Tessa Wright CV July 2010
Curriculum vitae
Tessa Wright
Centre for Research in Equality and Diversity
School of Business and Management
Queen Mary, University of London
Mile End Road,
London, E1 4NS,
UK
Email: t.wright@qmul.ac.uk
Tel: +44 (0)7949 785258
Qualifications
1985 BA Hons, Social Anthropology, Sussex University
2005 MRes, Employment and Human Resource Studies, London Metropolitan
University
Currently studying for PhD at Centre for Research in Equality and Diversity, School of Business and Management, Queen Mary, University of London.
Professional memberships
2005 to date British Universities Industrial Relations Association
Other training and skills
Training in and experience of using software packages NVivo, SPSS, Endnote and
Microsoft Office. Good spoken and written Spanish
Employment history
2008 – 2010 Hourly-paid Teaching Assistant, School of Business and
March 2007 to
Management, Queen Mary, University of London
Senior Research Fellow, Working Lives Research Institute, present (0.2 from London Metropolitan University
Oct 07)
2004 to March 2007 Research Fellow, Working Lives Research Institute, London
Metropolitan University
1992 - 2004 Equality Researcher and Editor, Labour Research Department,
London
1987 - 1992 Systems Analyst, London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham
Recent research projects
2010 Evaluation of PCS Equality Reps Project, Union Modernisation Fund.
2009 - 2010 Mapping study on the trade union practices in fighting discrimination and promoting diversity in Europe.
2007 - 2009 Undocumented worker Transitions, exploring migration flows and experiences of undocumented and under-documented migrant workers in seven European countries, funded by EU Framework Six.

Tessa Wright CV July 2010
2006 The changing needs and aspirations of seafarers under retirement age and the responses of maritime charities, for the Maritime Charities
Funding Group.
2004 – 2006 “Multiple discrimination” and social exclusion at work: lesbian, gay and bisexual workers - an examination of the intersection between gender, race, age and sexual orientation, funded by the European Social
Fund.
2004 – 2006 The Experience of Ethnic Minority and Migrant Workers in the Hotel and Catering Industry: Routes to Support and Advice’, funded by the
European Social Fund and Acas.
Publications
Books
2010 forthcoming Handbook of Discrimination at Work , Gower, Farnham, ed. T.
Wright and H. Conley.
Journal articles
2010 forthcoming ‘Lesbian, gay and bisexual equality in a modernising public sector: opportunities and threats’, Gender, Work and Organization (with F. Colgan)
2009 ‘Equality and diversity in the public services: moving forward on lesbian, gay and bisexual equality?’
Human Resource Management Journal , 19: 3: 280-301
(with F. Colgan, C. Creegan and A. McKearney).
'Women edge into the driving seat', Labour Research , 98: 3: 10-13.
2008 ‘Tightening immigration policies and labour market impacts’, Transfer , 14: 4:
653-664 (with S. McKay).
‘Lesbian firefighters: shifting the boundaries between “masculinity” and
“femininity”’, Journal of Lesbian Studies , 12: 1: 103-114.
‘Lesbian workers: Personal strategies amid changing organisational responses to “sexual minorities” in UK workplaces’,
Journal of Lesbian Studies , 12: 1:
31-45 (with F. Colgan, C. Creegan and A. McKearney).
2007 ‘The problems and experiences of ethnic minority and migrant workers in hotels and restaurants in England’,
Just Labour: A Canadian Journal of Work and Society , Volume 10, Spring 2007.
‘Equality and diversity policies and practices at work: lesbian, gay and bisexual workers’,
Equal Opportunities International , 26: 3: 590-609 (with F.
Colgan, C. Creegan and A. McKearney).

