Megan Henesy

Dr Megan Henesy

  • 01202 962069
  • mhenesy at bournemouth dot ac dot uk
  • Associate Head of The Media School
  • Weymouth House W422, Talbot Campus, Fern Barrow, Poole, BH12 5BB
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Biography

Dr. Megan Henesy is a senior academic and researcher whose expertise spans media, cultural studies, and contemporary literature. With a PhD in English Literature and a professional background in both media and education, Dr. Henesy combines pedagogical innovation with academic leadership to foster inclusive, student-focused learning environments.

As Deputy Head of Department, Dr. Henesy has led key strategic initiatives, curriculum development, and educational projects aligned with digital skills, sustainability, and student outcomes. She is particularly committed to embedding interdisciplinary learning and has played a pivotal role in integrating UN Sustainable Development Goals into course design.

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 SDGs:

Gender equality

"Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls"

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Reduced inequalities

"Reduce inequality within and among countries"

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Peace, justice and strong institutions

"Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels"

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Journal Articles

Chapters

Conferences

  • Henesy, M., 2024. The Other Side of the Mirror: Inconstancy and Duality of the Female Protagonist in Recent British Television Drama. In: REPRESENTATION OF DIVERSITY IN MEDIATED POPULAR CULTURE IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY 10-11 June 2024 Erasmus School of History, Culture and Communication.
  • Henesy, M., 2024. 'A Place of Women’: Herstory and Female Agency in Kiran Millwood Hargrave’s The Mercies and A.K. Blakemore's The Manningtree Witches. In: A New ‘Feminist’ Novel? Popular Narratives and the Pleasures of Reading 16-17 June 2022 Institute of Modern Languages.
  • Henesy, M., 2015. Tracy and The Sand-Man: The Uncanny in Kate Atkinson’s Started Early, Took my Dog. In: Illusions in Contemporary Women‘s Writing: Secrets, Lies and Deceptions 9-10 April 2015 De Montfort University, Leicester.
  • Henesy, M., 2013. Home Invasions in The Accidental and There But For The. In: Ali Smith and C21 Fiction 7 September 2013 Royal Holloway, University of London.
  • Henesy, M., 2013. 'Ghost Alzheimer’s’ in Ali Smith’s Hotel World and Hilary Mantel’s Beyond Black. In: International Conference on Narrative 27-29 June 2013 Manchester Metropolitan University.

Theses

  • Henesy, M., 2017. Novels of Precarity: Neoliberal Counternarratives in Contemporary British Women's Writing. PhD Thesis. University of Southampton.

PhD Students

  • Rinlapas Ketverapong. Granfluencers and Social Media Production in Thailand, (In progress)
  • Yasmin Simanjuntak. Manosphere Discourse around Asian Women Online, (In progress)

Profile of Teaching PG

  • MAMC Dissertation L7
  • Research Methods in Media and Communication L7
  • MAMC Major Project L7

Profile of Teaching UG

  • Academic and Writing Skills L4
  • Language Matters L4
  • Media and Marketing Research L5
  • BACOM Dissertation L6
  • Adaptation L4
  • Media: Messages and Meanings L5
  • Adventures in Popular Culture L4
  • Introduction to Communication: Theory and Practice L4
  • Introduction to Storytelling L4
  • Media Convergence L6
  • Popular Texts and Intertexts L5

External Responsibilities

Journal Reviewing/Refereeing

  • Feminist Media Studies, Anonymous peer review, 31 Mar 2022
  • C21 Literature, Anonymous peer review, 10 Mar 2022
  • Participations: journal of audience and reception studies, Anonymous peer review, 06 Jan 2018

Public Engagement & Outreach Activities

  • Film Focus Poole Lighthouse (23 Mar 2022)

Conference Presentations

  • 2018 Society of Legal Scholars (SLS) Annual Conference: ‘Law in troubled times’, Framing Mother: The Media and Criminal Justice Trials., 04 Sep 2018, Queen Mary University of London Law School, London

Qualifications

  • PhD in English Literature (University of Southampton, 2017)
  • MA in Classical Studies (Open University, 2011)

Memberships