Farzana Shain

Biography 

Farzana Shain is George Wood Professor in Education at Goldsmiths, University of London. She joined Goldsmiths in January 2020, having previously been Professor of Sociology of Education at Keele University where she was also the Head of the Centre for Social Policy Research (2015 – 2019). She has published widely in the field of sociology of education on social justice and education, and racialised and gendered inequalities with publications including The New Folk Devils: Muslim Boys and Education (Trentham: 2011), The Schooling and Identity of Asian Girls (Trentham: 2003), and Neoliberalism and Education Rearticulating Social Justice and Inclusion, (Routledge: 2015) which was co-edited with Kalwant Bhopal. She is also the author of a forthcoming book (2024) with Bristol Policy Press, Generation 9/11: British Muslim girls and Education in England, which draws on the research she conducted as a Leverhulme Trust Research Fellow (2017-2019). Farzana has, to date, supervised 23 doctoral candidates to successful completion and examined more than 30 doctoral degrees in the UK and internationally. Her current research includes Generation Delta which is one of the 13 projects funded by UKRI (Office for Students and Research England) in 2021 to improve access, participation and careers-based outcomes for black, Asian and minority ethnic groups in postgraduate research (PGR).