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Dr Ashley Morgan
PhD MA BA (hons) FHEA
e: asmorgan@cardiffmet.ac.uk
t: + 44 (0) 2920 416684
Specialist Subject Areas
The Body and Society, Cosmetic Surgery, Consumerism, Gender and Sexuality, Masculinity
Qualifications
2005 PhD Cosmetic Surgery and Consumerism – University of Sheffield
1994 MA Psychiatry Philosophy and Society – University of Sheffield
1993 BA (hons) Health Studies and Social Policy – University of Central Lancashire
Biography
Dr Ashley Morgan currently runs the BA in Media Studies with Visual Cultures at the Cardiff School of Art and Design, in addition to teaching into the MA in Communication and organising Research Seminars in the Department of Creative Communication. She is co-convenor of the research group, MeAT, and is a member of the International Super-research Group, WIRAD. She is an advisor on the Ethics Committee for CSAD and has acted as an internal assessor and advisor on a number of PhD’s in the School.
Current research
Dr Ashley Morgan has just written a paper in collaboration with Dr Andrew Walters from the National Centre for Product Design, Cardiff which will be published in the Doctoral Education for Design 2011 Conference.
Ashley is currently writing a paper on the representation of masculinity in the American television programme, The Big Bang Theory.
Awards
2011 – Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
Modules Taught
MSVC101 Being Academic
MSVC203 Consumerism
MSVC207 Dissertation Preparation
MSVC208 Research Methods
MSVC301 Dissertation
MSVC303 Conference Paper