Media and Communications staff

Daisy Asquith

Senior Lecturer, convenor of the MA Filmmaking (Screen Documentary)
d.asquith (@gold.ac.uk)

Daisy is a documentary filmmaker with 20 years’ experience making films for the BBC, Channel 4 and the BFI.

Dr Veronica Barassi

Lecturer
v.barassi (@gold.ac.uk)

Veronica’s research investigates web structures and everyday practices of human negotiation and resistance.

Tracy Bass

Senior Lecturer, convenor of the MA Filmmaking (Producing)
t.bass (@gold.ac.uk)

An independent producer, Tracy has won international awards and a BAFTA nomination for her film CARE.

Ceiren Bell

Lecturer, convenor of the Integrated Degree in Media and Communications
c.bell (@gold.ac.uk)

A graduate from our BA Media and Communications, Ceiren is a freelance animator and convenes our Integrated Degree.

Dr Josephine Berry

Research Lab Lecturer, MA Culture Industry
j.berry (@gold.ac.uk)

Josephine has interests in the creative economy and the relationship between creativity, life and power.

Professor Lisa Blackman

Professor in Media and Communications, Co-Head of Department
l.blackman (@gold.ac.uk)

Lisa works at the intersection of body studies, media and cultural theory, particularly subjectivity and embodiment.

Arnold Borgerth-Filho

Associate Lecturer
a.borgerth.filho (@gold.ac.uk)

Since 1980, Arnold has been working in three different areas of photography and teaches on the image and electronic arts.

Dr Clea Bourne

Senior Lecturer, convenor of the MA in Promotional Media: Public Relations, Advertising and Marketing
c.bourne (@gold.ac.uk)

Clea’s main research interest is in financial markets and how they are mediated in global and local discourses.

Dr James Burton

Lecturer in Cultural Studies and Cultural History
j.burton (@gold.ac.uk)

James examines areas of cultural theory, science fiction, post-humanism, ecology and theories of fiction.

Dr Louise Chambers

Lecturer, co-convenor of the MA Gender, Media and Culture
l.chambers (@gold.ac.uk)

Louise researches psychology, individuals and mass media, particularly regarding gender, sexual orientation and disability.

Professor Sue Clayton

Professor of Film and Television
s.clayton (@gold.ac.uk)

Sue is a UK feature film director, writer and composer. She has written and directed features, shorts and documentaries.

Professor Tim Crook

Professor in Media and Communications, convenor of the MA in Radio
t.crook (@gold.ac.uk)

Tim has broad interests, from international media law and ethics to the dramaturgy of espionage and spy fiction.

Professor Sean Cubitt

Professor of Film and Television
s.cubitt (@gold.ac.uk)

Sean teaches and writes about the history and philosophy of media, environmentalism and media technologies.

Professor James Curran

Professor of Communications
j.curran (@gold.ac.uk)

James’ work falls into two linked areas: media history and media political economy.

Professor Aeron Davis

Professor of Political Communication, Deputy Head of Department
aeron.davis (@gold.ac.uk)

His research merges elements of political communications, economic sociology, cultural economy and financialization.

Professor Tony Dowmunt

Professor
t.dowmunt (@gold.ac.uk)

Tony’s work has involved arts documentaries, alternative/community media and practice research in the moving image.

Alice Dunseath

Lecturer in Animation
a.dunseath (@gold.ac.uk)

A lecturer in animation, Alice teaches electronic graphics, animation and on digital moving image.

Professor Natalie Fenton

Professor of Media and Communications
n.fenton (@gold.ac.uk)

Natalie’s research addresses a complex issue of our age - the role the media plays in the formation of identities.

Professor Marianne Franklin

Professor of Global Media & Politics, convenor of the MA in Global Media and Transnational Communications
m.i.franklin (@gold.ac.uk)

Marianne explores issues arising from internet technologies that collude and collide with society and culture.

