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Sarah joined King’s College London in 2015 as a Senior Lecturer in Digital Cultures, working within the Department of Digital Humanities and the Department of Culture, Media & Creative Industries (CMCI). She served as the Head of CMCI from 2017 to 2020. Prior to this, Sarah held the position of Principal Lecturer in Film & Media from 2006 to 2015 and Assistant Head of the School of Art, Design and Media from 2012 to 2015 at the University of Brighton. Sarah's research interests encompass Screen Industries, Convergence, Transmedia Industries, Audiences, Storytelling, Immersive Technologies and Experiences, Extended Realities, Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality, and Media Artificial Intelligence. She has extensively published on the impacts of digital technologies on film, cinema, and media audiences, addressing subjects such as narrative and audience engagement. Sarah adopts practice-based methodologies, creating original works including video essays and interactive cinema installations. Her work is supported by various funding bodies, illustrating her engagement with innovative projects in immersive media and artificial intelligence. She has also contributed significantly to public engagement within her research, having spoken at various international technology forums and collaborated with numerous organizations in her field.
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