CV

Education and training

EdD researcher in the Graduate School of Education, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK (July 2018-current)
PhD in Applied Science, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA, USA (December 2009)
MS in Biology, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA, USA (October 2005)
BS in Biology, Haverford College, Haverford, PA, USA (May 2003)

Accredited Internal Coach (August 2022)
STAR® Manager Practitioner (June 2022)
STAR® Manager (June 2022)
Ikigai Tribe Coach (February 2021)
Lego® Serious Play® Facilitator (September 2020)
Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (2020)
Postgraduate Certificate in Academic Practice (PCAP) (January 2018)

Employment

March 2025 - current: Senior Lecturer in Education Studies, School of Education, University of Exeter, UK
October 2022 - February 2025: Lecturer in Education Studies, School of Education, University of Exeter, UK
October 2018-October 2022: Senior Academic Developer, University of Exeter, UK
March 2017-October 2018: Academic Developer, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK
February 2017-March 2018: Campaign Manager, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK
February 2016-February 2017: Head of Communications and Marketing (maternity cover), College of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK
August 2014-January 2016: Communications and Marketing Manager, Cornwall Campuses, University of Exeter, Penryn Campus, Penryn, UK
September 2013-August 2014: Education Team Leader, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Exeter, Penryn Campus, Penryn, UK
October 2012-May 2013: Assistant Grand Challenges co-ordinator
October-December 2012: Associate lecturer; College of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Exeter, Tremough, Penryn, UK
Winter 2009-Autumn 2013: Science editor; Editage, Mumbai, India
Autumn 2010-Autumn 2013: Postdoctoral researcher; University of Exeter, Penryn Campus, Penryn, UK
Spring 2005: Teaching assistant (Botany); Biology Department, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA, USA
Fall 2004: Teaching assistant (Introductory Biology); Biology Department, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA, USA
Spring 2004: Teaching assistant (Botany); Biology Department, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA, USA
Summer 2003: Bird survey intern, Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge (Cambridge, Maryland, USA)
Summers 2001-2002: Bird banding intern, Institute for Bird Populations (Madison, Indiana and Shenandoah National Park, USA)

Recent publications

Click here for my Google citations page and here for my ResearchGate page.

Kight, CR, and Soren, R. Going global: developing a decolonisation module across institutional and national boundaries. In: Reflections on Decolonising: Shaping the Future of UK Education Post-George Floyd (Elhinnawy, H., ed). Palgrave Macmillan. In preparation.
Kight, CR, Ghemmour, R*, Cook, E*, Mohamud, F*, Cook, I, Roland, T, and Vinashe, T. Decolonisation toolkits: Equipping staff and students to challenge and rebuild. In: Reflections on Decolonising: Shaping the Future of UK Education Post-George Floyd (Elhinnawy, H., ed). Palgrave Macmillan. In preparation.
Kight, CR. Personal knowledge management as posthuman inquiry. Routledge. In preparation.
Kight, CR. Drawing inspiration: creative expression as an agent of knowledge and transformation. In The Making Academic (Lemon, N., ed.). Routledge. In preparation.
Clancy, MW, Kight, CR, Stein, J, Wilson, A, and Kyle, RG. Co-producing a ‘creative toolkit’ to support the mental health and wellbeing of palliative care professionals: a community case study. Frontiers in Sociology. In submission. https://doi.org/10/3389/ffsoc.2025.1488840
Kight, CR and Henderson, H. 2025. Building a bridge between analogue and digital with LEGO® Serious Play®. In G. Roushan, M. Polkinghorne, & U. Patel (Eds.), Innovative and Engaging Use of Technology to Enhance Student Learning Within Higher Education: Real-World Case Studies.
Kight, CR. (2024). Case study: Appreciative Self-Study. In H. King (Ed.), Artistry of Teaching in Higher Education: Practical Ideas for Developing Creative Academic Practice (pp. 237-239). Routledge. (3 pages)
Kight, CR and Lemon, N. 2024. Finding self through acts of creativity. In A. Martin, M. Edwards, & N. Ashkanasy (Eds.), Handbook of Academic Mental Health. Edward Elgar Publishing.
Kight, CR. (2023). ‘Decolonising the Curriculum Toolkit’. Published in the British Sociological Association’s acKnowledge Repository: https://www.acknowledge.org.uk/repository/decolonising-the-curriculum-toolkit/
Kight, CR. (2023). ‘Decolonising Geography Goal Map’. Published in the British Sociological Association’s AcKnowledge Repository: https://www.acknowledge.org.uk/repository/decolonising-geography-goal-map/
Kight, CR. and Henderson, H. (2022). Building an institutional LEGO® culture using a community of practice approach. In C. Nerantzi & A. James (Eds.), Lego® for university learning: online, offline and elsewhere (pp. 70-72). DOI 10.5281/zenodo.7421754. 3 pages.
Kight, CR., Pulman, S.*, and Walshe, K. (2022). Building bridges: using LEGO® to foster communication, collaboration, and connection. In C. Nerantzi & A. James (Eds.), Lego® for university learning: online, offline and elsewhere (pp. 73-75). DOI 10.5281/zenodo.7421754. 3 pages.
Harris, L and Kight, CR. (2022). Students supporting educators: are you harnessing the talent of your own graduates? THE Campus. https://www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/students-supporting-educators-are-you-harnessing-talent-your-own-graduates
Koeners, M, Comley, S, and Kight, CR. (2022). Playful University: supporting the link between joy and learning. Jisc Digital Culture. https://digitalculture.jiscinvolve.org/wp/2022/03/09/playful-university-supporting-the-link-between-joy-and-learning/
Kight, CR and Henderson, H. (2021). Serious play: building knowledge with LEGO bricks. THE Campus. https://www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/serious-play-building-knowledge-lego-bricks.

