Role
Anna Dawson is a Senior Lecturer who teaches on all three years of the Film and Television Studies Joint Honours degree. She is Module Leader for the first year introductory module Film and TV Style in Close Up, British Cinema, American Cinema and American Television and the Film and Television Major Project module (dissertation).
Career overview
Before working at NTU Anna worked as Education Officer for the London Film Festival, worked for the British Film Institute and was a freelance film journalist.
Anna is a recipient of NTU Vice Chancellor’s Teaching Award.
Research areas
Anna's research interests are primarily around film and gender in American cinema and television; in particular the role of costume.
In June 2025 she presented a paper at a 'Spotting Red Flags' Symposium at King's College, London titled 'Is MAFS Blind? The Papering Over of Red Flag Behaviours in Married at First Sight '.
Opportunities to carry out postgraduate research towards an MPhil/PhD exist in the School of Social Sciences and further information may be obtained from the NTU Graduate School.
External activity
Anna was member of the Board of Directors for the Broadway Cinema, Nottingham until 2025. She regularly appears on BBC Radio Nottingham to talk about film and television, and has appeared on BBC 5 Live.
Publications
Erin Brockovich chapter. Dawson A, in Screening American Cinema , eds Needham and Johnston, London: Routledge, due for publication Autumn 2026
Studying The Lord of the Rings. Dawson A, 2015, Leighton Buzzard, Auteur Publishing
Sex and the Suburbs; A Reappraisal of Little Children. Dawson A, Splice, 2010, 4 (3), 62-71
Studying The Matrix. Dawson A, 2008, Leighton Buzzard, Auteur Publishing
Podcast:
Jessica Jones, Sexual Violence and Overcoming Trauma with Anna Dawson