Rebecca joined the Department of Social Anthropology on 1 October 2025 as the new William Wyse Professor. She is a Cambridge returnee, having completed her undergraduate degree and postdoc studies at Trinity Hall before embarking on her career at Goldsmiths.
Rebecca is completing a project about growing fruit, supported by a Leverhulme Major Research Fellowship, as well as beginning a new project with her postdoctoral colleague, Dr Sally Montgomery, on succession. In the past, she has worked on horseracing, thoroughbred breeding, and gambling in Europe, the United States and Asia.
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