Rachael Fox

Biography

I completed a BSc(Hons first class) in Psychology at the University of Stirling, UK, before going on to complete a PhD in Community Psychology, also at the University of Stirling. The title of the PhD was 'Scottish secondary education from a critical community psychological perspective: power, control and exclusion'. This research involved extended ethnography in a number of secondary educational settings and participatory research with young people who have experienced school exclusion. The work examined education from a standpoint with these young people using Foucauldian discourse approaches to reveal problematic power relations in education. I then went on to work as a Research Fellow at the University of Strathclyde, UK, on an ESRC funded project entitled "At Home Abroad: The Life Experiences of Children of Eastern European Migrant Workers in Scotland". On completing this project I joined the School of Psychology at Charles Sturt University (CSU) as a Lecturer on the Wagga Campus. I teach qualitative methods and critical community psychology and my current primary research interests include the social exclusion experiences of young people and collaborative, ethnographic methodologies. I am a member of the Research Institute for Professional Practice, Learning and Education (RIPPLE).

Research Interest

The rights of children and young people and their experiences of social exclusion and marginalisation Critical, Community and Social Psychology