Millie Chaston

Associate Lecturer - Adventure Education & Outdoor Learning

School of Education

01752 636700

mchaston@marjon.ac.uk

Millie Chaston, Lecturer at Plymouth Marjon University

Role Summary

Millie is highly qualified and has a breadth of experience in the areas of climbing and mountaineering. Having worked and trained in a range of outdoor adventure contexts, enabling others to experience the outdoor environment through sustainable forms of adventure has become her passion! Her research centres on gender equality in the outdoors which reflects her wider desire for a field of outdoor adventure education that welcomes everyone.

Qualifications

MRes Outdoor Adventure Education
BA (Hons) Outdoor Adventure Education

Teaching

BA(Hons) Outdoor Adventure Education.
BEd Secondary Physical Education with Qualified Teacher Status

Research

Social Justice in OAE
Digital Technology in OAE
Experiential Education

Publications

Katsogridakis, G., & Chaston, M. (in print). Smartwatches, bodies, and landscapes: experiencing the mountains as cyborgs. In S. K. Beames & P. T. Maher (Eds.), Routledge Handbook of Mobile Technology, Social Media and the Outdoors.

CONFERENCE PAPERS

Chaston, M. (2024, March 4-8). Intersectionality in Outdoor Education in the UK: examining the landscape. 10th International Outdoor Education Research Conference, Tokyo, JP
Katsogridakis, G., & Chaston, M. (2024, March 4-8). Cyborg bodies and landscapes: data tracking devices and human experience in the mountains. 10th International Outdoor Education Research Conference, Tokyo, JP
Hayes, T., Hart, A., Elson, N., Katsogridakis, G., & Chaston, M. (2023, September 12-14). Outdoor spaces: physical, technological, digital, virtual experiences. BERA Conference, Birmingham, UK

Expert Membership of professional bodies

Associate Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy (AFHEA)