Professors

Andrea Braithwaite, PhD
Senior Teaching Professor
- creative industries
- cultural theory
- pop culture
- women and crime in detection stories
- feminist activism in online and gaming communities

Emilia King, PhD
Assistant Professor
- Critical political economy of digital media and digital media entrepreneurship
- Interactive and digital media storytelling and production
- The media business
- Media policy
- Emergent industry trends
- Independent production strategy
- Design thinking
- Podcasting
- Television and film strategy, production and analysis

Zenia Kish, PhD
Assistant Professor
- Global digital media
- Social media
- Strategic communication
- Critical finance studies
- Philanthropy
- Digital agriculture
- Food media
- International development
- Racial capitalism
- Political economy of digital media
- Silicon Valley innovation

Sharon Lauricella, PhD
Professor
- student mental health
- feminist and cultural digital identities
- pedagogy/educational technology

Tanner Mirrlees, PhD
Associate Professor
- Global political economy of communications
- Creative and entertainment industries
- Digital media platforms and cultural policy
- Work and labour in the digital age
- Persuasion, public relations and propaganda
- Political and strategic communication
- War, media and conflict
- Social media and society
- New media and activism
- The social shaping of technology
- Critical theory
- Sustainable energy
- Environmental communication
- Green digital technology
- EdTech industry

Justin Rawlins, PhD
Academic Associate
- Reception studies
- Audiences and fans
- Media history
- Screen cultures
- Film/television acting and actors
- Stardom and celebrity
- Arctic media
- Media and the environment
- Cultural history
- Media production