Research Staff
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Vanessa Jackson
Degree Leader in Television
Vanessa Jackson is the Degree Leader in Television at Birmingham City University, deciding to pursue a career in higher education after working in television production at the BBC for 20 years. She is a television practitioner teaching practical television craft and production skills to undergraduates covering both documentary...
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Dr Les Johnson
Visiting Lecturer/Post-Doctoral Fellow
Dr Les Johnson gained his PhD from Birmingham City University for his research in black popular culture, new media and design. He uses new media design processes and practice to explore and archive black music phenomena developing new research with colleagues for example in: jazz, reggae, hip-hop, blues, gospel, new forms and...
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Sarah Jones
Head of School
Sarah is the Head of the Birmingham School of Media at Birmingham City University. Her practice and research sits within emerging technologies and the development of immersive experiential films. Previously, Sarah was Deputy Head of Media and Performing Arts at Coventry University and Journalism Programme Leader at University...
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Dr Inger-Lise Kalviknes Bore
Senior Lecturer
Inger-Lise Bore is a Senior Lecturer in Birmingham School of Media . She joined the University in 2009 after completing a PhD in television studies at Cardiff University. Her doctoral work explored the significance of gender and nationality in audience engagement with British and Norwegian TV comedy. Inger-Lise has an MA in...
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Professor Paul Long
Professor of Media and Cultural History
Paul Long is Joint Acting Head of Birmingham School of Media . He leads the MA in Creative Industries and Cultural Policy, as well as several innovative PhD projects. He is also a board member of both Vivid Projects and Media Archive for Central England (MACE). Paul has done extensive work on popular music heritage,...
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Dr Xavier Mendik
Professor in Film/Director of the Cine-Excess International Film Festival
Xavier Mendik is Professor of Cult Cinema Studies within Birmingham School of Media , from where he runs the Cine-Excess International Film Festival ( www.cine-excess.co.uk ). His research interests focus on the study of European and American cult and horror cinema, and he has published and broadcast widely in these areas...
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Professor John Mercer
Professor of Gender and Sexuality
John Mercer leads the research degree programmes within the School of Media and is the leader of the Screen Cultures research cluster and the award leader (with Dr Inger Lise Bore) of the Screen Studies masters awards. His research interests include film and television genres, celebrity and stardom, the pornography debate,...
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Dr Annette Naudin
Course Director in MA Media and Cultural Studies
A n n et t e N a u d i n is Se ni or L ectu r e r i n Me di a and C u l t ural e nt r e p r e n e u r sh i p a nd i s an E n t er p r i se E d u cati o n f e ll ow of t he N ati o n a l C e n tr e f o r Gr a d u ate E n t r e p r e n e u r sh i p. A n n e tt e h as had a l e a d i ng r...
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Karen Patel
Postdoctoral Researcher
Karen is a Midlands 3 Cities funded PhD student based at the Birmingham School of Media. She is looking at the social media use of artists, in particular their performance of expertise on social media. She is also considering gender and expertise, and the role of social media in cultural labour. In November 2016 she organised...
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Dr Dima Saber
Senior Researcher/Lecturer in Media for Social Change in the Middle East
Dima is Senior Researcher and Lecturer at the Birmingham Centre for Media and Cultural Research. She is responsible for leading and delivering projects in citizen journalism in the Arab region, with a focus on the role of digital media in fostering social change and in altering the work of political activists in...