Rebekah Willett
Dr Rebekah Willett is currently employed at the London Knowledge Lab
History
Willett’s research interests include media cultures, literacy and gender. Projects she has worked on include 'Shared Spaces: Informal Learning and Digital Cultures' and a European media education project focusing on the internet. She has published work on new media pedagogies, Pokemon, internet risk, children's story writing, chatrooms and teenage girls and the internet. She has worked as a primary school teacher as well as a researcher.
publications:
- 2005. ‘Baddies’ in the classroom.
- 2006. Poofy Dresses and Big Guns: A poststructuralist analysis of gendered positioning through talk amongst friends.
- 2007. Consuming Fashion and Producing Meaning through Online Paper Dolls.
- 2007. Technology, Pedagogy and Digital Production: A Case Study of Children Learning New Media Skills.
- 2008 Consumer Citizens Online: Structure, agency and gender in online participation.
- 2008‘What you wear tells a lot about you’: Girls dress up online.
Professional Activities:
Consultancy work has included evaluating projects and co-authoring reports for Office of Communications, MediaSmart, and Cambridge Film Consortium
Member of United Kingdom Literacy Association (Digital Literacy’s SIG); Media, Communications and Cultural Studies Association; British Educational Research Association. Member of Editorial Board for Girlhood Studies: An interdisciplinary Journal.
Dr Willet is a suitable candidate as a lead expert with media smart due to her extensive knowledge in media, education and working with young individuals. Consulting work with Ofcom provides her with up to the minute details within the British media
Contact
Address: London Knowledge Lab,
Institute of Education,
University of London,
23-29 Emerald Street,
London,
WC1N 3QS
Phone:+44 020 7763 2186
Email: r.willett@ioe.ac.uk
www.ioe.ac.uk/study/LKLB_56.html
