Kelly Baker
EdD doctoral research student (2021 - )
Email: ktbaker1@sheffield.ac.uk
Twitter: @kelly_t_baker
Professional role: Twenty years experience teaching in mainstream primary and secondary education and librarianship. Now working for a leading UK reading charity, developing adult reading programmes, mainly in UK prison settings.
Academic background
MA Library and Information Services Management - University of Sheffield (2021)
P.G.C.E Primary Education - University of Southampton (2004)
BA (Hons) Gothic Literature - University of Hertfordshire (2003)
Research interests
Prison libraries, literacy and reading and prisoner 'voice' - EdD current research
Literacy and reading engagement within the prison community; prisoner voice and agency
Reading for social mobility, wellbeing and mental health
Prison family learning programmes
Reading / literacy and its impact on recidivism
The role of the prison librarian
The prison library as a space for learning
The creative arts in prison settings