Dr Kathryn Moeller

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. 

• 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

• 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