- Qualifications:BA (Hons) English Literature (Brunel), MA English Education (UCL)
- Position:Senior Lecturer in Education
- Department:ACE - Education and Childhood
- Telephone:+4411732 82796
- Email:Amy.Saleh@uwe.ac.uk
About me
Prior to achieving QTS in 2013, I studied English Literature (BA Hons) at Brunel University and focused my dissertation on Black Womanist perspectives in the literature of Alice Walker and Toni Morrison. I then spent a year as a Learning Support Assistant supporting children with Speech, Language and Communication Needs before going on to do a PGCE.
Since then, I have taught across a variety of schools and key stages. Alongside teaching, I studied for an MA in English Education at UCL and graduated with a Distinction.
After having my second child, I joined UWE as a Senior Lecturer in Education. I am module leader for Inclusive Teaching and Learning, part of the English team, and a dissertation superviser on the Masters in Edcation programme, as well as being a tutor for ITE students on placement.
Area of expertise
My research interests include: Black British literature in secondary schools, anti-racist pedagogies, and racial and critical literacies. These sit within the broader field of Black Studies in Education.
My MA thesis, based on small-scale qualitative research, explored anti-Blackness in traditional English curricula and drew on the perspectives and lived experiences of teachers working across the UK to synthesise conceptions of anti-racist curricula and pedagogies.
In 2023, I established the 'Lit. Legacies' project alongside three Black British teachers. Our overall aim is to reduce identified barriers to studying Black British literature in schools. The research element of this project explores Black students' experiences and perspectives of studying this literature to help shape racially just pedagogies.
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