Dr. Rebecca Wood

Assistant Professor

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Biography

Rebecca is a teacher and autism education practitioner who joined the School of Education as part of the research and teaching group focused on Culture, Literacies, Inclusion and Pedagogy in 2022. She is the Principal Investigator of the Autistic School Staff Project, funded by the John Lorna Wing Foundation. Rebecca studied at the Universities of Edinburgh and Oxford, completing her PhD at the University of Birmingham with a full-time scholarship from the School of Education. Previously, she was appointed as a Research Fellow to manage the Transform Autism Education project, a tri-national teacher training programme funded by the European Commission. Her career also includes an ESRC postdoctoral Fellowship at the Social, Genetic and Developmental Psychiatry Centre of King’s College London, and a senior lectureship in Special Education at the University of East London. She frequently speaks at national and international conferences and has numerous publications in peer-reviewed journals, edited volumes, and online media, including books on inclusive education.

Research Interests

Experience

Senior Lecturer

2022-01-01 — Present

University of Glasgow • Glasgow, Scotland

Teaching and researching in the School of Education, focusing on autism and educational inclusion.

Courses

M.Ed Inclusive Education Inclusive Education Inclusive Pedagogies