Dr Sam Chenery-Morris

Dr Sam Chenery-Morris has twenty years experience in higher education including teaching, course and School-level curriculum development.  From 2019-2022, Sam was Associate Dean for Learning, Teaching and Student Experience, in the School of Health and Sports Sciences. She has held four External Examiner roles at De Montfort, Middlesex, Nottingham and Ulster Universities.

She is currently supervising three PhD students.

Sam’s scholarly interests centre on higher education, student experience, assessment, gender, intersectionality, social justice and the experiences of women in professional education. Her work has contributed to debates in healthcare and higher education, and she has authored and edited journal articles, book chapters and academic texts exploring gender, identity, power and the higher education workforce.

Articles

Chenery-Morris, Samantha and Divers, Jo (2025) The practice debate: are midwifery educators and midwives in practice working together to support the education of the future workforce? British Journal of Midwifery, 32 (11). ISSN 0969-4900

Chenery-Morris, Samantha and Divers, Jo (2025) Is the Midwifery profession academic enough? British Journal of Midwifery, 33 (1). ISSN 0969-4900

Chenery-Morris, Samantha and Divers, Jo (2024) The pay & conditions debate: what is the reality of the working environment in midwifery higher education? British Journal of Midwifery, 32 (9). ISSN 0969-4900

Chenery-Morris, Samantha and Divers, Jo (2024) The diversity debate: Is midwifery higher education addressing the challenges of systemic racism? British Journal of Midwifery, 32 (7). ISSN 0969-4900

Chenery-Morris, Samantha and Divers, Jo (2024) The gender debate: is midwifery education ‘women’s work’? British Journal of Midwifery, 32 (4). pp. 202-207. ISSN 0969-4900

Chenery-Morris, Samantha and Divers, Jo (2024) Midwifery higher education – who are we and who do we teach? British Journal of Midwifery, 32 (1). ISSN 0969-4900

Chenery-Morris, Samantha, Fisher, Margaret and Tomson, Abbie (2022) Supervision and assessment in midwifery practice during a global pandemic: a cohort survey. Nurse Education in Practice, 60. ISSN 1471-5953

Chenery-Morris, Samantha and Divers, Jo (2022) Eating eggs in pregnancy: advice, physiology, and evidence. The Practising Midwife. ISSN 1461-3123

Chenery-Morris, Samantha and Divers, Jo (2022) Eating meat and fish in pregnancy: advice, physiology, and evidence. The Practising Midwife. ISSN 1461-3123

Chenery-Morris, Samantha and Divers, Joanne (2021) Dairy in pregnancy: advice, physiology, and evidence. Practising Midwife, 24 (10). ISSN 1461-3123

Chenery-Morris, Samantha and Divers, Joanne (2021) Exploring food guidance 1: caffeine consumption: advice, physiology, and evidence. Practising Midwife, 24 (8). pp. 24-29. ISSN 1461-3123

Baker, Becky and Chenery-Morris, Samantha (2020) Understanding research: quantitative methodologies: the ubiquitous survey, exploring descriptive and inferential statistics. The Practising Midwife, 23 (6). pp. 24-28. ISSN 1461-3123 (In Press)

Baker, Becky and Chenery-Morris, Samantha (2020) Understanding research: quantitative methodologies: explaining experimental and non-experimental design. The Practising Midwife, 23 (5). pp. 24-28. ISSN 1461-3123

Baker, Becky and Chenery-Morris, Samantha (2020) Understanding research: qualitative methodologies continued: exploring the generic qualitative approach, ethnography, case study and action research. The Practising Midwife, 23 (3). pp. 26-29. ISSN 1461-3123

Baker, Becky and Chenery-Morris, Samantha (2020) Understanding research: quantitative and qualitative paradigms, principles and sampling. The Practising Midwife, 22 (10). pp. 25-29. ISSN 1461-3123

Baker, Becky and Chenery-Morris, Samantha (2020) Understanding research: qualitative research methodologies; nuances between phenomenology, grounded theory and narrative research. The Practising Midwife, 23 (1). pp. 26-30. ISSN 1461-3123

Baker, Becky and Chenery-Morris, Samantha (2019) Understanding research: 2 theoretical and conceptual frameworks and their application to midwifery knowledge and research. The Practising Midwife, 24 (6). pp. 26-29. ISSN 1461-3123

Baker, Becky and Chenery-Morris, Samantha (2019) Understanding research: 1 philosophy in midwifery. The Practising Midwife, 22 (6). pp. 26-30. ISSN 1461-3123

Way, Susan, Fisher, Margaret and Chenery-Morris, Samantha (2019) An evidence-based toolkit to support grading of pre-registration midwifery practice. British Journal of Midwifery, 27 (4). pp. 251-257. ISSN 2052-4307

