Kayden Schumacher is an enthusiastic PhD scholar, researcher, lecturer and school counsellor, with passion, curiosity, empathy, a diverse educational background and motivation to make a difference, specifically involving gender, sexuality and feminism in education, research, and social sciences. Kayden is currently working on a studentship in the Centre for Global Learning at Coventry University, UK with research focusing on transgender and gender diverse student’s experiences in the English education system. Kayden is a Sexualities and Gender special interest group convenor for the British Educational Research Association, a member of the AtGender Board, is an ambassador for Trans In The City, a PGR Representative for the Centre for Global Learning and has co-created a Gender Research Network for postgraduate researchers in the West Midlands. Kayden was a double degree and dual-sport NCAA athlete in their undergraduate, and has gone on to earn two masters degrees in social psychology and education respectively. Kayden has taught psychology undergraduate and masters students about gender, sexuality, mental and physical health, and research methods, has worked as a school counsellor across all levels within the Midwestern, USA, and is a proudly married transgender and sexually fluid person.

Democratic Wellbeing; Affirmation and Inclusivity; Transgender and Gender Diversity; LGBT+; Mental, Physical & Digital Health and Wellbeing; Education and Educational Institutions; Internationalisation and Policy; Theoretical Underpinnings of Power, Control, Surveillance, and Femininst Perspectives.