Sheryl's research focuses on girlhood, sport, physical culture, youth, schooling and identities.
Sheryl Clark is a researcher and lecturer in the field of educational studies with interests in gender, sport, identities, youth, schooling and girlhood. In particular, Sheryl’s research makes use of qualitative methods working with children and young people in schools and other physical activity settings. Sheryl’s work draws on poststructural perspectives to consider processes of social identification in relation to learning, gender and achievement in schooling and other contexts. Her work critically interrogates the discursive effects of health and achievement codes on children and young people’s embodied subjectivities with particular attention to social inequalities.
Academic qualifications
PhD in Educational Studies, Goldsmiths 2010
MA in Cultural Anthropology, University of British Columbia 2006
BA in Cultural Anthropology, University of Calgary 2001
Teaching and supervision
BA Education, Culture and Society, MA Education, Culture, Language and Identity, PhD and MA supervision.
Research interests
Girls into Skateboarding (2021-)
Girlhood and Athletics (2017)
Evaluation of a Widening Participation Initiative (2013)
Children's Learner Identities in Mathematics at Key Stage 2 (2007)
Tomboy Identities in Primary School (2006)
