Rhianna Garrett- PhD
- Doctoral Researcher at Loughborough University
Rhianna Garrett
- PhD
- Doctoral Researcher at Loughborough University
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Introduction
Rhianna is a researcher based in the Geography and Environment department at Loughborough University, studying the career trajectories of racialised minority PhDs and early career researchers in UK higher education. Her research focuses on the relationship between identity, agency, and space, as well as racial geographies and geographies of education.
Current institution
Additional affiliations
January 2022 - present
Position
- PhD Researcher
Description
- Multiple award-winning studentship PhD researcher at Loughborough University, investigating the underrepresentation of racialised minority staff in UK higher education. Funded by the international collaborative doctoral training centre entitled Unequal Academic Citizenship: Opportunities and Barriers to Participation and Inclusion of Cultural Diversity and Intersecting Identities in Higher Education (CITHEI) in the School of Social Sciences and Humanities.
October 2021 - September 2022
Univeristy of Exeter
Position
- Master's Student
Description
- Master’s University of Exeter in Technology, Creativity and Thinking in Education, specialising in gamification, dialogic speaking tools, sociological and historical concepts, and innovation in education. Founder and Lead of the Provost Commission Education Incubator project Active Together.
Publications
Publications (4)
This article explores how multiple methodologies can create new spaces to reimagine anti-racism work and enhance engagement in anti-racist education. Through the combination of two methodologies, namely design-based research (DBR) and gamification, the paper describes the design formation of the game Quest for Equity, a collaborative and engaging s...
This paper explores the perceptions of future career trajectories amongst racialised minority PhDs in UK higher education. Drawing on 22 semi-structured interviews, my findings discuss how racialised minority PhDs relate to an academic career trajectory and identity, how they experience white organisational spaces and how diversity, or lack thereof...
Purpose
This paper critiques institutional whiteness and racial categorisation in UK higher education. This is done through the representation of the complex narratives of “mixed race” women navigating their PhD experiences in predominantly white institutions, when their identities have proximity to whiteness.
Design/methodology/approach
This stu...
