Emma Beckett is Lecturer in Health and Social Care at New College, Swindon, UK, and an honorary research fellow in the Centre for the Study of Women and Gender at the University of Warwick, UK. Her research interests include Subcultures; Gendered and Emotional Labour and Gendered Capital, specifically within the service industries and traditionally 'male' dominated spaces; and the Sociology of Health. Emma is also interested in exploring ways in which feminist activism and feminist pedagogy can be successfully employed in the classroom.