Childhood Literacies (pp. 150-156). Routledge
  • Dower RC, Hackett A, Lee A & Shannon DB (2025) , Language, Place, and the Body in Childhood Literacies (pp. 227-233). Routledge
  • Shannon DB, Nair VK & Farah W (2025) , Language, Place, and the Body in Childhood Literacies (pp. 95-103). Taylor & Francis
  • Farah W, Hackett A, Holcomb L, Nair VK & Shannon DB (2025) , Language, Place, and the Body in Childhood Literacies (pp. 150-156). Taylor & Francis
  • Dower RC, Hackett A, Lee A & Shannon DB (2025) , Language, Place, and the Body in Childhood Literacies (pp. 227-233). Taylor & Francis
  • Arculus C, Holmes R, Leela M, MacRae C, Power-Annand A, Shannon DB & Williams Y (2025) , Language, Place, and the Body in Childhood Literacies (pp. 80-91). Taylor & Francis
  • Arculus C, Holmes R, Leela M, MacRae C, Power-Annand A, Shannon DB & Williams Y (2025) , Language, Place, and the Body in Childhood Literacies (pp. 80-91). Routledge

Reports

  • Ĉermákóva A ()
Teaching interests

disability studies in education; inclusive education; literacy; digital literacy; research methods; queer studies in education