Dr Silhouette Bushay

Silhouette works part-time as a Senior Lecturer at the University of East London. She is the Course Leader for the BA (Hons) Education Top Up and BA (Hons) Education Top Up (Online) degrees. She leads the Culture and Diversity module on the MA Education course – all courses are taught at the School of Childhood and Social Care. 

Silhouette is an interdisciplinary researcher whose research interests span various fields. In general, her research focuses on Black communities, with particular emphasis on Black women and girls at the intersection of race, racism, gender and other social categories as they relate to various education and social contexts. Her PhD thesis ‘Uncovering a Grimey Hip-Hop and Grime (Critical Race) Feminist Pedagogy’ explored the Hip Hop and Grime pedagogies of and for Black British girls. 

Before joining the University of East London, Silhouette had worked in various contexts, including secondary schools, alternative provision, further education, community centres, and youth provisions. Through her work with small charities/social enterprises, she has also initiated and delivered critical, creative, cultural, and social justice-focused projects that promote critical dialogue, well-being, call to action, raise visibility, and educate in informal and formal learning spaces. 

Silhouette's work extends to working with professionals in various sectors, such as compulsory education, internal/external post-compulsory education, alternative education, and youth provisions. This work includes Education/EDI/social justice consultation and staff training. Her research focuses on a range of race, gender, music, culture and education-related subjects from varied vantage points.