Chris Kearney BA PGCE Dip MA PhD
Before joining the staff at Goldsmiths, Chris worked as a primary school teacher in Hackney and Tottenham for 13 years and as an advisory teacher in Language Development for a further 5 years. From there he taught at Middlesex University for five years on a variety of QTS programmes, as well as running a Licensed Teacher Scheme, which he led to a successful validation as a school based PGCE programme. He joined Goldsmiths in 1995 when he was appointed as Head of Programme for the Primary PGCE Programme. Later he was appointed to lead the MA Programme and was one of the tutors involved in the initial development of the BA in Education, Culture and Society.
Although his research interests are wide, his most recent focus has been the problem of identity construction within diverse and complex metropolitan societies. This is the theme of his book, ‘The Monkey’s Mask’. He now wishes to extend this further by examining life histories of people who cross national borders; focussing on their interactions with a wide range of mass media; ranging from comic books to the internet. He is particularly interested in discovering how their experiences of the media have affected their sense of identity.
Research interests
Although his research interests are wide, Chris's most recent focus has been the problem of identity construction within diverse and complex metropolitan societies. This is the theme of his book, ‘The Monkey’s Mask’. He now wishes to extend this further by examining life histories of people who cross national borders; focussing on their interactions with a wide range of mass media; ranging from comic books to the internet. He is particularly interested in discovering how their experiences of the media have affected their sense of identity.Selected publications
Kearney, Chris (2003) The Monkey's Mask: Identity, Memory, Narrative, Voice Stoke on Trent: Trentham Books
Kearney, Chris (2002) Ghost Values: the persistence of rhetorical styles in the diaspora Changing English Vol 19, No 2
Kearney, Chris (2004) Inventing mythologies: The construction of complex cross cultural identities, European Educational Research Journal Vol 3, No 2
Conteh, J., Gregory, E., Kearney, C., Mor-Sommerfeld, A. (2005) On Writing Educational Ethnographies: The Art of Collusion Stoke on Trent: Trentham Books