Catherine Strong
Lecturer
Catherine Strong
Bio
Catherine Strong completed her PhD at the Australian National University in 2008. Her thesis, ‘As a friend, as a trend, as an old memory’: Popular music, memory and power, looked at how fans of the grunge movement of the early 1990s remember this music now, and the consequences this has for power structures in society. During her time at the ANU, Catherine tutored in many different subjects, taught her own course on the Sociology of Popular Music in 2008, and worked as a research assistant for Professor Marian Sawer at the Democratic Audit of Australia. She also does Aikido and appreciates geek culture of all varieties.
Teaching
2009
Introduction to Sociology
Social Research
Gender, Family and Society
Introduction to Politics and Social Policy
2008
The Sociology of Popular Music
Research
Popular culture, particularly popular music
Gender
Vampires
Internet culture
Recent publications
Forthcoming ‘ Grunge, Riot Grrrl and the forgetting of women in popular music’, Journal of Popular Culture, TBA.
2008 ‘As a friend, as a trend, as an old memory’: Popular music, memory and power, unpublished PhD thesis, School of Social Sciences, Australian National University
2007 “‘As a trend, as a friend, as an old memory’: The memory of Kurt Cobain”, Refereed Conference Proceedings, International Association for the Study of Popular Music Australia/NZ, Annual Conference, Wellington University, Wellington, 12-15 December 2005.
Membership of professional associations and groups
- Member of the National Tertiary Education Union
