Biography
Pippa (they/she) is a PhD candidate, focusing on LGBT+ volunteering communities in English higher education. They are interested in informal and non-normative conceptions of care within the neoliberal education system. This is informed by their own ongoing volunteering experiences in LGBT+ communities, both within and outside higher education settings.
Pippa holds a BA in Film Studies from the University of Sussex (2013), an MA in Gender, Media & Culture from Goldsmiths (2016), and an MA in Language, Discourse & Communication from King’s College London (2020).
Research interests
- LGBT+ communities
- Care
- Family/kinship
- The politics/uses of leisure
- National identity (particularly Dutch national identity)
Teaching
Alongside their PhD, Pippa has worked as a Graduate Teaching Fellow on the BA Social Sciences at King's.