Jennifer is a researcher with the Centre for International Education (CIE) at the University of Sussex, UK. She is also a researcher with Ibali – an AHRC/GCRF-funded network based at the Open University, UK, and engaged in researching young people’s education, inclusions and exclusions in Africa and elsewhere using creative and collaborative approaches. Her research interests are in identities, inclusion, equity and policy in education, teacher education and the teaching profession as well as participatory and comparative research methods. At the University of Sussex, Jennifer has served as Teaching Fellow in International Education and Development and as co-facilitator of the Education and Social Work First-Year PhD support group. She has also supported a collaborative project on youth identities in Pakistan, Nigeria, Lebanon and Senegal and contributed to the development and delivery of a professional development course on transformative pedagogy for higher education leaders in Nigeria. For the Ibali network, Jennifer has promoted and participated in the network’s capacity building events and supported its Lead and other researchers in externally-funded international research projects, especially in South Africa. Prior to joining Sussex and Ibali, Jennifer had been leading the curriculum development and teaching of Comparative Education as Lecturer at the Faculty of Education, University of Benin, Nigeria, where she also convened and taught separate courses on the sociology, philosophy and history of education. She holds a B.A (Ed) degree in English and Literature with First Class Honours from the University of Benin, obtained an M.Ed. degree in Comparative Education from the University of Lagos and did her doctorate at the University of Sussex. She also holds a Postgraduate Certificate in Social Science Research Methods from the University of Sussex and an Associate Certificate in Management from the Nigerian Institute of Management. She is an Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (AFHEA) in the UK.
BAICE Role: SecretaryAffiliation: Centre for International Education (CIE), University of Sussex, UK