SSEES Staff Spotlight: Katerina Papakyriakopoulou

What brought to you work at SSEES?

Having worked in Higher Education for three years, I have found that I really enjoy my role in marketing and communications in an academic environment. Also, coming from an academic background in cultural studies myself, I’m excited to work for a School that explores different cultures and languages.

If you weren’t working in Higher Education, what would be your dream job?

Through my studies I came to be in love with cinema. As such, my dream job would be within that space, perhaps as a film director or curator.

Can you tell us a bit about your current role and what you were doing before you arrived here?

In my current role I support the student recruitment process in SSEES; this includes recruiting and co-ordinating Students Ambassadors, planning student recruitment activities and open days, and managing SSEES’ website and social media content. 

Previously, I had a similar role at a different UCL department, where I contributed to marketing and communications activities related to academic funding calls and research projects. I also supported relevant events’ co-ordination.

Outside of work, how do you unwind?

Travelling when and as much as I can, chatting with friends and taking walks in Cambridge parks. Also trying to find an alternative way to exercise (and to stick to it!) other than lifting my one-year-old.

If you could recommend only one book, what would it be?

Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo. A great book about gender and race that follows the lives of 12 very different characters. It's definitely one of the books that I couldn't put down!

What is your biggest professional achievement to date?

Not strictly professional, but I recently completed my PhD on the intersection of feminism and film studies, where I was studying gendered representations of machines in modern cinema.