Personal profile
Research interests
I am interested in gender and LGBTQ+ issues; media representation; language and linguistics; critical discourse analysis; queer theory.
I am interested in supervising doctoral work in these areas - please do get in touch!
Teaching
I currently teach on:
PR1400 Introduction to Politics and Government
PR1000 Researching Politics and International Relations: Methods, Techniques, and Analysis
PR 2600 Introduction to Political Communication
PR 3000 Dissertation
PR 5964 Strategic Political Communication
Educational background
BA Liverpool 2006
MA Liverpool 2007
PhD Nottingham 2013
FHEA
Education/Academic qualification
English , PhD, University of Nottingham
External positions
Lecturer in English Language and Linguistics, University of Roehampton
1 Sept 2018 → 30 Jun 2022
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 5 Gender Equality -
SDG 10 Reduced Inequalities
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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From conflict to collaboration: solidarity and compromise in trans and women’s movements
Gupta, K. & Pearce, R., 2025, (Accepted/In press) The Routledge Handbook of Conflict and Peace Communication. Connaughton, S. L. & Pukallus, S. (eds.). RoutledgeResearch output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review
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Navigating platform power: Agency and resistance in digital spaces
Guglielmo, M., Gupta, K., Heinrichs, P. & O'Loughlin, B., 2025, (In preparation) Manchester University Press.Research output: Book/Report › Book
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Erotic representations of gender diversity: a corpus analysis of online erotica
Gupta, K. & Lischinsky, A., 2024, Routledge Handbook of Sexuality, Gender, Health and Rights. Aggleton, P., Cover, R., Logie, C., Newman, C. & Parker, R. (eds.). RoutledgeResearch output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review
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Misgendering in the Media
Gupta, K., 2024, Routledge Handbook of Pronouns. Paterson, L. (ed.). RoutledgeResearch output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review
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De-biasing on University Campuses in the Age of Misinformation
Krutkowski, S., Taylor-Harmann, S. & Gupta, K., 21 Apr 2020, In: Reference Services Review. 48, 1, p. 113-128 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review