Leader in Education, Empowerment and Social Justice
Research
Dr Gabriel’s research interests are interdisciplinary and broadly focused on the dynamics of race, gender and culture and the relationships between race, power, privilege and inequality (click on the images below for major publications).
Research Specialisms
Dr Gabriel specializes in mixed methods and qualitative-interpretative research using critical, transformative and emancipatory paradigms, heavily informed by Black feminism and critical race theory. She employs a range of innovative research methods including critical ethnography, autoethnography, virtual ethnography, cyberethnography, experiential learning, conversational learning and participatory witnessing, alongside traditional methods such as focus groups, interviews and case studies.
Gabriel, D. (2020). Transforming the Ivory Tower: Models for Gender Equality and Social Justice. London: UCL Press
Gabriel, D., & Tate, S.A. (eds), (2017). Inside the Ivory Tower: Narratives of Women of Colour Surviving and Thriving in British Academia. London: Trentham Books.
Gabriel, D. (2021). Do Black Lives Really Matter? Social closure, White privilege and the making of a Black underclass in higher education in Handbook of Critical Race & Whiteness Studies. Tate et al. (ed). USA: Routledge.
Book Chapters
Gabriel, D. (2020). Teaching to transgress through 3D Pedagogy™: decolonising, democratising and diversifying the higher education curriculum in Transforming the Ivory Tower: Models for Gender Equality and Social Justice. (ed). Gabriel, D. London: UCL Press
Gabriel, D. (2017). Overcoming objectification and dehumanization in academia in Inside the Ivory Tower: Narratives of Women of Colour Surviving and Thriving in British Academia. (eds).Gabriel, D., & Tate, S.A. London: Trentham Books
Gabriel, D. (2016). Race, Racism and Resistance in British Academia in A Critical Study of (Trans) National Racism: Interdependence of Racist Phenomenon and Resistance Forms.(eds), Fereidooni, K & El, M. Wiesbaden: SpringerVS.
Keynote Speaker:‘Race, racism and resistance in media interactions and environments and the Power of 3D Pedagogy™: Decolonising, Democratising and Diversifying Media Education and Practice’.
19th International Conference on Diversity in Organizations, Communities & Nations, Patras, Greece, June 2019
‘Sense of Belonging: the impact on race, ethnicity and culture on doctoral education for students of colour’.
Canada International Conference on Education, University of Toronto, June 2018.
‘Enhancing Equality, Diversity and Inclusion in Teaching and Learning Through Critical Pedagogy and Reflective Practice’ (workshop)
18th International Conference on Diversity in Organizations, Communities & Nations, Austin, Texas June 2018
‘Enhancing Teaching and Learning Through 3D Pedagogy Workshops that Decolonise, Democratise and Diversify the Curriculum’
1918-2018:100 Years of the Women’s Vote in Britain: How Far Have We Come School of Law & Social Sciences, Centre for Social Justice & Global Responsibility London South Bank University, June 2018
‘Women of Colour in the Ivory Tower: How Far Have We Come and How Far Have We to Go?’
18th Int’l Conference on E-learning and Innovative Pedagogies, New York March 2018
‘Promoting Social Transformation in Communication Practice: Pedagogies of Social Justice & Cultural Democracy’.
Global Conference on Education, Research and Policy, Washington, DC. April 2017
Keynote Speaker: ‘Embedding Inclusion, Equality and Liberation in Media Higher Education’.
IAFOR International Conference on Education; Hawaii, Jan 2016
‘Social Justice Pedagogy and Cultural Democracy: Promoting Inclusion and Equality in Further and Higher Education’ (co-presented with Aisha Richards).
3rd International Conference on Advances in Women’s Studies, Buffalo USA Aug 2016
‘Inside the Ivory Tower: Women’s Empowerment and Leadership Through the Black Sister Network’.
4th International Conference on Communication, Media, Technology & Design, Grand Excelsior Hotel Sharjah, Dubai May 2015
‘Challenging the Whiteness of Britishness: Co-creating British Social History in the Blogosphere’.
Cyberspace 2014, Masaryk University, Czech Republic on November 2014
‘Blogging While Black, British and Female: Identity, Representation and Social Impact in the Blogosphere’.
Media & Politics Group Annual Conference Nov 2013, Bournemouth University
‘Alternative Voices in Alternative Spaces: Counterhegemonic Discourse in the Blogosphere’.
Crossroads in Cultural Studies Conference July 2012 Sorbonne University, Paris
‘African Caribbean Bloggers in the UK: Alternative Voices on the Web’. (original title of PhD thesis) – presentation of preliminary findings
Research Supervision
Current Research Students
Kimberley McFarland (EdD) : ‘Exploring how educators can use experiential e-learning to teach entrepreneurial and business literacy to high school students’.
Internal Examinations
Transfer viva (MRes to Ed.D) Sep 2017; Kimberley McFarland.
Rupert Cope MRes Examination :Watching the Wind Blow By: A Theoretical Framework for Improving Energy Justice in the UK | March 2019
External Examinations
Ganiyat Oluwabukola Tijani-Adele PhD Viva: Women in Nigerian News Media: Status, Experiences, Structures | De Montfort University | Jan 2019