TEACHING
I have expertise on critical intersectional approaches social media and Internet culture, influencers and the platformisation of creative labour/industries, and (digital) ethnographic methods. Please get in touch if you would like to hire me as a (guest) lecturer or seminar leader/graduate teaching assistant.
2024
Guest Lecturer: University of Illinois Chicago
Invited to give guest lecture on ‘Digital Ethnography’ for PhD Communication seminar ‘Communication Research Methods’ convened by Dr Mariah Wellman (April 2024)
Guest Lecturer: Cornell University
Invited to give guest lecture on ‘Labour and Precarity’ for PhD Communication seminar ‘Platforms, Power & Precarity in the Creator Econonomy’ convened by Dr Brooke Erin Duffy (March 2024)
2023
Guest Lecturer: Goldsmiths University
Invited to give guest lecture on ‘Creativity and Media Work’ for 2nd year BA Media and Communications module ‘’The Future of Media Work’ convened by Dr Kat Higgins (November 2023)
Guest Lecturer: University of Alabama
Invited to give guest lecture to PhD Communication students on ‘Digital Ethnography’ for ‘Qualitative Research Methods’ class convened by Dr Jessica Maddox (November 2023)
Guest Lecturer: Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Invited to give guest lecture to BA Comparative Media Studies students on ‘Platform Labour’ for undergraduate module ‘Critical Internet Studies’ convened by Dr Anna Gibson (October 2023)
Guest Lecturer: University of Massachusetts Amherst
Invited to talk to PhD Communication students about my digital ethnographic methods for PhD module ‘Ethnography of the Digital’ convened by Dr Burcu Baykurt (October 2023)
Guest Lecturer: Temple University
Invited to talk to PhD Media and Communications studients about my digital ethnographic work and use of social media for research/career-building for PhD module ‘Digital Qualitative Research Methods’ convened by Dr Adrienne Shaw (April 2023)
2022
Guest Lecturer: London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
Invited to speak at the PhD Media and Communications ‘Research Seminar for Media, Communications and Culture’ run by Professor Ellen Helsper on the topic of ‘Managing your social media presence as an academic’. Discussing how I use my online presence (Twitter, YouTube channel, website, and LSE Digital Ethnography Collective profile) to build professional networks, foster collaboration and disseminate research findings (October 2022)
Dissertation Marker: London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
Marking 12,000-word MA student dissertations across a range of media and communications topics, providing comprehensive feedback (August 2022)
2020
Guest Lecturer: Cardiff University
Invited to deliver lecture on BA Media, Journalism and Culture 3rd year module ‘(Me)me, Myself and I: The Power and Politics of Digital Remix Culture and Online Inequalities’ run by Dr Francesca Sobande on the topic ‘Digital Influencers: The Rise of YouTubers and (Micro)celebrities’ (November 2020) | WATCH HERE
Guest Lecturer: Goldsmiths University
Invited to deliver lecture on BA Social Anthropology 3rd year module ‘Digital Anthropology’ run by Dr Elena Gonzalez-Polledo on the topic of ‘The Anthropology of Social Media’ and my own ethnographic work on the labour of YouTube content creators (March 2020) [POSTPONED DUE TO STRIKE]
Guest Lecturer: Cambridge University
Invited to deliver lecture on MPhil Sociology of Media and Culture ‘Research in Practise’ seminar series, run by Dr Ella McPherson on the topic of digital ethnographic methods and the online video industry (March 2020) [POSTPONED DUE TO STRIKE]
2019
Associate Lecturer: Goldsmiths University
2nd year module ‘Television and After’ run by Dr Vana Goblot. Teaching two seminar groups (36 students) and marking essays and presentation assessment. Delivered lecture on ‘Television and Promotional Culture’ on topics of YouTube, influencer marketing, authenticity and intimacy (Autumn Term 2019)
2018
Guest Lecturer: University of Liverpool (London Campus)
MSc Strategic Communication module ‘Digital and Social Media Communication’ run by Dr Wallis Motta on the topic of branding collaborations of YouTube content creators (December 2018)
Guest Lecturer and Seminar Leader: University of Surrey
BSc Media and Communications 3rd year module ‘Data and the Digital in Platform Societies’ run by Dr Ranjana Das on the topic of issues around platforms, algorithms and data for online content creators (December 2018)
Guest Lecturer and Seminar Leader: London College of Communication (UAL)
BA Contemporary Media Cultures 3rd year module ‘Digital Screen Cultures’ run by Dr Zoetanya Sujon on the topic of intimacy and parasocial relationships in YouTube culture (November 2018)