Rebecca Shames is a Research Assistant at the Wellbeing Research Centre. She has recently completed an MSc in Sociology from the University of Oxford, with an interest in using qualitative research methods to address social inequalities and improve emotional wellbeing.
Prior to her degree at Oxford, Rebecca was a Research Assistant at Harvard Graduate School of Education. During her time in this position, she worked on data collection for a longitudinal study exploring the impacts of Pre-K programmes on cognitive development and emotional wellbeing of children in disadvantaged neighbourhoods of Boston, Massachusetts.