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Summary

Sara joined Ã÷ÐÇ°ËØÔ in May 2017. She is currently a Senior Lecturer in Sociology and Communications in the Department of Social and Political Sciences. Sara’s research explores the cultural politics of gender, class, reproduction and activism. She has published on topics like televisual birth, ‘period poverty’, ‘poverty porn’ or #MeToo, and has contributed to public and political debates on such topics. Sara is currently writing a monograph on the cultural politics of reproduction (under contract with Manchester University Press), which brings together various case studies on this topic from over a decade of research in this area.

Sara teaches various modules in Media and Communications and Sociology at Ã÷ÐÇ°ËØÔ. She has taught on media studies, cultural studies and sociology courses at various universities at undergraduate and postgraduate levels, such as City University London, King’s College London and the London School of Economics. Before entering academia, Sara worked for charities in the women’s sector.

Qualifications

• PhD in Cultural Studies from King's College London (2016)
• MA in Gender and Culture with Distinction from Goldsmiths College (2010)
• First Class BA (Hons) in Film Studies and Cultural Sociology from University of Nottingham (2009)

Responsibility

Interim Director of Equality and Diversity for Social and Poltical Sciences