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2006 ‘Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Workers, Equality, Diversity and Inclusion in the
Workplace’,
Equal Opportunities International , Professional Insights, 25: 6:
465-470. (with F. Colgan, C. Creegan and A. McKearney)
2005 ‘Inside the Workplace: First Findings from the 2004 Workplace Employment
Relations Survey’, Research and Reports,
Industrial Relations Journal , 34: 4:
349-352.
Book chapters
2010 forthcoming ‘Exploring the intersections of gender, sexuality and class in the transport and construction industries’ in Healy, Kirton and Noon (eds)
Equality, inequalities and diversity – contemporary challenges and strategies ,
Palgrave.
2008 ‘Legal Frameworks Regulating the Employment of Refugees and Recent
Migrants’, in S. McKay (ed) Refugees, Recent Migrants and Employment:
Challenging Barriers and Exploring Pathways , Routledge (with S. McKay)
Reports
2007 An examination of the changing needs and aspirations of seafarers under retirement age and of the responses of maritime charities , Maritime Charities
Funding Group (with S. McKay).
2006 The Experience of Ethnic Minority Workers in the Hotel and Catering
Industry: Routes to Support and Advice on Workplace Problems – Final
Report , Acas Research Paper 03/06, London: Acas (with A. Pollert)
2006 Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual workers: equality, diversity and inclusion in the workplace , London: COERC (with F. Colgan, C.Creegan, & A. McKearney)
Conference papers
2010 ‘Tackling gender segregation in the UK transport and construction sectors: recent initiatives and procurement strategies’, BUIRA conference, Manchester
Metropolitan University, 1-3 July
2010 ‘Work identity and gendered and sexualised relations in the transport and construction industries’, Gender, Work and Organization conference,
University of Keele, 21-23 June
2009 ‘Gender, sexuality and class in the transport and construction industries’,
Equal Opportunities International conference, Istanbul, 15-17 July 2009
2008 ‘Gender, sexuality and class in non-traditionally female work: An intersectional approach’, UCU LGBT conference Becoming or Unbecoming?
University of Northumbria, 27 November 2008
2008 ‘Moving forward on LGBT equality in a modernizing public sector?’, UCU
LGBT conference Becoming or Unbecoming? University of Northumbria, 27
November 2008 (with F.Colgan)

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2008 ‘Why sexuality matters in non-traditionally female work’, Queen Mary
CRED/LAWS workshop, 12 September 2008
2008 ‘ Gender, sexuality and class in non-traditionally female work’, presented at
PhD colloquium, Equal Opportunities International conference, University of
East Anglia, 1-3 July 2008.
2007 ‘Seafarers in a global world: the changing needs of seafarers for advice, support and representation’, International Industrial Relations Association
Europe conference, 3-6 September 2007 (with S. McKay).
2007
‘Managing equality and diversity in the public services: Moving forward on lesbian, gay and bisexual equality?’ Gender, Work and Organisation
Conference, University of Keele, 27-29 June 2007 (with F. Colgan, C. Creegan and A. McKearney).
2007 ‘Lesbian, gay and bisexual workers: Equality, diversity and inclusion in the
UK workplace? International Labour Process Conference, University of
Amsterdam, 2-4 April, 2007 (with F. Colgan, C. Creegan and A. McKearney).
2006 ‘ The problems and experiences of ethnic minority and migrant workers in hotels and restaurants in England’, Centre for Research on Work and Society
Hospitality Workshop, Toronto, Canada, 13-14 October 2006.
2006 ‘The experiences of ethnic minority and migrant workers in hotels and restaurants: strategies and necessities’, BUIRA conference, University of
Galway, 28-30 June 2006 (with A. Pollert).
2006 ‘Sexuality in the workplace: Individual strategies and organisational responses to discrimination and social exclusion’ , BUIRA conference, University of
Galway, 28-20 June 2006. (with F. Colgan, C. Creegan and A. McKearney)
2006 ‘Staying on in hotels and catering: the experiences of long-term ethnic minority and migrant workers’, Paper for 24 th
Annual International Labour
Process Conference, 10-12 April 2006 (with A. Pollert).
Working papers
2005 ‘The Experience of Ethnic Minority Workers in the Hotel and Catering
Industry: A Review of the Issues’, WLRI Working Paper (with A. Pollert).
Seminars
2008 ‘Sexuality in the workplace: the experience of lesbian, gay and bisexual workers’, Working Lives Research Institute seminar, 1 October 2008
2007 ‘Tightening immigration policies and labour market impacts’, Institute for the
Study of European Transformations, London Metropolitan University, 29
October 2007 (with S. McKay).
2007 Response to DTI Employment Market Analysis and Research (EMAR) unit’s proposals on researching Vulnerable Workers at its Advisory Forum on the impact of employment policies, DTI, 7 June 2007.

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2007 ‘Equality and diversity policy and practice: Lesbian, gay and bisexual workers’, Kingston University Business School, 25 April 2007.
July 2010