Media and Journalism staff
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Dr Yemisi Akinbobola
Senior Lecturer
Yemisi holds a PhD in Media and Cultural Studies from 探花直播. She is a senior lecturer and Research Degrees Coordinator for the 探花直播 Centre for Media and Cultural Research . Her research interests are in African Feminism(s) and media in Africa, particularly the intersections of Women's Rights and...
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Paul Bradshaw
Associate Professor
Paul Bradshaw leads the聽 MA in Data Journalism 聽at聽探花直播, and works as a consultant data journalist in the BBC England data unit. He is also the founder of the investigative journalism crowdsourcing site, Help Me Investigate , which was shortlisted in 2010 for Multimedia Publisher of the Year and won...
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Dr Oliver Carter
Professor in Creative Economies
Oliver Carter is a Professor in Creative Economies at the 探花直播 Centre for Media and Cultural Research, 探花直播. His research focuses on alternative economies of cultural production; informal forms of industry that are often removed from a formal cultural industries discourse. His research into...
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Dr Rachel-Ann Charles
Course Director BA (Hons) Journalism
Rachel-Ann brings a range of experience from her work in news media across the Caribbean and Europe. Her teaching expertise spans all undergraduate media courses, ensuring students receive a comprehensive and well-rounded education in journalism. As a member of the 探花直播 Centre for Media and Cultural Research (BCMCR), Dr...
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Dr Sam Coley
Associate Professor, College Academic Lead for Distance & Transnational Education Course Leader MA Media Production
Sam Coley is the College Academic Lead for Distance and Transnational Education at the 探花直播 College of English and Media. He is also Award Leader for the MA Media Production and teaches a range of undergraduate and postgraduate audio production modules. Coley is a member of the 探花直播 Centre for Media and Cultural...
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Dr. Hazel Collie
Course Leader - Media and Communication
Hazel Collie completed her PhD 鈥淭elevision for Women: Generation, Gender and the Everyday鈥� at De Montfort University in 2014. Her doctoral research was undertaken as part of the AHRC funded project 鈥淎 History of Television for Women in Britain, 1947-1989鈥�. Hazel鈥檚 PhD thesis considered the role of television in the lives of...
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Dr Gemma Commane
Senior Lecturer in Media and Communication, MA Cultural Studies
Dr Gemma Commane 聽 is a Senior Lecturer in Media and Communications. Broadly the areas of her expertise span the fields of media and cultural studies and gender and sexuality. Her research interests focus on contemporary cultural studies, gender and sexuality, queer studies, sexual economies and entrepreneurship, dangerous...
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Meera Darji
Lecturer in Media Production
Meera Darji is an award-winning documentary filmmaker and Lecturer at 探花直播.聽Her independent documentary films have been awarded at international film festivals and recent experimental films have been exhibited at various exhibitions. Transindia: The story of India鈥檚 Hijras聽 won the Royal Television...
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Dr Faye Davies
Senior Lecturer in Media and Cultural Theory
Faye Davies is Senior Lecturer in Media and Cultural Theory at the BCU. She joined the University in 2001. Her expertise lies in Media and Cultural theory, particularly in the areas of television, developing pedagogical approaches for media education and digital cultures. Faye has also presented various papers in the United...
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Professor Nicholas Gebhardt
Professor of Jazz and Popular Music Studies, Director of 探花直播 Centre for Media and Cultural Research
Nick Gebhardt is Professor of Jazz and Popular Music Studies and Director of Research (Media). His work focuses on jazz and popular music in American culture and his publications include Going For Jazz: Musical Practices and American Ideology (Chicago), Vaudeville Melodies: Popular Musicians and Mass Entertainment in...