employment history

LECTURER in Sociology | Birmingham City University, Birmingham, UK    November-Present 
TEACHING FELLOW | Birmingham City University, Birmingham, UK 
July-November 2018
ASSISTANT LECTURER | Birmingham City University, Birmingham, UK 
​October 2015-July 2018
SEMINAR LEADER | University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK 
September 2014-June 2015
ACADEMIC WRITING TUTOR|
University of Birmingham, Birmingham UK 
​June 2014-May 2015

papers and publications

papers & presentations

  • Pow, K. (2019, March) ,Black Female Fan Praxis on Tumblr, presentation for the “Decolonising Fan Studies” panel at Society of Cinema and Media Studies (SCMS), Seattle, Washington, USA
  • Pow, K., (2017, June). Intersectional Blackness and Curatorial Poaching on Tumblr. Paper presented at the Digital Blackness Conference, University of Sussex, Brighton
  • Pow, K., (2017, June). Deregulating Blackness and Radical Being-ness in the Age of Trump and Brexit. Paper presented at Critical Race and Ethnicities Network (CREN) workshop on Black Feminism, Sheffield University, Sheffield
  • Aisha, S. & Pow, K. (2017, March). Queering the Nation. Workshop facilitated, Black Feminim(s) and The Nation Conference, Birmingham City University, Birmingham
  • Pow, K. (2016, October). Personal Reflections on #Brexit and Trump’s America. Remarks given at The Meanings of Black History panel discussion, Birmingham Research Institute for Research and Culture (BRIHC), University of Birmingham, Birmingham
  • Pow, K., (2016, June). From Theory to Praxis: How is the Internet Reframing Intersectionality in 2016? Reframing Intersectionality Workshop with Kimberlé Crenshaw, Rugby
  • Pow, K., (2016, March). Embracing Blurred Lines: Reconciling the Fangirl and the Academic. Paper presented at the Social Media & Social Science Research Conference, Academy of Social Sciences, London
  • Pow, K. (2015, October). Mediating the Body of Olivia Pope: Tumblr, Mobility and Power. Paper presented at the Blackness in Britain Conference, Birmingham City University, Birmingham
  • Pow, K. (2015, May). Mediating the Body of Olivia Pope: Tumblr, Mobility and Power. Presentation given at the annual Geo Media Conference: Spaces and Mobilities in a Mediatized World, Karlstad University, Karlstad, Sweden
  • Pow, K. (2015, February). Critical Education Praxis on Tumblr. Micro lecturer presented at the British Sociological Association (BSA)‘s regional Workshop: Decolonising the Sociological Cannon, Birmingham City University, Birmingham
  • Pow, K. (2015). Intersectional Ethnography: Tumblr and the Alternative Construction of Social Education Discourse. Presentation given at Intersectionality:  A Space for Theoretical and Practitioner Discussion, sponsored by the Race In The Americas (R.I.T.A.) group (University of Sussex), University College, London
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Collaborations

  • Queer Youth of Colour Conference, February 2019, Birmingham City University in partnership with UNMUTED Brum & Rainbow Noir, Manchester, Co-organiser
  • Re-engaging Pan-Africanism, December 2018 Conference (Birmingham City University), planning committee member
  • Blackness in Britain, October 2015 Conference (Birmingham City University), planning committee member

Education

May 2015 – present
Birmingham City University Birmingham, UK
PhD: Sociology
Supervisor: Professors K. Andrews and L. Palmer
Thesis Title: Scandalous Depictions: Intersectionality and Black Women's Fandom Discourse on Tumblr
September 2003 – May 2005
University of Wisconsin-Madison 
​Madison, Wisconsin, USA
MA: Languages and Cultures of Asia 
Thesis Title: The Dancing Sufis of Gujarat: Religion, Identity and Performance 
September 1997 – May 2001
Vassar College  Poughkeepsie, NY, USA
BA (Hons): Anthropology