Elspeth Probyn
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Elspeth Probyn is the Professor of Gender and Cultural Studies at the University of Sydney
. She received her Doctorate in Communications from Concordia University
, 1989. She lectures and publishes in fields including cultural studies
, media studies
and sociology
, with a particular focus on food, sexuality and the body. She has previously taught in Canada and the USA, and is of Welsh and Canadian background.
She was elected an Ordinary Member of the Australian Academy of the Humanities
in 2002.
University of Sydney
The University of Sydney is a public university located in Sydney, New South Wales. The main campus spreads across the suburbs of Camperdown and Darlington on the southwestern outskirts of the Sydney CBD. Founded in 1850, it is the oldest university in Australia and Oceania...
. She received her Doctorate in Communications from Concordia University
Concordia University
Concordia University is a comprehensive Canadian public university located in Montreal, Quebec, one of the two universities in the city where English is the primary language of instruction...
, 1989. She lectures and publishes in fields including cultural studies
Cultural studies
Cultural studies is an academic field grounded in critical theory and literary criticism. It generally concerns the political nature of contemporary culture, as well as its historical foundations, conflicts, and defining traits. It is, to this extent, largely distinguished from cultural...
, media studies
Media studies
Media studies is an academic discipline and field of study that deals with the content, history and effects of various media; in particular, the 'mass media'. Media studies may draw on traditions from both the social sciences and the humanities, but mostly from its core disciplines of mass...
and sociology
Sociology
Sociology is the study of society. It is a social science—a term with which it is sometimes synonymous—which uses various methods of empirical investigation and critical analysis to develop a body of knowledge about human social activity...
, with a particular focus on food, sexuality and the body. She has previously taught in Canada and the USA, and is of Welsh and Canadian background.
She was elected an Ordinary Member of the Australian Academy of the Humanities
Australian Academy of the Humanities
The Australian Academy of the Humanities was established by Royal Charter in 1969 to advance scholarship and public interest in the humanities in Australia...
in 2002.