About
Associate Professor of Politics and Identity
University of Southampton Athena Swan co-Chair
WSA CPD Lead
WSA Student Exchange Coordinator
Co-Director of iPIC
Contemporary Debates on Gender and Media Book Series Co-Editor
Valentina’s teaching and research expertise are located within the broader field of political communication, journalism and gender politics. She has published her research on topics such as celebrity politics, e-government, gender and politics and popular culture and citizenship.
Valentina’s research and teaching branch across three interconnected strands: questions of power, identity and difference; the changing relationship between the media and modes of political and civic agency; and the impact of digital technologies on traditional communication strategies.
She has taught on undergraduate and postgraduate courses on online media and democracy; gender, politics and media; Journalism. She has also supervised a number of PhD students in these research areas.