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Dr Ruth Doughty

Liverpool Screen School

Faculty of Arts Professional and Social Studies

Email: R.J.Doughty@ljmu.ac.uk

Telephone: 0151 231 4769

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Dr Ruth Doughty is a Reader (Associate Professor) in Film and Cultural History and the Programme Leader for Film Studies at Liverpool John Moores University. Her research interests include the city of Liverpool, African American cinema, Film Music, Transnational Cinema and Film Theory. Ruth is one of the co-founding editors of the peer-reviewed Routledge journal Transnational Screens (formerly Transnational Cinemas). She has also co-authored the book Understanding Film Theory (2017, 2nd edition) which has been translated into easy Chinese 电影理论自修课.

Ruth is the principal investigator on a Heritage Lottery Funded project looking at the history of the Littlewoods. Littlewoods was an iconic British brand founded by Sir John Moores and his brother Cecil in 1923. From the Football Pools to mail order catalogues and retail stores, at its peak the company employed over 30,000 workers, the majority of whom were women. The legacy of this family-owned business still resonates within the city of Liverpool and beyond. The Littlewoods Heritage project is an archival, oral history and audio-visual community project.

Degrees

2005, Keele University, United Kingdom, PhD: American Studies
1997, Keele University, United Kingdom, BA (Hons) American Studies and Music

Academic appointments

Reader in Film and Cultural History, Film Studies, Liverpool John Moores University, 2024 - present
Programme Leader, Film Studies, Liverpool John Moores University, 2014 - present
Senior Lecturer, Film Studies, Portsmouth University, 2004 - 2014
Lecturer (Fixed Term), English, Bangor University, 2003 - 2004
Lecturer (Sessional), History of Art, University of Leicester, 2001 - 2003
Lecturer (Sessional), Music, Keele University, 2001 - 2003
Lecturer (Sessional), American Studies, Keele University, 1998 - 2003

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