Robert Payne

Robert Payne is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Global Communications at the American University of Paris, where he teaches classes on media, gender, identity and digital culture. His research tends to focus on constructions of gender and sexual identity in media and popular culture, with particular focuses on masculinities, queer theory and everyday digital practices. With a range of articles and chapters published in these areas, Robert has also recently co-edited a special issue of the journal Sexualities entitled Citizenship and Queer Critique (forthcoming 2012).