Dr Joan Ormrod  

Senior Lecturer - Film and Media Studies

Telephone : 0161 247 1938
Email : j.ormrod@mmu.ac.uk

Office : Righton Building / Room 108

Web : http://www.miriad.mmu.ac.uk/adventuresports

I lecture on the Film and Media BA Hons in The Department of the History of Art and Design at Manchester Metropolitan University. My units, Representing Youth, Youth Cultures and Subcultures, Fantasy Narratives in Popular Culture, Science Fiction in the Media reflect my research and publications. I also teach on Horror and The Aesthetics of Trash.

My publications and research to date develop my PhD, ‘Expressions of Nation and Place in British Surfing Identities’ as they focus on analysing representations of surfing, gendered and national identity through film and popular culture. I have organised a symposium on the representations of adventure sports in association with the Leisure Studies Association which was both an interdisciplinary and international event.

Forthcoming research and publication focuses on narratives and fantasy texts and comics. I am a member of the ‘Images, Narratives and Cultures’ research group affiliated to Manchester Institute for Research and Innovation in Art and Design and co-organised a conference on European horror films.

I would like to hear from any potential postgraduate or PhD students who are interested in these areas of research and other topics such as science fiction in the media (time travel, virtual reality) and sports on film.