About us
We are a team of researchers and teachers who share a belief that children should be taught to achieve gender equality. For this reason, we have compiled and created lesson plans on this website to share with teachers.
For more information about us, please see below.
Harriet Tenenbaum PhD is a Reader in Developmental Psychology at the University of Surrey, and leads this project. Her research focuses on how young people construct understandings of social justice. She is the co-editor of The British Journal of Developmental Psychology, and the director of the University of Surrey’s Social Development Lab.
Rose Brett is a Research Assistant on this project. She is completing a Psychology PhD at the University of Surrey. Her PhD research focuses on how children, adolescents and adults view heterosexual relationship traditions and how this can be linked to sexism.
Andrea Kočiš is a Research Assistant on this project. She is completing a Psychology PhD at the University of Surrey. Her PhD research focuses on parents’ beliefs and expectations and parent-child conversations about subject domains and occupations.
Lauren Spinner is a developmental psychologist with a background examining gender stereotyping, and the socialisation of gender stereotypes, in children.
Aífe Hopkins-Doyle is a social psychologist with research expertise is gender relations including how people understand and enact sexism and feminism.
Lindsey Cameron, PhD, is a Reader in Psychology at the University of Kent. Her research area is social development, with expertise in equality, diversity, gender stereotypes, and how children learn about social groups through books and TV.
Lacey Hilliard is an assistant professor of psychology at Suffolk University in Boston, MA., US, and the director of the Social Development and Social Issues Lab. Research in the lab focuses on how children understand and navigate social groups and social issues. This work includes discovering how caregivers and educators talk about gender and race and how they may address sexism, racism, and cultural topics with children. Lacey has led multiple grants on the creation and evaluation of educational media and technology-based interventions, designed to help K-8 students navigate social issues and current events. She is also the co-author of children’s book series, Talking About Topics, through Cherry Lake Press.
Jess Riley is a Research Assistant on this project. She is an Undergraduate student completing a placement as a Research Assistant under Dr Tenenbaum at the University of Surrey’s School of Psychology.
Nic Ponsford is the founder of the multi-award winning, Global Equality Collective (GEC). Previously an award-winning Advanced Skills Teacher and Harvard author, ‘TechnoTeachers’ (2014), Nic is a recognized EdTech thought leader and frequent keynote speaker. Headhunted by the DfE for central roles during the pandemic, Nic currently works with a range of organizations including Leeds Beckett University, Microlink, Edtech UK and is studying for a doctorate in education. Nic is recognised through the InspiringFiftyEurope 2022 award, recipient of the Rising Star Award for Education and Academia, and is shortlisted for BETT 2023 ‘Innovator of the Year’. Nic believes technology is the equaliser of our time.
Jordan Day has worked in primary teaching for 18 years, teaching in various year groups and leading several different subjects. In 2017, he led a pilot scheme in his current school teaching gender equality explicitly across every year group. This grew into a school-wide strategy, independently assessed in a study by the universities of Kent and Surrey. He is also a founding member of the Global Equality Collective.
Katie Jelly is a primary school teacher of 20 years and is currently Maths Coordinator and Gender Lead. Her roles have enabled her to ensure that gender equality is taught and addressed throughout the curriculum. She has also worked with children and teachers to close gender gaps in attainment and to promote girls' self confidence in maths.
Gabriella Farkas qualified as a secondary school teacher in Hungary but has worked in the UK education sector, in both secondary and primary settings, for twelve years. She is passionate about delivering a diverse, rich curriculum and focusing on gender equality for all students.
Toria Bono is a classroom teacher who has worked in a variety of educational roles over the past 20 years. Toria is passionate about helping young people to recognise their own uniqueness and find their place in the world. She believes that when educators listen to and learn from one another, the young people in our nurseries, schools and colleges benefit from the collective knowledge and wisdom shared.
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