- Head of Critical Media Studies, Auckland University of Technology
Senior lecturer and researcher in critical media studies at Te Kura Whakapaho | The School of Communication Studies at AUT.
PhD topic: Christianity Sells and the Advertiser’s Toolbox: The work of Christian cultural markers in television advertisement
Current research focuses on media literacy, promotional culture, and childhood studies, and the mediated representations of gender and religion.
I am passionate about helping young people understand how the media shapes their identity and empowering them to have agency in their relationship with it.
Experience
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2024–presentSenior lecturer, Auckland University of Technology
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2019–2024Lecturer, Auckland University of Technology
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2018–2019Lecturer, Massey University (Albany)
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2007–2010Lecturer, Auckland University of Technology
Education
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2017Auckland University of Technology, PhD Communication Studies
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