Kirsten Eddy

Senior Researcher,
Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media

Kirsten Eddy (she/her), Ph.D., is a Senior Researcher at the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media. Kirsten obtained her Ph.D. in media and communication from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and is currently a postdoctoral research fellow in digital news for the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism at the University of Oxford and a research affiliate with UNC’s Center for Information, Technology, and Public Life (CITAP). She studies the interplay of media, morality, and democracy, with a complementary research program centering around identity, diversity, and representation in communication practice and research. She has co-authored two books: “Power in Ideas” (Cambridge University Press, 2021) and “Recoding the Boys’ Club” (Oxford University Press, 2020). Prior to her doctorate, Kirsten worked as an editor at Gallup as well as in reporting and news editing roles.