PhD in Educational & Social Justice: Tutors

Dr Sondra Cuban publishes and teaches on women/gender and literacy in emerging countries, development education, global learning,  adult learning and education and praxis, practitioner and participatory action research, community technologies, feminist ethnography and research,  immigration and education and social justice and community/academic partnerships.

Prof Carolyn Jackson is the programme director and Professor of Gender and Education. She is interested in the ways that constructions of gendered identities and learner identities intersect. She has researched and published on issues that are salient in many countries, including single-sex and co-educational learning environments; gender and transitions; concerns about boys' 'underachievement'; 'lad' and 'ladette' identities in schools and universities; the marginalisation of girls in education; representations of 'troublesome' femininities; education and fear; teachers' perceptions of gender. She has also researched and written about the PhD examination process.

Professor Colin Rogers has a long established interest in the application of social psychology to educational processes. This began with an initial interest in teacher expectancy effects which, since the pioneering work of Rosenthal & Jacobson and Rist, has had clear associations with social justice concerns. More recently his work has focussed on a variety of aspects of the motivational process in a variety of educational settings giving rise to work examining, inter alia, gender differences in motivation, the motivational characteristics of children excluded from mainstream schools, young people defined as NEET (not in education, employment or training) and the analysis of the use of ICT and other approaches to the design and implementation of interventions intended to alleviate some of the identified problems. Central to this work is a commitment to the view that "motivational equity" is an essential aspect of the processes involved in the role of education in both determining and alleviating aspects of social injustice.

Professor Murray Saunders has been involved in evaluation for most of his career. His work has involved undertaking evaluations within communities, regions and national/international environments as well as researching evaluative practices. An important part of his work has been evaluations that provide a voice for those with little power, and work to promote social justice.  Many of his projects have involved working with international agencies, civil society organisations and voluntary organisations for professional evaluation.

Dr Jo Warin The connection between social justice and education is central to Jo Warin's research. She is particularly interested in children's and young people's development of social awareness alongside self awareness and how the learning of these advantageous capacities is influenced by social inequalities. She is also interested in gender equality and is currently undertaking work on men and masculinities within the professions of primary and pre-school teaching.