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Dr. Lisa Amanda Palmer serves as Deputy Director of the Stephen Lawrence Research Centre at De Montfort University (Leicester) and holds a Senior Lecturer position in Sociology. She previously directed the Black Studies undergraduate program at Birmingham City University and has extensive experience with local archives, including the Vanley Burke Archive at Birmingham Libraries. Her research focuses on Black feminism, cultural politics, and intersections of race, gender, and sexuality. She co-authored Blackness in Britain (2016) and is writing a book on Black women in the UK’s lover’s rock reggae scene.
Education:
- PhD in American & Canadian Studies (University of Birmingham)
- MA Film & Television Studies (University of Warwick)
- BA(Hons) Media Studies & Performing Arts (De Montfort University)
Her work critically examines topics like misogynoir, community archives, and Black cultural production. She is affiliated with the Media Discourse Centre (MDC) and contributes to public discourse via articles on Black Studies’ relevance and representations of Black women in media.
