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      Dr Herminder Kaur

      BSc, MA, PhD, FHEA
      ROLE: Lecturer in Digital Sociology
      SCHOOL: Law
      DEPARTMENT: Criminology & Sociology
      EMAIL: H.Kaur@mdx.ac.uk
      1. Biography &
        Qualifications
      2. Learning &
        Teaching Interests
      3. Research Outputs &
        Interests
      4. Funded Research &
        Knowledge Exchange Projects
      5. Engagement &
        Impact

      • Biography &
        Qualifications

        Prior to joining Middlesex University as a Lecturer in Digital Sociology, Herminder obtained her doctorate from Loughborough University, which was funded by Loughborough University's Doctoral College studentship. Whilst at Loughborough University, Herminder has been a co-convenor for the Culture and Media Analysis Research Group and has worked as a content analyst for the 2017 General Election, 2015 General Election and 2016 Referendum projects led by the Centre for Research in Communication and Culture.

        She also worked as a research assistant for a project on digital storytelling and de-radicalisation of young people for the School of English, Arts and Drama.

        Qualifications

        Postgraduate Teaching Certification (PGCert) in Higher Education, Middlesex University London

        Level 1 in British Sign Language, Awarded by Institute of British Sign Lanuage, University of Leicester

        Doctorate in Digital Sociology, Loughborough University

        Masters in Social Research, The University of Warwick

        Undergraduate in Sociology, Loughborough University

         

        Contact details

        Room: WG26 (Ground Floor, Williams Building)

        Office Hours:

        Click Here to Book Virtual Meeting with Herminder  

        Twitter: @HerminderKaur

         

        Digital media use by young people with physical disabilities

        Dr Kaur explains her research into how young people with disabilities move within and between social media and websites.

         


        Languages Spoken

        • English
        • Hindi
        • Punjabi
        • British Sign Language (Level 1)

      • Learning &
        Teaching Interests

        Taught Modules (2019-2020)

        Module Leader

        • SOC2500: Approaches to Research in the Social Sciences (Term 2)
        • SOC2520: Sociology of Popular Culture (Term 2)
        • SOC3700: Media, Communication and Society
        • SOC3760: Sociology Dissertation 

         

        Interest in supervising dissertations on

        • Digital Media/Social Media
        • Online cultures
        • Digital participation/inclusion
        • South Asians
        • Disability and Young People
        • Analysing Media Texts
        • Media and Communications
        • Use of digital/visual/qualitative methods

        Doctoral Supervision

        Meghan Luton (2020-) Dissertation topic: Experiences of Deaf Women in Maternity Services. Co-Supervised with Professor Helen T Allan & Dr Liang Liu.

         

      • Research Outputs &
        Interests

        Herminder has research interests on how young people with physical disabilities access and use the Internet. She develops and uses ethnographic and visual methods. Four key themes emerge from her current research: rhythms and movements of internet use, online relationships, stigma and exclusion, internet regulation by teachers and parents, and the enactment of disability.

        Peer Reviewed Journals

        Kaur, H., Saukko, P. and Lumsden, K. (2018) Rhythms of moving in and between digital media: a study on video diaries by young people with physical disabilities. Mobilities. 13, 3: 397-410. DOI: 10.1080/17450101.2017.1355349

        (2017) Announcement of doctoral thesis. Disability & Society, 32 (6) 939-943.

        Book Chapters

        Kaur, H. (2019) Young men with physical disabilities struggle for digital sex(uality). In Lumsden, K. & Harmer, E. (eds.) Online Othering. Palgrave Studies in Cybercrime and Cybersecuirty. Palgrave Macmillan.  

        Kaur, H. (2016) It's like they're looking inside your body or inside your brain.' Internet surveillance practices in a special school, pp. 73-84  in Kramp, L., Carpentier, N., Hepp, A., Kilborn, R., Kunelius, R., Nieminen, H., Olsson, T., Pruulmann-Vengerfeldt, P., Tomanic Trivundza, I., Tosoni, S. (Eds.) Politics, Civil Society and Participation: Media and Communications in a Transforming Environment. Bremen: edition lumiere.

        Blogs

        Kaur, H. (2017) Not All Young People Move Rapidly in and Between Digital Media. Discover Society, DS48.

      • Funded Research &
        Knowledge Exchange Projects

        Herminder is the principal investigator for a research project which has been awarded with a small research grant (£5000) from the Higher Education Initiative Fund. The project being funded is titled: Exploring Digital Media Access, Use and Skills Among South Asians in England, and is being co-led with Dr Myrna Papadouka, Dr Rima Saini and Research Assistant Brigita Valantinaviciute. 

         

        Herminder Kaur is a representative for the ECREA Young Scholars Network for the temporary working group: Children, Youth and Media. She will be representing the group at the 2020 Braga conference. She has previously represented the group on at the ICA (2018) Pre-Conference on Trust, control and privacy: Mediatisation of childhood and adolescence in the digital age. Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic.

      • Engagement &
        Impact

        Herminder is a member of the Digital Technologies and Social Inclusion Group (DTSI) and has been working with Emeritus Professor Leela Damodaran. She is also a Associate Member of the Digital Participation Group for the East Midlands Later Life Forum.

        Herminder is also a member of the steering group for FemGenSex more details about the research cluster can be found here FemGenSex blog.

        Seminars

        Kaur, H. (2019, 15th May) Journeys and politics of digital media use by young people with physical disabilities. Department of Educational Research Seminar. Lancaster University. UK.

        Kaur, H. (2017, May) Using Visual Methods. Paper presented for Liquid Lab, Loughborough University. Loughborough, UK.

        Conferences

        Kaur, H. (2018, Nov) Rhythms of moving in and out of digital media: a study on video diaries of young people with physical disabilities. Paper presented at the 7th European Communication Conference, Lugano, Switzerland.

        Kaur, H. (2018, 19th July) Social Access. Young People with Physical Disabilities Seek Acceptance through Digital Media. Presented at the 9th International Conference on Social Media and Society, Copenhagen, Denmark.

        Kaur, H. (2018, 1st June) Struggles to Overcome Bodily Stigma on Social Networking Sites. Paper presented at the Instagram Conference 2018. Middlesex University, UK.

        Kaur, H. (2018, 9th May) Struggles for Social Access. Young People with Physical Disabilities in Online Relationships. Paper presented at the Interdisciplinary Conference on Disability, UCL, London, UK.

        Kaur, H. (2017, June) Unravelling the Rhythms of Moving in and out of the Internet. Paper presented at Connected Life 2017, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.

        Kaur, H. (2016, November) Teenagers with a Physical Disability and their Online Relationships. Paper presented at 6th European Communication Conference (ECREA). Prague, Czech Republic.

        Kaur, H. (2015, April) Internet Use by Physically Dis-Abled Young People. Paper presented at British Sociological Association Annual Conference 2015. Glasgow, Scotland.

        Kaur, H. (2014, September) Disability and Physically Dis-Abled Teenagers. Paper presented at Disability Studies Conference 2014. Lancaster, England.

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