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Dr. Roberta Garrett serves as a Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing and PhD supervisor within the Department of Music, Writing & Performance at the School of Arts and Creative Industries, University of East London. Her research critically examines intersections of gender, race, and class in popular literature and film, with particular focus on post-9/11 cultural representations and neoliberal societal structures.
Garrett's scholarly work centers on Gender Studies, Islamophobia, Domestic Abuse, Family Studies, and Neoliberalism, exploring how these themes manifest in contemporary media and literature. She investigates maternal narratives, 'mumpreneur' ideologies, and the portrayal of domestic violence through feminist and critical race lenses, often analyzing popular franchises like Game of Thrones and Nora Ephron's filmography.
Her publication trajectory reveals consistent engagement with family dynamics under neoliberalism, evolving from early analyses of chick-flicks to current research on domestic abuse narratives. Key works include the 2021 monograph 'Writing the Modern Family' and the 2016 co-edited collection 'We Need to Talk About Family', demonstrating longitudinal commitment to family studies within cultural contexts.
Scientific recognition includes:
- Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
Garrett actively mentors PhD candidates including Alison Baker (researching class/gender in children's fiction and Muslim writers/cross-cultural romance) and Adrian Banting. Her grant activity includes a 2013 research internship supporting 'Cultural Representations of the Family in Literature' and organization of a symposium titled 'The Family in Crisis?: representation of the neo-liberal family'.
