ECSC Inclusion Conference - Kerry Robinson, Professor in Sociology, Western Sydney University

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"We are all gender diverse, we've moved on from the notion that gender is something that is biologically determined, we know that it is something that our socitey socially constructs and we actually reinforce it in what we do everyday."
Kerry is a Professor of Sociology in the School of Social Sciences and Psychology at Western Sydney University. She is the leader of Sexualities and Genders Research group in the school. Kerry was in the School of Education at UWS for 18 years prior to this move. Her areas of expertise include gender and sexuality studies; gender and sexual harrasment; gender sexuality and childhood; diversity and difference; and sexuality education. She has published widley in these areas, including her recent book Innocence, Knowledge and the construction of childhood: The contradictory relationship between between sexuality and censorship in children's contemporary lives (2013, Routledge, London); a co-edited collection Rethinking school violence (Saltmarsh, Robinson & Davies, 2012, PalgraveMacmillan, London); and is the co-author of Diversity and Difference in Early Childhood Education: Issues for Theory and Practice (Robinson & Jones Diaz, 2006, Open University Press; forthcoming second edition) Kerry is the lead researcher on the Growing Up Queer Research Project and the lead author of the project report.

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