Dr Elena Hristova
Lecturer in Film and Media
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Dr Hristova is a historian of U.S. media and culture. Her research is at the intersection of media and communication history, critical whiteness studies, gender studies, social movements, and critical approaches to methodology. Dr Hristova's current research examines the history of women's labour in media and communication research and its implications for disciplinary foundations and research methodology.
Dr Hristova teaches modules on visual culture, gender, race, research methods, media ethics, and social movements.
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Dr Hristova is a historian of U.S. media and culture. Her research is at the intersection of media and communication history, critical whiteness studies, gender studies, social movements, and critical approaches to methodology. Dr Hristova's current research examines the history of women's labour in media and communication research and its implications for disciplinary foundations and research methodology.
Dr Hristova teaches modules on visual culture, gender, race, research methods, media ethics, and social movements.
Education / academic qualifications
- PhD , Communication Studies - Critical Media Studies (Graduate Minor in American Studies) --- University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, USA
- BA , American Studies and English Literature (Hons) --- University of Sussex, Brighton, UK
- MPhil , American Studies --- University of Sussex, Brighton, UK
Research outputs (14)
- Published
Teaching with The Ghost Reader: Preliminary Pedagogical Reflections
Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Article
- Published
The Ghost Reader Digital Companion
Research output: Other contribution
- Published
Three trailblazing women in media who’ve been forgotten – until now
Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Article
Prof. activities and awards (4)
Publication launch & sharing event "The Ghost Reader: Recovering Women's Contributions to Media Studies"
Activity: Talk or presentation › Oral presentation
Visual culture for brotherhood: the story of how a pamphlet, a comic book, and an animated film fought against racial and religious prejudice at the end of World War II
Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
Carceral Colonialism: Imprisonment in Tribal Country
Activity: Other › Types of Public engagement and outreach - Media article or participation