Kamilah studied Medical Anthropology (BSc) and Research Methods in Social Anthropology (MRes) at Durham University. She then undertook ethnographic research at the University of Manchester (PhD), to explore the challenges undergraduate students encounter in making the transition to Advanced Mathematical Thinking in pure mathematics.
She has worked as an academic developer at various universities on institutional initiatives and strategies to support student learning and facilitate institutional change. She currently works at Cambridge Centre for Teaching and Learning as a Senior Teaching Associate, undertaking research to explore and address differential student outcomes across the collegiate University and is the Course Director for the Cambridge Teaching & Learning Recognition Scheme, which supports colleagues at Cambridge to gain Fellowship to the Higher Education Academy.
