Dr Leena Kumarappan
Position
Research Fellow
Qualifications
• PhD (Fisheries Resource Management) Bombay, India
• Masters in Fisheries Science, Bombay, India
• BSc BEd, Bhopal, India
Background/Career
After finishing her PhD Leena moved to the UK in 2005 and worked in the voluntary sector as a researcher on environmental issues, and as a teacher in community organisations. She also worked as part of a research team studying domestic violence in south Asian women, and as a research assistant on a project on ‘South Asian Media Cultures’ looking at how children interact with film and television.
Leena joined WLRI in 2009 as a research fellow. She is currently working on the project
Influences of identity, community and social networks on ethnic minority representation at work with Dr Jane Holgate, Janroj Keles and Prof. Anna Pollert.
Contact details
Dr Leena Kumarappan
Working Lives Research Institute
London Metropolitan University
31 Jewry St., London EC3N 2EY
L.Kumarappan@londonmet.ac.uk
Tel (w): 020 7320 3013
Tel (m): 07855 470 486
Publications:
- Leena, K. and Deshmukh,V.D.( 2009) Age and growth of Jhinga prawn Metapenaeus affinis in Mumbai waters. Indian Journal of Fisheries. 56 (1).
- Leena, K. (2005) Training to teach in central India: A firsthand account. Changing English, 12 (2), 201-203.
