Rachel Stenhouse

Dr Rachel Stenhouse is a Senior Lecturer in Mathematics at Manchester Metropolitan University, specializing in mathematics education and social justice. She has 15 years of education experience across primary and secondary teaching before transitioning to academia. Her research focuses on cultural capital transmission in elite education, teacher identity, and professional doctoral student development, often using Bourdieusian frameworks.

She holds a Fellowship with the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications (IMA) and is a member of the British Society for Research into Learning Mathematics (BSRLM). Her work critiques educational inequity, particularly how private schooling advantages elite university access. She supervises doctoral students in areas like social mobility and Bourdieu's sociological theories.

Teaching responsibilities include undergraduate and postgraduate teacher training programs such as BA Primary Education, PGCE Primary, and SCITT courses. Her research outputs span peer-reviewed articles, book chapters, and conference presentations addressing educational sociology and pedagogical practices.