Lisa McKenzie

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Lisa McKenzie

Dr Lisa McKenzie is a working-class academic. She grew up in Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, and used to work in a factory. Her PhD was awarded by the University of Nottingham and she writes about inequalities in the British class system

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