Professor Des Freedman

Professor of Media and Communication Studies
d.freedman (@gold.ac.uk)

Des Freedman is interested in media and power together with media policymaking, regulation and reform.

Matthew Fuller

Professor of Cultural Studies
m.fuller (@gold.ac.uk)

Matthew is involved in a number of projects in art, software and media ecology and has written on media theory.

Bill Gabbett

Associate Lecturer
b.gabbett (@gold.ac.uk)

Bill’s interests include the history of mass media and media representations of the Empire and its decline.

Becky Gardiner

Senior Lecturer, co-convenor of the MA in Journalism
b.gardiner (@gold.ac.uk)

Becky has been a journalist since 1990, working mainly as an editor in both print and digital media.

Dr Vana Goblot

Associate Lecturer
v.goblot (@gold.ac.uk)

Vana has examined issues of television quality, cultural value and television archive in the digital, multiplatform age.

Dr Graham Harwood

Reader in Critical Technical Practice, Convenor of MA Digital Culture/Computational Media
g.harwood (@gold.ac.uk)

Graham's work uses art as a mode of enquiry into technical objects in fields of health, war, oceans and death.

Professor Julian Henriques

Professor, convenor of the MA in Cultural Studies and the MA in Script Writing
j.henriques (@gold.ac.uk)

Julian's interests are cultural studies, sound studies, narrative media, recently focussing on sound system culture.

Bruce Ingman

Convenor of the MA in Children's Literature: Children's Illustration
b.ingman (@gold.ac.uk)

Bruce is a writer and illustrator of children’s literature with interests in picture books and graphic novels.

Professor Sarah Kember

Professor of New Technologies of Communications
s.kember (@gold.ac.uk)

Sarah focusses on the future of publishing, digital media, smart media, feminist science and technology studies.

Gholam Khiabany

Reader in Media and Communications
g.khiabany (@gold.ac.uk)

Gholam studies the relationship between citizenship, political activism and media and cultural practices.

Andrew Kingham

Senior Lecturer in Interactive Media and Illustration
a.kingham (@gold.ac.uk)

Andrew works across the areas of illustration, animation, interactive media, photography and graphic design.

Terry Kirby

Senior Lecturer, convenor of the BA in History and Journalism and co-convenor of the MA in Journalism
t.kirby (@gold.ac.uk)

A former Birmingham Post news editor, Terry convenes the MA Journalism and writes a column for the Independent.

Tassia Kobylinska

Lecturer in TV, Senior Tutor
t.kobylinska (@gold.ac.uk)

Tassia is a filmmaker who has produced and directed documentaries for a range of NGOs and INGOs worldwide.

Ellie Levenson

Lecturer
e.levenson (@gold.ac.uk)

A practising journalist, Ellie has written for the Guardian, Independent, Financial Times and the News Statesman.

Linda Lewis

Senior Lecturer, convenor of the MA in Television Journalism
linda.lewis (@gold.ac.uk)

Linda is an award-winning broadcaster has worked in TV, radio, print and online, spending over 20 years with BBC news.

Jacob Love

Lecturer
j.love (@gold.ac.uk)

Jacob is an artist of photography, film, installation and dance, focussing on photography when encountered by bodies.

Dr. Richard MacDonald

Senior Lecturer in Media and Communications, Senior Tutor
r.macdonald (@gold.ac.uk)

Richard’s teaching and research are concerned our relationship to media screens as material and social objects.

Mirca Madianou

Reader
m.madianou (@gold.ac.uk)

Mirca's research examines the social uses and consequences of communication technologies in a transnational context.

Gerry McCulloch

Senior Lecturer in Film Practice, convenor of the MA Filmmaking (Cinematography)
g.mcculloch (@gold.ac.uk)

Gerry is an award-winning cinematographer, photographer and visual artist with a specialist interest in pre-verbal narrative.

Professor Angela McRobbie

Professor of Communications
a.mcrobbie (@gold.ac.uk)

An elected Fellow of the Royal Society of the Arts, Angela has provided a feminist critique of the fashion industry.

