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Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences

Research Funding and Strategic Initiatives
 

Research Interests

Dr. Kathryn Moeller's research examines the influence of U.S. corporate power on education and society.  Her first book, The Gender Effect: Capitalism, Feminism, and The Corporate Politics of Development (University of California Press), explores the gendered and racialised practices of U.S.-based transnational corporations, focusing on the entwinement of Nike’s labour practices and its development interventions in the Global South.  Her second book project, Silicon Futures: How Silicon Valley Venture Capitalists Shape Education around the World, explores how Silicon Valley’s knowledge, politics, and capital are influencing the future of education and society. 

 

Related Publications

  • Dalmaso-Junqueira, B., & Moeller, K. (2024). An analytic framework for theorizing the anti-gender agenda in education. Education Policy Analysis Archives, 32. https://doi.org/10.14507/epaa.32.8829
  • The Gender Effect: Capitalism, Feminism, and the Corporate Politics of Development. University of California Press (2018). ISBN: 9780520286399

 

Publication Awards

  • Academy of Management Social Issues in Management Best Book Award Third Place Finalist 2019, Academy of Management

  • Sara A. Whaley Book Prize 2018, National Women's Studies Association

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