Department of Media Studies
& School of Anthropology, Media and Gender
Dr Laura Cherrie Beaney
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Key information
Key information
- Roles
- Department of Media Studies School of Anthropology, Media and Gender Associate Tutor (Online Distance Learning)
- Department
- Department of Media Studies & School of Anthropology, Media and Gender
- Subject
- Media and Communications
Biography
Dr Laura Cherrie Beaney completed her PhD in Global Media and Communications at SOAS University of London. Her doctoral thesis examines how the post-revolution generation of Iranian women artists in the US diaspora engage with gender and social identities through their creative practices, against a backdrop of neoliberalism, transnationalism and digitalisation.
Laura holds a first-class BA (Hons) in Journalism and an MA (Distinction) in Media and Communication. Her master’s research was developed into her first book, Crossing the Catwalk: Transvestism in Contemporary Fashion and Culture (2019), a study of how gender and identity are constructed through evolving media technologies.
At SOAS, Laura lectures on the distance-learning programme in the Department of Media Studies, where she contributes to modules including Transnational Communities and Diasporic Media, Global Media, and Gender and Media. Before entering academia, she worked for over a decade as a journalist and in the cultural sector in the SWANA region, experience that continues to inform her research.
Research interests
Laura’s research is interdisciplinary, engaging media and communications, gender, and Middle Eastern studies. Her work extends across transnational and diasporic media, cultural production and the visual arts, and digital culture, with a focus on Iran and the wider region.
