Executive Committee 2024–2027
Director
Robyn Muir
Robyn is a Lecturer in Media and Communication in the Department of Sociology at the University of Surrey. She is a feminist media scholar, interested in how identity is constructed and interpreted within cultural phenomenon, especially the images of femininity in the Disney Princess Phenomenon and consumer meaning making. As founder and director, she is happy to help with all your DisNet needs!
Treasurer
Charlotte Durham
Charlotte is a PhD student at the University of Leeds. Her wider research interests involve feminism, research methods, digital, data-driven and datalogical systems, embodiment and everyday life, and biopolitics, such as how Disney’s everyday, hyper-mediated environment is entangled in affect, data, and space. It’s her job to manage DisNet’s finances and ensure that money is spent responsibly. If you have any questions about fees or finance, please get in touch!
Secretary
Hannah Helm
Hannah is an early career researcher and sessional lecturer at the University of Salford. Hannah researches feminist, anti-sanist, and anti-ableist representations of women in children’s literature, fairy tales, and Disney film, and she has been appointed as DisNet’s secretary, meaning she will be helping with the planning, running, and minuting of all of DisNet’s meetings behind the scenes!
Interim Secretary
Evan Nooe
Evan is an Assistant Professor of History and Historian for the Native American Studies Center at the University of South Carolina Lancaster. He researches Native American history, the US South, tourism, and historical memory. Evan serves as the interim secretary for DisNet assisting the organization by coordinating meetings and events for the executive committee.
Head of Communications and Advertising
Bee Eldridge
Bee Eldridge is an Assistant Teaching Professor at Pennsylvania State University, York. They hold a PhD from University College London. Bee is the Head of Communication and Advertising for the Disney, Culture and Society Research Network (DisNet) and their Blog Editor. Along with Disney, their research focuses on modern fairy tales, adaptations, gender, queer studies, and archetypal studies. Their most recent works include “Forgive Me Mother for I have Sinned: Cinderella Meets Derrida’s Forgiveness” (2020), “The Erasure of the Elderly Hatter: 21st Century American Remakes of the Mad Hatter” (2024), and “Once Upon a Nightmare: The Nightmare Before Christmas and the Burtonesque Tale” (2025).
Head of Mentoring and Membership
Heather Holian
Heather is Professor of Art History and the Associate Director of the School of Art at the University of North Carolina, Greensboro. She is a specialist on the art, artists and artistic production of Pixar’s third decade. Heather leads the DisNet mentorship program to support our DisNet members. If you are interested in mentorship, please email hlholian@uncg.edu
Head of Events
Emily Aguiló-Pérez
Emily is Associate professor of English (Children’s Literature) at West Chester University of Pennsylvania. Her research and teaching focuses on children’s books, media, popular culture, and toys, and she often examines the representation of Latinxs in these– including those produced by Disney. Her role as Head of Events for DisNet is to coordinate virtual (and hopefully some in-person) events and activities, such as book launches, so if you a new book or have any ideas for events, feel free to contact me!
Head of Outreach
Rebecca Rowe
Rebecca is Assistant Professor of Children’s Literature at Texas A&M University-Commerce. Her research focuses on how adaptations, both professional and fannish (and especially those related to Disney), change character identities due to cultural, media, and audience differences. It’s her job to connect DisNet to the wider world of Disney research, such as pooling Disney research in the DisNet bibliography. If you ever have an idea for outreach or want to help, feel free to reach out!