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Nadine Shanahan

Postgraduate researcher & Graduate Teaching Fellow

Department of Sociology, Social Policy and Criminology

Nadine.Shanahan@liverpool.ac.uk 

Nadine Shanahan

Biography

Nadine is a PhD student and Graduate Teaching Fellow at the University of Liverpool, researching the construction, negotiation, and performativity of femininity on social media. Prior to her current studies, Nadine studied LLB Law and completed an MSc in Criminology. Following this, Nadine gained a PGCE in Further Education and taught Law, Criminology and Criminal Justice at both further and higher education levels. During her PhD, she has taught across Sociology, Social Policy and Criminology at Undergrad level.

Nadine joined the School of Law and Social Justice as a PhD student and Graduate Teaching Fellow in October 2021.

Research

Nadine’s research examines women’s navigation and interpretation of femininity digital space, particularly Instagram and TikTok. Her PhD situates ideal femininity within the current political-economic order of neoliberal capitalism, exploring women’s experiences under the constraints of the Instagram algorithm. 

During the summer of 2024 Nadine visited the University of Georgia to engage in research exploring women’s use of ‘girl’ trends on TikTok. This work explores how viral trends are both mobilised and influenced by broader political-economic forces, and how women resist the pressures of neoliberalism.

Thesis title

Women’s navigation of an idealised femininity under the constraints of the Instagram Algorithm.

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