Dr Shawanda Stockfelt

Summary

Biography

Shawanda was born in Kingston, Jamaica where she began her career as a secondary school teacher of history and geography. After achieving an honours degree in Psychology (BSc) from the University of the West Indies, she migrated to Sweden where she taught philosophy, psychology and Intercultural communication for a number of years before moving to the UK to pursue postgraduate studies (MEd and PhD) at the University of Bristol.

Her research covers a range of issues relating to sociology and psychology in education with a specific focus on youths’ aspirations, attainments and their transition into higher education and the labour market. She has a keen interest in methodologies, especially those involving the use of mixed and multi-method approaches to research.

Shawanda was recently awarded a British Academy Postdoctoral Research Fellowship (2013-2016). This study utilises the Longitudinal Study of Young People in England (LSYPE) dataset to investigate the interrelation between educational aspirations, educational and labour market outcomes for Black Caribbean males in the UK from adolescence to early adulthood. 

Keywords

• Higher education
• educational aspirations
• attainment
• multilevel modelling

Memberships

Organisations

Graduate School of Education

Recent publications

• Stockfelt, S, 2017, ‘Ethnic variation in higher education participation amongst males in the UK: the mediating effect of attitudes and prior attainment’. Studies in Higher Education.
• Stockfelt, SN, 2016, ‘Economic, social and embodied cultural capital as shapers and predictors of boys’ educational aspirations’. The Journal of Educational Research, vol 109., pp. 351-359
• Stockfelt, S, 2016, ‘Exploring Boys’ Agency Towards Higher Education: The Case of Urban Jamaica’. in: Joan DeJaeghere , Jasmina Josic, Kate McCleary (eds) Education and Youth Agency: Qualitative Case Studies in Global Contexts. Springer International Publishing Switzerland, pp. 121-138
• Stockfelt, SN, 2015, ‘Capital, agency, family and the diaspora: an exploration of boys’ aspirations towards higher education in urban Jamaica’. Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, vol 45., pp. 5-25
• Stockfelt, SN, 2012, ‘The nature of boys’ educational aspirations in urban Jamaica: an exploratory mixed-methods study’. Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, vol 42., pp. 671
• Stockfelt, SN, 2011, ‘Slave to the white leaders on paper ? The PhD expedition - Shawanda Stockfelt’. in: Sheila Trahar (eds) The Doctorate: international stories of the UK experience. ESCalate the Subject Centre for Education, Bristol, pp. 16

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Courses

Dr Stockfelt currently teaches 2 courses: