Rate My Professor Christine Feldman-Barrett

Christine Feldman-Barrett is a Senior Lecturer in Sociology in the School of Humanities, Languages and Social Science at Griffith University, where she joined in 2011. Originally from the United States, she earned an MA in Communication, Culture and Technology from Georgetown University in 2003 and a PhD in Communication from the University of Pittsburgh in 2009. She was a Fulbright Scholar at the University of Hamburg from 2006 to 2007. Her research specializations focus on youth culture history, with particular emphasis on popular music and its intersections with gender. She serves as Program Director for Honours in her school and is a member of the Griffith Centre for Social and Cultural Research. Feldman-Barrett also acts as Reviews Co-Editor for the Journal of Beatles Studies.

Her key publications include the monograph 'We Are the Mods': A Transnational History of a Youth Subculture, published by Peter Lang in 2009, which examines the global spread of mod culture. In 2021, she authored A Women's History of the Beatles with Bloomsbury Academic, exploring the roles and contributions of women in the band's history and fandom. She edited Lost Histories of Youth Culture, published in 2020. Notable journal articles comprise 'From Beatles Fans to Beat Groups: Girls' Musical Experiences in Postwar Britain' (Feminist Media Studies, 2014), 'Making Space for Youth Culture History: Berlin's Archiv der Jugendkulturen' (International Journal of Heritage Studies, 2019), and recent works such as 'Charting Olympia and Bellingham, Washington's Music Scenes: Doing It Ourselves in the Pacific Northwest' (Cultural Sociology, 2024). Her scholarship has garnered over 230 citations on Google Scholar, influencing studies in popular music history, subcultures, and gender in cultural sociology. Feldman-Barrett has delivered keynote addresses at international conferences and contributed to public discussions on youth cultures and music fandom.