Dr Ashley Morgan
Senior Lecturer Media Studies and Visual Cultures
Cardiff School of Art & Design
- PhD MA BA (hons) FHEA
Overview
Dr Ashley Morgan is a rare beast, a Sociologist in the Cardiff School of Art and Design. She has run and taught modules in Health Studies, Sociology and Psychosocial Studies at several Universities nationwide, including the University of Sheffield, Cardiff University and the University of East London. She was the original Programme Director for BA Media Studies with Visual Cultures at Cardiff Met. She then wrote and launched the theory component for the whole of the Undergraduate Programme in the School of Art & Design, currently known as ‘Constellation’. Her research interests are in cosmetic surgery and more recently, masculinity, especially toxic masculinity in popular culture, politics, and working-class settings, masculinity embodiment and lack of sexuality. She is also researching into older women and representations of the ageing body in both popular culture and in social media texts on sewing.
Research Publications
Running Punks: More than just turning up
King, P. & Morgan, A., 31 Jan 2025, In: Punk & Post-Punk.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Young Punk, Old Punk, Running Punk: Keeping the Old Ones Cool and the Young Ones Fresh
Morgan, A. & Inglis, C., 4 Apr 2024, Palgrave Studies in the History of Subcultures and Popular Music. Springer Nature, p. 71-91 21 p. (Palgrave Studies in the History of Subcultures and Popular Music; vol. Part F2527).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
Stiff upper lips: British affect and habitus in It’s a Sin
Morgan, A., 18 Jul 2023, In: Journal of Popular Television. 11, 2, p. 135-171 37 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
‘They never felt these fabrics before’: How SoundCloud rappers became the dandies of hip hop through hybrid dress
Whittaker, J. & Morgan, A., 1 Apr 2022, In: Critical Studies in Men's Fashion. 9, 1, p. 99-118 20 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
From emo kid to stylish GQ gent and back again: Matty Healy and hybrid masculinity
Morgan, A., 1 Dec 2020, In: Critical Studies in Men's Fashion. 7, 1-2, p. 109-129 21 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
'sex doesn't alarm me': Exploring heterosexual male identity in BBC's Sherlock
Morgan, A., 1 Oct 2019, In: Journal of Popular Television. 7, 3, p. 317-335 19 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review