Dr Liz Moor

Senior Lecturer in Media and Communications, convenor of the BA in Media and Sociology
l.moor (@gold.ac.uk)

Liz's research examines the role of communication in economic life, focussing on brands and the design industry.

Dr Rachel Moore

Lecturer in International Media, convenor of the MA in Film and Screen Studies
r.o.moore (@gold.ac.uk)

Rachel's research covers early film history and theory, specifically the historical and contemporary avant-garde.

Professor David Morley

Professor of Communications
d.morley (@gold.ac.uk)

David's research spans questions of media technologies constituting the 'electronic landscapes' within which we live.

Kate Morris

Lecturer in Journalism, convenor of the BA in Journalism
k.morris (@gold.ac.uk)

Kate is a news journalist with over 15 years' experience on local, regional and national publications.

Hung Nguyen

Lecturer in Digital Journalism
h.nguyen (@gold.ac.uk)

Hung specialises in digital content strategy and has worked for the BBC attracting millions of audience members.

Damian Owen-Board

Lecturer
d.owen-board (@gold.ac.uk)

Damian is an artist working in photography, video and installation, exhibiting work in the UK and internationally.

Dr Luciana Parisi

Reader/Convenor of PhD Cultural Studies
l.parisi (@gold.ac.uk)

Luciana chair's the PhD in Cultural Studies and her research draws upon aesthetics, culture, politics and technology.

Nigel Perkins

Lecturer in Communications, convenor of the MA in Photography: The Image and Electronic Arts
n.perkins (@gold.ac.uk)

Nigel co-ordinates undergraduate courses and produces photography and video for clients and exhibitions internationally.

Professor Angela Phillips

Professor
a.phillips (@gold.ac.uk)

Angela has forty years' experience as a journalist and successfully launched the local news site EastLondonLines.

Dr Anamik Saha

Convenor of the BA Media and Communications, co-convenor of MA Race, Media and Social Justice
a.saha (@gold.ac.uk)

Anamik's research interests are in 'race' and its place in cultural industries and cultural production.

Dr Shela Sheikh

Lecturer, convenor of the MA in Postcolonial Culture and Global Policy and the MPhil/PhD in Cultural Studies
shela.sheikh (@gold.ac.uk)

Shela's research draws on continental philosophy, post- and de-colonial studies, and environmental humanities.

Dr Richard Smith

Senior Lecturer
r.w.smith (@gold.ac.uk)

Richard explores media representations of black and Asian troops within multicultural memory and commemoration processes.

Robert Smith

Senior Lecturer
r.smith (@gold.ac.uk)

Robert is a filmmaker who has worked as a producer, director, cameraman and story editor.

Dr Gareth Stanton

Senior Lecturer in Communications, convenor of the MPhil/PhD in Media and Communications
g.stanton (@gold.ac.uk)

Gareth is currently working on questions of world cinema, media and politics and environmental change.

Dr Dan Strutt

Lecturer
d.strutt (@gold.ac.uk)

Dan's work straddles the academic fields of post-cinematic media and the creative economy.

Professor Couze Venn

Part-time Professor
c.venn (@gold.ac.uk)

His current research concerns the search for post-capitalist alternatives to neoliberal capitalism and climate crises.

Dr Marina Vishmidt

Lecturer, convenor of the MA in Culture Industry
m.vishmidt (@gold.ac.uk)

Marina's work examines the relationship of art, value and labour, with emphasis on financialisation and subjectivation.

Milly Williamson

Senior Lecturer
milly.williamson (@gold.ac.uk)

Milly's interest is the relationship between the media and citizenship and the means by which groups are marginalised.

Professor Joanna Zylinska

Professor of New Media and Communications, Co-Head of Department, convenor of the MA in Digital Media: Technology and Cultural Form
j.zylinska (@gold.ac.uk)

Joanna writes on new technologies and new media, combining philosophical writings with photographic art practice.