Media and Journalism staff

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  • Dr Yemisi Akinbobola

    Senior Lecturer

    Yemisi holds a PhD in Media and Cultural Studies from Birmingham City University. She is a senior lecturer and Research Degrees Coordinator for the Birmingham 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...

  • Paul Bradshaw

    Associate Professor

    Paul Bradshaw leads the  MA in Data Journalism  at Birmingham City University, 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...

  • Dr Oliver Carter

    Professor in Creative Economies

    Oliver Carter is a Professor in Creative Economies at the Birmingham Centre for Media and Cultural Research, Birmingham City University. 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...

  • 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 Birmingham Centre for Media and Cultural Research (BCMCR), Dr...

  • 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 Birmingham 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 Birmingham Centre for Media and Cultural...

  • Dr. Hazel Collie

    Course Leader - Media and Communication

    Hazel Collie completed her PhD “Television for Women: Generation, Gender and the Everyday” at De Montfort University in 2014. Her doctoral research was undertaken as part of the AHRC funded project “A History of Television for Women in Britain, 1947-1989”. Hazel’s PhD thesis considered the role of television in the lives of...

  • Dr Gemma Commane

    Senior Lecturer in Media and Communication, MA Cultural Studies

    Dr Gemma Commane   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...

  • Meera Darji

    Lecturer in Media Production

    Meera Darji is an award-winning documentary filmmaker and Lecturer at Birmingham City University. 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’s Hijras  won the Royal Television...

  • 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...

  • Professor Nicholas Gebhardt

    Professor of Jazz and Popular Music Studies, Director of Birmingham 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...

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