Rochelle Mallet

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Senior Lecturer
Faculty:
Faculty of Arts, Humanities, Education and Social Sciences
School:
School of Education
Location:
Cambridge
Areas of Expertise:
Education and teaching
Courses taught:

Rochelle is a Senior Lecturer who has taught a range of topics associated with childhood. Her area of expertise includes early childhood education, gender, and children’s rights.

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Background

Rochelle worked in Early Childhood Education for many years, including in both educator and leadership roles. Alumni of Anglia Ruskin University, Rochelle completed an MA in Early Childhood Education in 2018 before going on to complete a PhD at The Open University in 2024. Rochelle has also lectured at Anglia Ruskin University London before joining the school of Education at the ARU Cambridge campus in 2024.

Research interests
  • Gender in childhood and educational spaces
  • The rights of infants and young children
  • The embodied experience of education
  • Early Years educators’ in-sector experiences
  • Posthuman methodologies in childhood research
Qualifications
  • PhD Early Childhood Studies, The Open University
  • MA Early Childhood Education, Anglia Ruskin University
  • BA (Hons) Childhood and Youth Studies, The Open University
Memberships, editorial boards
  • Gender and Education
Selected recent publications

Mallet, R. (2024) How do concepts of gender emerge in the early childhood education and care environment? Thinking with furniture. Researching Gender and Sexuality.

Recent presentations and conferences

"Gender & Otherness in Early Childhood Education & Care". Otherness in the Humanities (GOTH) Symposium, 2021|Online

"Gender in Early Childhood Education & Care". Gender and Otherness in the Humanities (GOTH) Symposium, 2022|Online

"Gender & Early Childhood". Gender and Otherness in the Humanities (GOTH) Symposium, 2023|Milton Keynes, The Open University

"Transitioning to a Researcher Identity". Postgraduate Research Student Conference (The Open University), 2023|Online

"How do concepts of gender emerge within the Early Childhood Education and Care environment?" BERA: Researching Gender and Sexuality in Educational Settings, 2023| Online

"How do infants and young children learn gender in Early Childhood Education and Care?" British Sociological Association Conference, 2023|Manchester, The University of Manchester