معرفی
Rhian Waller is a Visiting Lecturer in BA Journalism at the School for the Creative Industries, University of Chester. She teaches level four and five modules in practical and theoretical journalism, including The Newsroom: Reporting, Production and Theory, Journalism Regulation, Research for Professions, Practice and Academic Purposes, and Journalism Production: Theory and Practice.
Dr. Waller holds a BA in English Literature, a PhD in Critical and Creative Writing, and a PgCert in Higher Education. She is also a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA) with professional journalism qualifications (NCTJ and NQJ).
Her research interests focus on mental health and journalism, environment and environmentalism in mass media, literature through postcolonial, ecocritical and feminist lenses, and pop culture studies. Dr. Waller's work explores the intersection of media representation, mental health discourse, and literary analysis, with particular attention to how visual elements and narrative structures shape public understanding of complex issues.
Dr. Waller's scholarly output demonstrates a strong trend toward interdisciplinary analysis connecting media studies with literary theory and mental health advocacy. Her pending publications examine genre boundaries in film, postcolonial representations in book design, and stigma surrounding eating disorders in social media.
- Mind Media Award nomination and shortlist (2013) for features on mental health issues
Before joining academia, Dr. Waller worked for five years in print journalism at a regional newspaper group, covering local hard news before transitioning to feature writing. Her journalistic experience includes interviewing notable figures such as Katie Price, Sir Ranulph Fiennes, and Gary Numan, with some of her work syndicated to national publications like the Daily Mail and Daily Express.
Dr. Waller is also an accomplished author, having published her first novel "Eithe's Way" in June 2014, which blends elements of magical realism with psychological depth and has received positive reviews for its imaginative storytelling and exploration of identity.
