Research Staff
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Dr Kirsten Forkert
Professor of Cultural Studies and Associate Director, Birmingham Media and Cultural Research
Kirsten Forkert is an interdisciplinary researcher, teacher and activist. She sees teaching as a space for students connect with what they feel passionate about, explore their intellectual curiosity and creativity, and to reflect on the power relations at play within the current political moment. Her research focuses on...
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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 in the Birmingham School of 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...
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Dr Matt Grimes
Course Director BA (Hons) Music Business; Senior Lecturer in Music Industries and Radio
Dr Matt Grimes is the course director for the BA (Hons) Music Business course and a Senior Lecturer in Music Industries and Radio, with over 15 years experience in higher education. In 2020, he received his PhD exploring ageing and identity in British anarcho-punks. Matt’s published research and research interests include...
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Dave Harte
Deputy Head of English and Media and Associate Professor in Journalism and Media Studies
Dave Harte is Associate Professor in Journalism and Media Studies. He researches the emerging trend of local community ‘hyperlocal’ news websites and has published widely on the subject. He has a track record of working with local media companies to support the growth of the creative economy. For many years he has worked...
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Vanessa Jackson
Associate Professor, Interim Deputy Head of College
Vanessa Jackson is a former BBC series producer and now an associate professor in the College of Media and English at Birmingham City University. She teaches television production as well as working on employability activities and external partnerships. She completed her PhD in television historiography under the supervision...
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Dr Trust Matsilele
Senior Lecturer in Journalism
Trust Matsilele is an academic, political commentator and former journalist. He is an interdisciplinary researcher with an interest in the changing journalism ecologies, recruitment and retention practices in African newsrooms, the intersection of journalism and technologies and social media and protest cultures. He has...
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Dr Ed McKeon
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Ed McKeon works with musicians and artists at the points where music indiscipline's others —whether theatre, installation, or performance—collaborating with artists from Pauline Oliveros to Heiner Goebbels, Elliott Sharp to Jennifer Walshe, and Kuljit Bhamra to Brian Eno. He led an MA programme on Music Management at...
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Dr Will McKeown
Lecturer in Media and Communication
Dr Will McKeown holds a PhD in Film and Creative Writing and is a lecturer in Media and Communication. His research examines the intersections between media and how depictions of selfhood and subjectivity can be understood culturally. He has published on the resonance of self-sacrifice in film as well as the complex...
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Professor John Mercer
Director of Researcher Education and Development, Professor of Gender and Sexuality
John Mercer is Professor of Gender and Sexuality in the Birmingham Centre for Media and Cultural Research. His research interests focus on the social and cultural construction of masculinities in the 21st century. He is the author of Pornography: Representations of Masculinity and Sexuality (Bloomsbury, 2017) Rock Hudson ...
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Dr Annette Naudin
Associate Professor
Dr Annette Naudin is Associate Professor and Academic Lead for Teaching Excellence and Student Experience in the College of English and Media. Prior to working in academia, Annette set up a creative enterprise, running a successful textile design business, supplying outlets such as Liberty, Harrods and exporting to Japan, USA...