Dr Abigail Gardner

Biography

I am a Reader in Music and Media at the University of Gloucestershire. My key interests are music video, documentary, gender and age. I am working on a book on Ageing and Contemporary Female Musiciansfor Routledge. I am the author of PJ Harvey and Music Video Performance (Ashgate, 2015), co-author and editor (with Ros Jennings) of Rock On: Women, Ageing and Popular Music (Ashgate, 2012). I also produce community film and media.

Qualifications

• Tripos Part: Japanese, Gonville and Caius College, University of Cambridge,, 1986
• BA (Hons): Japanese, SOAS, University of London, 1988
• MSocSci: Cultural Studies, University of Birmingham, 1999
• PhD: Cultural Studies, University of Gloucestershire, *

Awards

2009 – Winner of University of Gloucestershire Public Engagement award for ‘Synagogue Lane’, a DVD of memories from Kindertransport survivors resident locally.

Membership of professional bodies

Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy

Member of IASPM

Members of MeCCSa