Dr Kate Gilchrist is a feminist researcher whose work explores the intersections between lived experience and cultural representation. Her research interests include feminine subjectivities, mediated understandings of intimate life, alternative relationship formations, gender performativity, digital intimate publics and singlehood. 

Prior to her position as Lecturer (Teaching) at UCL, she was a Visiting Fellow/MSc Guest Teacher at the Media and Communications and Gender Studies Departments at the London School of Economics. She was formerly a Dissertation Supervisor for MA students at the Department of Digital Humanities, King’s College London. Kate has an MSc in Gender from LSE’s Department of Gender Studies, a BA in English Literature and History from the University of Sheffield, and a Graduate Diploma in Law from BPP. Kate also has over a decade of experience working in magazine and journal publishing.