Feminist Research Members

The Centre is Co-directed by Prof Lisa Blackman, Dr Akanksha Mehta and Dr Nirmal Puwar with additional members working in a range of different disciplines.

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Staff

Professor Lisa Blackman

Lisa Blackman is a Professor of Media and Communication who works at the intersection of body studies, media psychology, and media and cultural theory. She has authored numerous books since joining Goldsmiths in 1994 including 'The Body’, (2008 Routledge, which is set for a second edition print in 2021), 'Immaterial Bodies: Affect, Embodiment, Mediation', (2012, Sage), and 'Haunted Data: Affect, Transmedia, Weird Science' (2019. Bloomsbury).

Dr Akanksha Mehta

Dr Akanksha Mehta is a Lecturer in Gender, Race and Cultural Studies whose interests lie in the intersections of gender, sexuality, race and 'everyday' politics and violence. She teaches courses that explore feminist, queer, crip, postcolonial and decolonial knowledge productions on Empire, nations and nationalisms, violence, resistance, protest, and everyday politics.

Dr Nirmal Puwar

Dr Nirmal Puwar is a Reader in the Sociology Department at Goldsmiths, University of London and Visiting Fellow of Centre for the Study of Women and Gender University of Warwick. She has a longstanding interest in bodies and space, her book Space Invaders: Race, Gender and Bodies Out of Place (2004), generated a conceptual framework. She co-leads the strand on Space Invading in the Global Grace project on Gender and Cultural Equalities.

Chloe Turner

Chloe Turner is a writer, curator and PhD candidate in the Media, Communications and Cultural Studies Department at Goldsmiths, supervised by Professor Lisa Blackman and Dr Nirmal Puwar. Her research interests include queer cultural production and theory, trans feminisms, critical race theory and affect studies. With a focus on critical-creative methodologies, Chloe has designed and held over fifteen 'Feel Tank' workshops, seminars and lectures, both in the UK and internationally.

Cecilia Righini

Cecilia is a Design Manager specialised in Gender and Sexuality. While attending Goldsmiths studying MA Gender, Media and Culture, they have been involved in and produced multiple design projects for academic institutions, including the website for Goldsmiths’ Sociology Department. They run Lutalica, a Design and Consultancy studio focused on Feminist and LGBTQ+ clients and projects.