University of Salford

Faculty Member, Media, Music and Performance

Professor of Cultural Studies

About

Director, Communication, Cultural & Media Studies (CCM) Research Centre at Salford          www.smmp.salford.ac.uk/ccm

Member of Arts and Humanities Research Council Peer Review College 2007-14, evaluating primarily Media and Music applications                                  www.ahrc.ac.uk

Member, Media Communication & Cultural Studies Association Executive Committee 2010-2012        www.meccsa.org.uk


Current projects/awards
* 'Community Music: History and Current Practice, its Constructions of "Community", Digital Turns and  Future Soundings' AHRC Connected Communities programme, scoping review (2011)
*Lead organiser, MeCCSA 2011 national conference, Salford
www.meccsa2011.org.uk
*'Spasticus: Popular Music & Society' AHRC Research Leave award to write a monograph (2010)
* 'Rhythm Changes: Jazz Cultures and European Identities', research partner on HERA project (2010-2012) www.rhythmchanges.net

Education
*1992 PhD, University of Glasgow
*1984 First Class BA (Hons) Combined Studies, Hull College of Higher Education

Contact Information