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Dr Katherine Farrimond is an Associate Professor in Media and Cultural Studies at the University of Sussex's School of Media, Arts and Humanities. She joined Sussex as a Lecturer in 2015 and holds a PhD in English Literature from Newcastle University (2012). Her research focuses on gender, sexuality, and genre in contemporary popular culture, with particular attention to film/TV analysis, gothic/horror genres, feminist theory, and retro aesthetics. She is co-managing editor of REFRAME and serves on the Feminist Theory Journal advisory board.
Education: PhD (Newcastle, 2012), MA in Modern and Contemporary Studies (Newcastle), BA in English Literature (Newcastle). She previously worked as a part-time tutor at Newcastle and visiting lecturer at Northumbria University before joining Sussex.
Her research explores intersections of nostalgia, bisexuality representation, and feminist critiques of genre tropes. Recent work examines the femme fatale archetype in fashion/beauty media and the digital ephemera of consumer culture. Key publications include The Contemporary Femme Fatale: Gender, Genre and American Cinema (2017) and articles on horror fandom, noir cinema, and gendered violence in film.
She currently supervises PhD students researching queer nostalgia, witch narratives, domestic noir, and animated national identity. Previously advised successful theses on fan activism, cinematic witchcraft, and virginity narratives. Her editorial work bridges academia and public discourse through feminist media criticism.
Roles include Director of Student Wellbeing for her school (2024/25), reflecting her commitment to educational equity alongside scholarly innovation.
