Dr Sara De Benedictis
Senior Lecturer in Sociology and Communications

Summary

Sara joined Brunel in May 2017. She is currently a Senior Lecturer in Sociology and Communications in the Department of Social and Political Sciences. Sara’s research analyses gender and class inequalities, culture and the mediating role of technology, speaking to broader debates on power, welfare, reproduction, health and policy. She has published on topics like televisual birth, ‘poverty porn’, #MeToo and feminist digital activism related to reproduction. She has contributed to public and political debates on such topics. Sara is currently writing a monograph on the cultural politics of reproduction (under contract with Manchester University Press), which brings together various case studies on this topic from over a decade of research in this area.

Sara teaches various modules in Media and Communications, Sociology and Sociology (Digital) at Brunel. She has taught on cultural sociology, cultural studies and media studies courses at various universities at undergraduate and postgraduate levels, such as City University London, King’s College London and the London School of Economics. Before entering academia, Sara worked for charities in the women’s sector.

Qualifications

• PhD in Cultural Studies from King's College London (2016)
• MA in Gender and Culture with Distinction from Goldsmiths College (2010)
• First Class BA (Hons) in Film Studies and Cultural Sociology from University of Nottingham (2009)

Responsibility

Alumni, Capabilities and Employability Officer for Media and Communications

Assessment Officer for Media and Communications

Dissertation convenor for Media and Communications