Bridgette Rickett

Dr. Bridgette Rickett is a Senior Lecturer and Head of Psychology, Sociology, and Politics at Sheffield Hallam University's College of Social Sciences and Arts. She chairs POSCUPI, a UK collaboration examining social class psychology, and specializes in feminist-informed research at the intersection of gender and class inequalities.

• PhD in Social Psychology from University of Sheffield
• Former Head of Psychology at Leeds Beckett University

Her research focuses on:

• Classed and gendered discourses in education, health, and organizations
• Body management and parenting narratives
• Digital media gender constructions
• Emotional labor in academia

Recent publications analyze class-gender intersections in UK parliamentary discourse, academic belonging, and health policy. She has advised BBC, UK Parliament, and NHS on EDI strategies, and co-edited Critical Social Psychology of Social Class (Springer, 2020).

She supervises PhD work on:

• Class and masculinities
• Gender diverse children's healthcare
• Construction industry femininities
• Classed belonging in higher education