Projects per year
Personal profile
Biography
Dr Victoria (Tori) Cann's teaching, research and outreach interests lay in gender politics and feminist theory and she is particularly interested in feminist knowledge production. As an interdisciplinary scholar, Tori works across the humanities and social sciences, drawing a particular critical focus on culture as an underpinning topic of focus. As a teacher, Tori is keen for students to discover what they care about and to channel that passion into curiosity. As a working-class scholar, Tori is particularly keen to elevate voices underrepresented in the academy.
Tori's first book Girls Like This: Boys Like That was released with IB Tauris in 2018 and she has published chapters in edited collections and articles in journals such as Feminist Media Studies, Boyhood Studies, Girlhood Studies and Continuum: Journal of Media and Cultural Studies. She sits on the Editorial Board of the Journal of Gender Studies and Boyhood Studies and is an Executive Team member of the Gender and Education Association. In 2020 she became a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.
Tori runs the MA in Gender Studies and is happy to answer any queries about the programme that you may have.
Career
- Senior Lecturer/Associate Professor in Humanities, Interdisciplinary Institute for the Humanities, University of East Anglia, Sept 2020 – Present.
- Lecturer in Humanities, Interdisciplinary Institute for the Humanities, University of East Anglia, Sept 2013 – Present.
- Lecturer in Popular Culture, Department of English, Communication, Film and Media, Anglia Ruskin University, Spring 2013.
- Lecturer in Politics and Media, School of Political, Social and International Studies, University of East Anglia Autumn, 2011.
- Associate Tutor, School of Political, Social and International Studies, University of East Anglia, January 2010 – September 2013.
- MA (with Distinction) Media and Cultural Politics; BA(hons) The Politics and Sociology of Contemporary Culture (First Class) – University of East Anglia
Areas of Expertise
Tori specialises in gender and youth, qualitative methods and feminist politics.
If you are considering a PhD or postdoc, Tori is happy to supervise projects related to:
- Feminist Knowledge Production; including ethics and methodological design
- Gender and Youth; including gender performance, girlhoods and boyhoods, trans and non-binary youth experiences, the (re)production of the gender binary, understandings of contemporary youth femininities and youth masculinities
- Feminist Movements; especially contemporary feminist activism and/or the relationship between popular culture and feminism, but also keen to work on histories in joint-supervision contexts
- Zines and DIY activist cultures; particularly those that advance understandings of resistance
Key Research Interests
Tori’s research interests are in the field of gender and identity during youth. She is particularly interested in how gender is reproduced through taste articulations and ideas of ‘appropriate’ performances of identity. She is an expert in qualitative research methods and feminist ethics.
Tori has published extensively in the field of feminist cultural studies and has acted as a consultant expert to organisations such as Plan UK and the Women's Equality Party.
Teaching Interests
Tori's teaching expertise is in the field of cultural studies. She primarily teaches Feminist Methodologies on the MA in Gender Studies and at Foundation Year level where students are introduced to research methodologies, key concepts in the humanities and study skills. She often provides guest lectures on the topic of feminism and gender studies on modules across the Faculty of Arts and Humanities and the Faculty of Social Sciences.
Tori is interested in supervising dissertations and research projects in the area of identity (particularly the intersections of gender, race, class, and sexuality), feminism(s), cultural politics, and popular culture.
As a working-class scholar, Tori is especially committed to teaching and encouraging the learning of students from a diverse range of backgrounds, particularly those from under-represented and minoritised groups in higher education.
In 2015 Tori was awarded the UEA Excellence in Teaching Award and in 2020 she became a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.
Administrative Posts
Course Director MA Gender Studies (2019 - present)
Placement Officer (2018 - 2019)
Employability Director (2015 - 2019)
Enterprise and Engagement Officer (2015 - 2018)
Plagiarism Officer (2014 - 2016)
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):
Education/Academic qualification
Doctor of Philosophy, University of East Anglia
Award Date: 1 Jan 2014
External positions
External Partnerships and Networking Lead2019, Gender and Education Association
2019 → …
Consultant Researcher, Plan International UK
Keywords
- Social Work & Sociology
- Feminist Media Studies
- Gender Studies
- Political theory
- Children & Families
- Social Interactions
- Higher Education
- Media (General)
Media Expertise
- Gender politics
Projects
- 2 Finished
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Being Human Festival
Warner, H., Cann, V. & Godfrey, S.
School of Advanced Study, University of London
17/11/16 → 21/11/16
Project: Other
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Gender, Media & Generations: A postgraduate workshop
Feminist & Women's Studies Association (UK & Ireland) (FWSA)
1/11/12 → 28/02/13
Project: Research
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State of Girls Rights 2023-24 Scoping Report
Cann, V., May 2023, 40 p.Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report
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British Girls' Experiences of the COVID-19 Pandemic
Cann, V., 2022Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report
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Teenage Girls and Mental Wellbeing Within and Beyond School Spaces
Cann, V. & Thomas, C., 22 Jun 2022, Mental Wellbeing in Schools: What Teachers Need to Know to Support Pupils from Diverse Backgrounds . Mahmud, A. & Satchell, L. (eds.). RoutledgeResearch output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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'You can't go home because you are at home': Critical reflections on capturing and reflecting the trauma of domestic violence work during COVID-19
Atakav, E., Pelikan, K. & Cann, V., Oct 2022, In: Journal of Gender-Based Violence. 6, 3, p. 483–491 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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“I never had any friends later on like the ones I had when I was twelve. Jesus, does anyone?”: Reflections on learning about boyhood through Stand By Me
Cann, V., 1 Dec 2022, In: Boyhood Studies. 16, 1/2, p. 194-197 4 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate › peer-review
Open Access
Prizes
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Excellence in Teaching Award
Cann, Victoria (Recipient), 2015
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Project Award for Outstanding Contribution to Public & Community Engagement
Cann, Victoria (Recipient), 2014
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Activities
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State of Girls Rights Scoping Project
Victoria Cann (Consultant), Amanda Ptolomey (Consultant), Danielle Mackle (Consultant) & Nikki Giant (Consultant)
Feb 2023 → Apr 2023Activity: Consultancy
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(Still) teaching to transgress: the legacy of bell hooks in the classroom
Victoria Cann (Speaker), Stephanie Troutman Robbins (Speaker), Ileana Jiménez (Speaker) & Hanna Retallack (Speaker)
2023Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Public lecture/debate/seminar
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Under Challenge: Gender Studies and its Critics
Victoria Cann (Speaker), Hua Ma (Host) & Raewyn Connell (Speaker)
18 Mar 2022Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Public lecture/debate/seminar
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Politics, Protest and the Women's Liberation Movement
Victoria Cann (Speaker)
27 Jan 2022Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Schools engagement
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Press/Media
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How Reality TV Became The Ultimate Redemption Bid For Cheating Men (Nov 22)
11/11/22 → 12/11/22
5 items of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media
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