Nahiyan Rashid

Nahiyan Rashid is a PhD Student in Media & Communications at St Mary’s University, researching masculinity and online fitness culture through a psychoanalytical lens. He concurrently serves as a Visiting Lecturer, teaching modules on digital marketing, data surveillance, and masculinity. His work explores how men navigate gender identity online, blending free association narrative interviewing with media go-along techniques.

He holds a First Class BA (Hons.) in Film & Screen Media (2021) and a Distinction in MA Film Studies (2022), both from UK institutions. Recent roles include Qualitative Researcher for the TASO-funded Boundary Spanner Project evaluating student wellbeing interventions, and Research Associate on mental health communities & internet censorship with Dr. Jacob Johanssen and others. This collaboration produced a co-authored article in the International Journal of Cultural Studies.

Nahiyan presents research globally, including the 2023 St Mary’s PhD Symposium, 2024 FoBL Festival of Research, and the 2024 Contested Visibilities conference in Lisbon. He is an Associate Scholar with the British Psychoanalytic Council and manages a semi-private academy school in Hampstead.

His expertise spans gender studies, digital culture, datafication, and psychosocial analysis. Current projects include evaluating wellbeing interventions for small student cohorts through Bath Social & Development Research.