Dr Lesley Nelson-Addy
Educator, Writer & Advocate, Runnymede Trust
Dr Lesley Nelson-Addy is the Education Manager at UK’s leading race equality think tank The Runnymede Trust. Lesley co-authored the Lit in Colour report and collaboratively informs the strategic and creative direction of the Lit in Colour campaign. Lesley has over 10 years English in education experience, and she has developed a keen interest in racial justice in Education. She has worked as a PGCE English Curriculum Tutor and MLT supervisor at the University of Oxford. Prior to this, she was a secondary English teacher with middle leadership responsibilities. She co-chairs the National Association for the Teaching of English’ Reviewing Literature working group, and her doctorate degree is in Education, from the University of Oxford, funded by the ESRC.