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Gill Crozier

Roehampton University, London

 

Gill Crozier is Professor of Education, Assistant Dean Research at Roehampton University , London . From September 2000 to November 2008 she was Professor of Education and Head of Research in the School of Education and Lifelong Learning, University of Sunderland . She is a Sociologist of Education and her work has focused on ‘race' and its intersection with social class and gender. She has researched extensively on parents and schools and is also concerned with education policy, and issues of identities and the socio-cultural influences upon identity formation. S he is currently principal investigator on the ESRC/TLRP project: The Socio-Cultural and Learning Experiences of Working Class Students in Higher Education (RES-139-25-0208) and co-applicant on the ESRC Identities, Educational Choices and the White Urban Middle Classes ( RES -148-25-0023) project. She also recently directed a two year ESRC funded research project (R000239671) Parents, Students and the School Experience: Asian Families' Perspectives.

Relevant Publications:

Parents and Schools: Partners or Protagonists? (2000) Stoke-on-Trent and USA ,VA: Stylus Publishing: Trentham Books

Activating Participation: mothers, fathers and teachers working towards partnership. Edited collection with Diane Reay. (2004) Stoke-on-Trent and USA ,VA: Stylus Publishing: Trentham Books

“There's a War Against Our children”: black parents' views on their children's education. (2005) British Journal of Sociology of Education, 25:5, pp585-598.

Family Matters: a discussion of the role of the extended family in supporting the children's education, with specific reference to families of Bangladeshi and Pakistani origin, in the UK (2006) The Sociological Review . 54:4. pp677-694 (with Jane Davies).

Hard to Reach Parents or Hard to Reach Schools? A discussion of home-school relations, with particular reference to Bangladeshi and Pakistani parents. (2007 ) British Educational Research Journal , Vol:33:3, 295-313 (With Davies, J.)

White Middle Class Parents, Identities, Educational Choice and the Urban Comprehensive School : Dilemmas, Ambivalence and Moral Ambiguity. British Journal of Sociology of Education 29:3, 261-272 (2008) (With Reay, D. James, D. Jamieson,F. Hollingworth,S. Williams, K. Beedell,P.)

Different Strokes for Different Folks: Diverse Students in Diverse Institutions - Experiences of Higher Education . (2008) Research Papers in Education , 23:2, 167-177 (With Reay, D. Clayton,J. Colliander,L.)

The Trouble is They Don't Mix”: Self-segregation or enforced exclusion? Teachers' Constructions of South Asian Students. (2008) Race, Ethnicity and Education 11:4, 285-301 (With Davies, J) .

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