Fisher, M, Bower, H, Chenery-Morris, Samantha, Galloway, F, Jackson, J, Way, S and Fisher, M.M (2018) National survey: Developing a common approach to grading of practice in pre-registration midwifery. Nurse Education in Practice, 34. pp. 150-160. ISSN 1471-5953 (In Press)

Fisher, M, Bower, H, Chenery-Morris, Samantha, Jackson, J and Way, S (2017) A scoping study to explore the application and impact of grading practice in pre-registration midwifery programmes across the United Kingdom. Nurse Education in Practice, 24. pp. 99-105. ISSN 1471-5953

Fisher, M, Bower, H, Chenery-Morris, Samantha, Jackson, J and Way, S (2017) Core principles to reduce current variations that exist in grading of midwifery practice in the United Kingdom. Nurse Education in Practice, 24 (3). pp. 54-60. ISSN 1471-5953

Chenery-Morris, Samantha (2015) The importance of continuity of mentorship in pre-registration midwifery education. Evidence Based Midwifery, 13 (2). pp. 47-53. ISSN 1479-4489

Chenery-Morris, Samantha (2014) Exploring students and mentors experiences of grading midwifery practice. Evidence Based Midwifery, 12 (3). pp. 101-106. ISSN 1479-4489

Passmore, Heather and Chenery-Morris, Samantha (2014) Exploring the value of the tripartite assessment of students in pre-registration midwifery education: A review of the evidence. Nurse Education in Practice, 14 (1). pp. 92-97. ISSN 1471-5953

Chenery-Morris, Samantha and Passmore, Heather (2012) Grading pre-registration midwifery education; a concept analysis. Evidence Based Midwifery, 10 (2). pp. 57-63. ISSN 1479-4489

Chenery-Morris, Samantha (2010) Grading midwifery practice; a discourse analysis. Evidence Based Midwifery, 8 (4). pp. 122-127. ISSN 1479-4489

Book Chapters

Chenery-Morris, Samantha (2025) (In)visible sexuality. In: Celebrating Women in Higher Education: A Case Study of Nurses and Midwifes. Routledge, London, England. ISBN 9781003486497.

Chenery-Morris, Samantha (2025) Why we need to celebrate women in nursing and midwifery HE. In: Celebrating Women in Higher Education: A Case Study of Nurses and Midwifes. Routledge, London, England. ISBN 9781003486497

Chenery-Morris, Samantha (2017) Evidence-based practice. In: How to survive your nursing or midwifery course: a toolkit for success. Sage Publications, London, UK, pp. 91-106. ISBN 9781473969223

Gribben, Monica, McLellan, Stephen, McGirr, Debbie and Chenery-Morris, Samantha (2017) Communication and interpersonal skills. In: How to survive your nursing or midwifery course: a toolkit for success. Sage Publications, London, UK, pp. 53-71. ISBN 9781473969223

Chenery-Morris, Samantha (2015) Perinatal mental health. In: Contexts of Midwifery. Sage Publications, London, UK, pp. 97-117. ISBN 9781446295373

Chenery-Morris, Samantha (2015) Promoting parenting in midwifery. In: Contexts of Midwifery Practice. Transforming Midwifery Practice . Sage Publications, London, UK, pp. 158-179. ISBN 9781446295373

Chenery-Morris, Samantha (2015) Women who have communication challenges. In: Contexts of Midwifery Practice. Transforming Midwifery Practice . Sage Publications, London, UK, pp. 57-75. ISBN 9781446295373

Chenery-Morris, Samantha (2015) The principles of health promotion and salutogenesis. In: Contexts of Midwifery Practice. Transforming Midwifery Practice . Sage Publications, London, UK, pp. 3-18. ISBN 9781446295373.

Research Reports

Chenery-Morris, Samantha, Gladwell, Valerie, Reeves, Laura, Rossiter, Ellie and Malloy, Ella (2025) Menopause and me evaluation report (June 2025). Project Report. University of Suffolk, Suffolk LIbraries, Ipswich, UK. (Unpublished).

Chenery-Morris, S., Javan, N., Ejiogu, O., Gladwell, V., Abdullahi, Z. and Playfair, C. (2023) Inclusivity in Menopause Transition.  University of Suffolk. Evaluation report.

Books

Sam Chenery-Morris and Jo Divers (2025) Celebrating Women in Higher Education: A Case Study of Nurses and Midwives. Routledge, London, England. ISBN 9781003486497.

Chenery-Morris, Samantha (2020) Grading student midwives’ practice: a case study exploring relationships, identity and authority. Routledge research in nursing and midwifery . Routledge, London, England. ISBN 9780367430870.

Sam has presented at international conferences in Oslo and Prague and represented the University of Suffolk at Keio University, Tokyo.  She has been on recruitment trips, namely in Kerala, India and attended graduation ceremony in Mauritius.