Diana Leonard is a Professor of Sociology and Head of the Centre for Research and Education on Gender at the Institute of Education, University of London. She has published extensively on the sociology of gender and the family and had a long association with feminists in France. She has recently completed various research projects including 'Gender and Learning' (among 10 year olds) and 'Violence Resilient (secondary) Schools', and was co-chair of the UK Women's Studies Network.