Dr Sarah Ralph-Lane

Assistant Professor

Department: Social Sciences

I took up my lectureship in Media and Cultural Studies at Northumbria University in September 2015. Prior to this I was Research Associate in the Department of Film, Television and Media Studies at the University of East Anglia working on the AHRC-funded research project Make Me Laugh: Creativity in British Television Comedy (2012 - 2015) and also a Part Time Lecturer in both the Film, Television and Media Department and in UEA's Interdisciplinary Institute for the Humanities.

I have published in Celebrity Studies, Participations and Critical Studies in Television, and have recently co-authored (with Martin Barker, Kate Egan and Tom Phillips) Alien Audiences: Remembering and Evaluating a Classic Movie, a book based on an international audience study of Ridley Scott’s 1979 film Alien.

Campus Address

Squires Building, 306D

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Key Publications

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Girls Shift Digital: Reflecting on the Impact of Moving Online in Girls' Creative Youth Projects, McBride, A., Ralph, S. 5 Oct 2020
Plan International UK Report - The State of Girls’ Rights in the UK: The Voices of Girls in Middlesbrough, pp 147-152, Ralph, S., Gibson, M. 1 Feb 2020
Alien Audiences: Remembering and Evaluating a Classic Movie, Barker, M., Egan, K., Philips, T., Ralph, S. Jan 2016
‘A Place for Talking about Female Stars’: Exploring Versatility, Femininity and ‘Fantasy’ in Mother-Daughter Talk on Film Stars, Ralph, S. Jan 2015, The Politics of Being a Woman, London, Palgrave Macmillan
‘I think women are possibly judged more harshly with comedy’: Women and British television comedy production, Mills, B., Ralph, S. 1 Jul 2015, In: Critical Studies in Television
Swivelling the spotlight: stardom, celebrity and ‘me’, Holmes, S., Ralph, S., Redmond, S. Jan 2015, In: Celebrity Studies
Using stars, not just ‘reading’ them: the roles and functions of film stars in mother–daughter relations, Ralph, S. Jan 2015, In: Celebrity Studies
What a performance! Exploring audiences’ responses to film acting, Ralph, S., Barker, M. May 2015, In: Participations
‘Trying to Ride a Naughty Horse’: British television comedy producers, Mills, B., Ralph, S. 2014, Beyond the Bottom Line, London, Bloomsbury

Professional Activity

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Organising a conference, workshop, ...: Care in the Media and Cultural Industries 2018

PGR Supervision

Cathy Mahoney A Historical Sensibility: Television, Postfeminism and The Second World War Start Date: 12/07/2017 End Date: 14/12/2017
Martin Smith Remembering “The Scariest Movie of All Time”: A Grounded Audience Study of The Exorcist Start Date: 01/10/2016 End Date: 27/11/2019
Scott Williams A doctoral thesis examining (re)presentations of women’s team sports in the English National Press and public policy documentation 2010-2018 Start Date: 05/01/2018 End Date: 28/06/2022
Cathy Mahoney A Historical Sensibility: Television, Postfeminism and The Second World War Start Date: 12/07/2017 End Date: 14/12/2017
Martin Smith Remembering “The Scariest Movie of All Time”: A Grounded Audience Study of The Exorcist Start Date: 01/10/2016 End Date: 04/03/2020

Qualifications

PhD June 01 2010
Fellow (FHEA) Higher Education Academy (HEA) 2016

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