Dr Silhouette Bushay

Dr Silhouette Bushay is a Senior Lecturer in Education at the School of Childhood and Social Care at the University of East London, UK. She is the Course Leader for Education Top Up and Education Top Up Online courses, and teaches / supervises both undergraduate and doctoral students within her school.

She has a special research interest in the lived experiences, perspectives, histories, education, health and wellbeing, music, cultures of Black British communities, especially in relation to Black girlhood, Black women, and the intersection of race, racism, gender, sexism with other forms of oppression.

Dr Bushay's PhD thesis is titled 'Uncovering a Grimey Hip Hop Critical Race (Feminist) Pedagogy' which it an interdisciplinary exploration of Black British Girlhood.