Description: Karen Ross researches and teaches media, gender and political communication, writes about gender, politics, news and representation and is Professor of Gender and Media in the School of Arts and Cultures, Newcastle University. She has held positions as Visiting Professor in the School of Communication and Journalism at Massey University (2007-2011) and the Centre for…
Karen Ross researches and teaches media, gender and political communication, writes about gender, politics, news and representation and is Professor of Gender and Media in the School of Arts and Cultures, Newcastle University. She has held positions as Visiting Professor in the School of Communication and Journalism at Massey University (2007-2011) and the Centre for Advancement of Women in Politics at Queens University Belfast (2001-2004). She was a Distinguished Visitor at Massey University in 2018.
Karen’s work looks at the relationships between gender and media, women/politics/media and media/publics. More recently, she has started researching around the double whammy of gender and age/ism. She has authored and co-authored numerous books, edited collections, journal articles and other publications – see her CV including a list of publications here . Earlier research work included several studies for public and private broadcasters, focused on both audiences and representation which included the deve
Karen currently supervises a number of creative and wonderful PhD students. Her favourite colour is black, her favourite food is Lindor butterscotch truffles and her favourite people are her fab twin sister, Elizabeth, her equally wonderful daughters Josie and Liz and her dog, Frida.