Student profiles
Chloe Hills
Email: c.e.hills@keele.ac.uk
Thesis Title
Institution
Supervisors
Dr Rachel Wood
Prof. Garry Crawford
Research Summary
My research investigates queer and ethnically minoritised fans’ experiences of identity and belonging in the FA Women’s Super League (WSL), within a landscape which positions the space of women’s football as ‘inclusive’ and ‘safe’. The project uses a qualitative, multi-method approach which combines media analysis, auto ethnography, participant observation, and interviews with WSL fans.
The research contributes to theorisations of sports fandom in two key intersecting fields of media and cultural studies, audience studies and feminist cultural geographies, taking an intersectional approach to how fandom is constructed, negotiated, and experienced across physical and digital spaces.
Research Interests
Audiences, fans, celebrity including influencers, consumer culture, whiteness.
Publications
Coming soon