Rate My Professor Emily Setty

In her career, Setty has advanced from Lecturer to Associate Professor, currently serving as Programme Director for Criminology and MSc Dissertation Lead. She leads the Reimagine RSE initiative, fostering collaborations with young people, educators, policymakers, and practitioners to develop evidence-based resources addressing sexual harms and digital ethics. Setty supervises PhD students on topics such as young people's views on online pornography, parental involvement in sex education, age of consent laws, and sexual health discussions in healthcare. She convenes modules including Crime Power and Justice, Crime and Technology, Quantitative and Qualitative Methods, Youth Culture, Crime and Offending, and Criminological Theories, with plans for Victims and Victimology. Key publications include her book Risk and Harm in Youth Sexting Culture: Young People’s Perspectives (Routledge, 2020); articles such as A Rights-Based Approach to Youth Sexting (2019), Sex and Consent in Contemporary Youth Sexual Culture (2020), Educating Teenage Boys About Consent (2022), Beyond ‘Yes’ and ‘No’: Reimagining Consent Education (2025), and Reimagining Relationships and Sex Education: A Safe Uncertainty Approach (2025); and contributions to projects like Everyone's Safer on school responses to harmful sexual behavior. Her work influences policy, practice, and public discourse on youth sexual wellbeing.