Brackenridge, Celia

Celia Brackenridge was born in Hitchin, Hertfordshire and grew up in Staines and Ashford, Middlesex. She began her career as a Physical Education teacher in Bournemouth but moved with one year into lecturing in higher education. Celia has drawn on both natural and social science paradigms in her work. She has pursued particular interests in gender and social justice themes but in her early career also conducted investigations into the evolution and ethology of territorial sports. She is strongly committed to feminist perspectives in scholarship and practice and has worked with many sport organisations at home and overseas to develop and strengthen gender equity and child protective interventions.

From the guide to the Celia Brackenridge Collection, 1974-2013, (Special Collections, Brunel University Library)