Dr Rita Gayle PGCE, MA, PhD

Research Fellow

Contact details

Dr Rita Gayle is the Postdoctoral Research Fellow for the Conjunctures Strand of the Stuart Hall Archive Project. 

Rita is a historical-cultural-geographer working at the intersection of race, gender and the city. 

Prior to her postdoctoral appointment, Rita completed a PhD at Birmingham which was concerned with the emergence of the Millennial Generation of Black women in Britain who had formed creative collectives between 2013-2020.

Qualifications

  • PGCE (IOE)
  • MA (Goldsmiths)
  • PhD (Birmingham) 

Other activities

Prior to working in the academy, Rita had worked in many industries, most extensively in Media.

Publications

Recent publications

Article

Télémanque, N, Jones, N, Hirsch, L & Gayle, R 2021, '', Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers, vol. 46, no. 4, pp. 801-803.

Gayle, R 2021, '', Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers, vol. 46, no. 4, pp. 804-805.

Gayle, R 2020, '', Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers, vol. 45, no. 3, pp. 525-528.

Book/Film/Article review

Gayle, R 2025, '', Race and Class, vol. 66, no. 4, pp. 79-91.

Gayle, R 2023, '', Dialogues in Human Geography, vol. 13, no. 2, pp. 309-311.

Other contribution

Gayle, R 2024, . Barber Institute of Fine Arts. <>

Review article

Gayle, R 2025, '', Journal of Historical Geography, vol. 89, pp. 7-8.