Dr Sarah Ralph
Senior Lecturer Research interests: Film & TV audiences, Media in Everyday Relationships, Cultural Memory, Gender, Girlhood
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About
My research interests centre on media-making and media viewing/consumption, and particularly how these activities relate to, reflect and express gender identities and relationships. I am the co-founder of Girl-Kind North East (a part-Economic and Social Research Council IAA funded project working with girls in the North East of England, coordinated by Northumbria and Newcastle Universities), and a Trustee of the Young Women's Film Academy.
My research interests centre on media-making and media viewing/consumption, and particularly how these activities relate to, reflect and express gender identities and relationships. I am the co-founder of Girl-Kind North East (a part-Economic and Social Research Council IAA funded project working with girls in the North East of England, coordinated by Northumbria and Newcastle Universities), and a Trustee of the Young Women's Film Academy.
Qualifications
PhD in Film and Television Studies: 'Watching with Mother: How Film Stars Are Utilized in Mother-Daughter Relations', Aberystwyth University MA Audience and Reception Studies, University of Wales, Aberystwyth (Distinction). BA (Hons) Film and Television Studies, University of Wales, Aberystwyth (First class). |
Professional Affiliations
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Employment
Sarah joined Northumbria University in September 2015 and is currently Senior Lecturer in Media and Cultural Studies in the Department of Arts. From 2012 to 2015 she was Research Associate on the Arts and Humanities Research Council funded project 'Make Me Laugh: Creativity in the British Television Comedy Industry' at the University of East Anglia. Sarah has previously taught film, television and media at Aberystwyth University, Portsmouth University and the University of East Anglia |
Institutional Roles
Sarah is currently Media Subject Lead for the AHRC Northern Bridge Consortium. She has previously acted as Kaplan Partnership Lead, and Acting Programme Leader for Mass Communications programme pathways. External Relevant Roles
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PhD Supervision
Sarah is currently supervising PhDs on identity formation in audience memories of The Exorcist, and print media representations of women's team sports pre- and post- the 2012 Olympics. Sarah recently supervised a PhD on postfeminism and historical female ensemble dramas to successful completion (November 2017). Sarah welcomes PhD applications in the areas of media audiences, media consumption and everyday family life, feminism and popular media consumption, girlhood and media culture, and cultural memory. Doctoral projects that demonstrate innovative empirical research methodologies would be very warmly received. |
Modules Taught
Level 3 (Foundation): Media and Society. Level 4: Global Media; Concepts, Culture and Society; Intercultural Communication and Diversity. Level 5: Researching Audiences; Sex and Gender in Society (Sociology), Media Methodologies, Media Cultures. Level 6 & 7: Supervision of Media Dissertations |
Public Engagement
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Conferences & Talks
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Recent Publications
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Policy/Research Reports
Peer Review Sarah has acted as peer reviewer for journals such as Celebrity Studies, Critical Studies in Television, Journal of Popular Television, and Participations. She has also acted as a manuscript reviewer for Palgrave Macmillan (BFI Classic Film Series). |