Recent academics talks and workshops

November 2024: I presented a talk entitled ‘Emerging voices: science writing by and for children’ at the Institute of Physics Communicators Conference 2024.
October 2024: I co-delivered a paper, ‘Agreeing what matters: drawing inspiration from co-design and citizen’s assembly approaches to sift significance’ at the Public Houses Conference (Leeds, UK).
September-October 2024: I delivered two iterations of the workshop ‘Visual Revelations’, about using comic book creation to support teaching and research, as part of the Creative Club.
July 2024: I contributed a talk, ‘Visual data management with Obsidian’, to the ArticuLab Creative Conference.
June 2024: I contributed a session about the Creative Toolkit project to the Education Incubator Café, as part of EduExe 2024.
June 2024: I co-delivered a workshop, ‘Creative Toolkits for Education Contexts’, as part of EduExe 2024.
June 2024: I co-delivered a workshop, ‘Creative Leadership Book Club: an experiment in facilitating learning and empowerment’, as part of EduExe 2024.
May 2024: I co-delivered a paper, ‘Agreeing significance: can a citizens’ assembly approach navigate a pathway through contested histories?’ at the V&A / National Trust event, The Public Country House: Site and Object Histories.
February 2024: I contributed a workshop demonstrating the Creative Toolkit approach to the Societies and Cultures Institute Project Showcase.
November 2023: I contributed a video presentation on our British Council decolonisation project for the international event Towards Decolonizing Futures - Languages, Culture, Art, and Nature Under and Against Settler Colonialism
September 2023: I delivered an invited talk on decolonising the curriculum at the Centre for Social Mobility’s annual Success for All conference.
June 2023: I contributed a presentation entitled ‘Charting a course through self-study’ at the Visualising Dialogues conference (about incorporating art in academic research).
June 2023: I contributed a presentation on decolonising the curriculum at the Decolonising Geography Symposium.
May 2023: I delivered an invited talk about the university’s Going Global partnership with Jadavpur University at the institutional Transformative Education Seminar Series.
May 2023: I presented my research on self-study and positionality at the SPSPA PGR Annual Conference.
April 2023: I delivered an invited lecture about reflective practice and decolonisation at the ECEHH lunchtime seminar CPD series.
February 2023: I presented on the University’s Going Global partnership with Jadavpur University at the University of Winchester’s Decolonising the Curriculum Week.

Recent outreach and engagement work

Ongoing: I am the co-editor-in-chief of CC Kids and an associate editor for its parent magazine, Current Conservation. In both capacities, I facilitate education about environmental issues; in the former role, I provide bespoke editorial support for young aspiring authors.
October 2024: I co-designed and -delivered the Creative Remembrance exhibition and workshop, as part of the ESRC Festival of Social Sciences.
September 2024: I co-facilitated a Creative Toolkit contribution to the Futures impact and engagement event.
September 2024: I curated a global digital exhibition, Rest and Release, to support participants in using creative methods to communicate feelings emerging from grief and caring activities.
August 2024: I designed and delivered a Creative Toolkit wellbeing session for the PS Connect Team.
February 2023 and 2024: I facilitated a(n annually recurring) week-long, LEGO-based heritage education experience at Tyntesfield (National Trust) during half-term.
October-November 2023: I delivered four ‘Creative Toolkit’ sessions as part of the ESRC Festival of Social Sciences.
Autumn 2023 – Summer 2024: I co-hosted the Creative Leadership book club at the University of Exeter.
Summer 2023: I provided support for two colleagues at another HE institution as they prepared their PFHEA applications for submission to Advance HE.
July 2023: I was asked to support PS Connect in developing their new operating model. Using LEGO® Serious Play® and design thinking approaches, I facilitated the session and created an initial draft model that incorporated the key concepts identified during the day; the final version was influenced heavily by my concept art.
Spring 2023: I co-designed and co-delivered a LEGO® Serious Play® session on employability for a local primary school
May 2023: Science communication workshop, in partnership with Wikimedia
Autumn 2022 – Spring 2023: I provided mentoring to two colleagues at another HE institution as they returned to full-time work after maternity leave.
Autumn 2022: I co-designed and co-facilitated a LEGO® Serious Play® session on employability for a local primary school
October-November 2022: I co-designed and co-facilitated a series of creative writing workshops for LGBTQ+ young people as part of the ESRC Festival of Social Sciences.

Dr Caitlin R Kight

Educator, researcher, communicator, artist

CV

Education and training

Employment

Recent publications

Recent academics talks and workshops

Recent outreach and engagement work