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Dr Sara De Benedictis
Senior Lecturer in Sociology and Communications

Marie Jahoda 218

Summary

Sara joined Brunel in May 2017. She is currently a Senior Lecturer in Sociology and Communications in the Department of Social and Political Sciences. Sara’s research explores the cultural politics of gender, class, reproduction and activism. She has published on topics like televisual birth, ‘period poverty’, ‘poverty porn’ or #MeToo, and has contributed to public and political debates on such topics. Sara is currently writing a monograph on the cultural politics of reproduction (under contract with Manchester University Press), which brings together various case studies on this topic from over a decade of research in this area.

Sara teaches various modules in Media and Communications and Sociology at Brunel. She has taught on media studies, cultural studies and sociology courses at various universities at undergraduate and postgraduate levels, such as City University London, King’s College London and the London School of Economics. Before entering academia, Sara worked for charities in the women’s sector.

Qualifications

  • PhD in Cultural Studies from King's College London (2016)
  • MA in Gender and Culture with Distinction from Goldsmiths College (2010)
  • First Class BA (Hons) in Film Studies and Cultural Sociology from University of Nottingham (2009)

Responsibility

Interim Director of Equality and Diversity for Social and Poltical Sciences

Newest selected publications

De Benedictis, S. and Mendes, K. (2023) '#ButNotMaternity: Analysing Instagram posts of reproductive politics under pandemic crisis'. European Journal of Cultural Studies, 0 (ahead-of-print). pp. 1 - 16. ISSN: 1367-5494 Open Access Link

Journal article

Lockyer, S. and De Benedictis, S. (2023) 'Performing pregnancy: Comic content, critique and ambivalence in pregnant stand-up comedy'. International Journal of Cultural Studies, 26 (3). pp. 343 - 361. ISSN: 1367-8779 Open Access Link

Journal article

De Benedictis, S. (2022) 'Periods of Austerity: The emergence of “period poverty” in UK news media'. European Journal of Cultural Studies, 26 (6). pp. 880 - 896. ISSN: 1367-5494 Open Access Link

Journal article

Clancy, L. and De Benedictis, S. (2021) ''I wanted to offer my sympathy ... woman to woman': Reading The Crown during a conjuncture of crisis'. Soundings, 79 (79). pp. 122 - 133. ISSN: 1362-6620 Open Access Link

Journal article

De Benedictis, S. (2020) 'Reflecting on 10 years of Maternal Studies'. Studies in the Maternal, 13 (1). pp. 1 - 9.Open Access Link

Journal article
More publications(18)

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