Manchester Metropolitan University’s School of Digital Arts (SODA) has appointed Dr Kirsty Fairclough as interim deputy head for the remainder of the 2022/23 academic year.
Fairclough, who was previously a reader in screen studies, research and knowledge lead and research degrees coordinator at the school is the author of the forthcoming Beyoncé: Celebrity Feminism and Popular Culture and and co-editor of several titles including Prince and Popular Music, The Arena Concert: Music, Media and Mass Entertainment (both Bloomsbury), The Music Documentary: Acid Rock to Electropop (Routledge) and The Legacy of Mad Men: Cultural History, Intermediality and American Television (Palgrave).
She also serves as chair of Manchester Jazz Festival, a Culture Forum North Steering Group member and a Digital City Festival Advisory Board member, and is a regular on BBC TV and radio.
SODA is a cutting edge facility which is home to a UX Suite, film studios, green screens, edit suites, sound, music & production studios, a cinema and a gallery.
Announcing the new position on Twitter, Fairclough said she is “looking forward to getting stuck in.”
