Kenny Monrose

Dr Kenny Monrose

BA PGCE MA MRes PhD FRSA

  • Position Governing Body Fellow
  • School Humanities and Social Sciences Department of Sociology
  • Email km757@cam.ac.uk
  • Department link Sociology

Dr Monrose is an urban ethnographer at Cambridge Sociology. He is also an undergraduate tutor, PhD mentor and the convener for the Race, Ethnicity & Faith working group here at Wolfson College.

Kenny Monrose

Dr Monrose completed a PhD in Sociology in 2013 examining the life course of maturing Black men with a focus on criminal preclusion and non-criminal participation. He acted as the lead researcher for the Black British Voices project and is the Convener of the REACH@Wolfson research hub and a tutor for both undergraduate and postgraduate students. He is also a member of Film & Screen Studies at the University of Cambridge, and a member of the Centre for the Studies in Global Human Movement.

His expertise lies in the areas of criminal justice, 'race', and urban cultures, and is interested in the impact of Afro-descendent music within and around the Black Atlantic.

Dr Monrose is the principal investigator on the Black British Voices Project, a national study in partnership with the University of Cambridge, The Voice Newspaper and I-Cubed consultancy group. He is an affiliate at The Centre for Screen & Film within the Faculty of Modern & Medieval Languages & Linguistics, and a member of Centre for the study of Global Human Movement at the University of Cambridge. He is also an advisory board member for Education &  Culture at the South Bank Centre London. 

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Art Exhibition: Wolfson at 60

19/07/2025 at 10.00

Celebrating Wolfson’s 60th anniversary year, this exhibition highlights the range of artistic disciplines and styles that have made up our exhibitions over the years.

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Graduation Ceremony

26/07/2025 at 09.00

Graduation ceremonies are the culmination of students’ hard work and commitment, and a moment to celebrate the completion of their Cambridge degree.

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Research Appetisers

05/08/2025 at 18.00

Come and hear our part-time students talk about their research at this informal evening of short presentations and friendly discussion.

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Open Cambridge - Tree Trail

06/09/2025 at 10.00

A self-guided Tree Trail around the beautiful and varied garden 'rooms' of the grounds at Wolfson College.

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Open Cambridge - Poetry Trail

12/09/2025 at 10.00

Follow our self-guided trail through the College gardens which feature extracts of poetry written by Wolfson members from our latest WolfWords poetry anthology, press play. 

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