Rate My Professor Blair Williams

Williams' research specializations include gendered media coverage of women politicians, feminist theory, Australian politics, media analysis, post-structuralism, critical theory, queer theory, LGBTQIA+ rights, and refugee politics. Key publications encompass 'Gender and Political Leadership in a Time of COVID' co-authored with Carol Johnson (Politics & Gender, 2020; 249 citations), 'A Tale of Two Women: A Comparative Gendered Media Analysis of UK Prime Ministers Margaret Thatcher and Theresa May' (Parliamentary Affairs, 2021), 'It’s a Man’s World at the Top: Gendered Media Representations of Julia Gillard and Helen Clark' (Feminist Media Studies, 2022), and 'A Gendered Media Analysis of the Prime Ministerial Ascension of Gillard and Turnbull: He’s “Taken Back the Reins” and She’s “a Backstabbing” Murderer' (Australian Journal of Political Science, 2017). Additional contributions include 'All’s Fair in Pandemic and War? A Gendered Analysis of Australian Coverage of Covid-19' with Brent Greer (Media and Communication, 2023), chapters in 'Research Handbook on Public Management and COVID-19' (2024) and 'Gender and Australian Political Leadership' (2021), and encyclopedia entries on Margaret Thatcher, Julia Gillard, and Helen Clark. Her work has shaped academic discourse on media sexism, gender double standards in politics, and leadership masculinities, appearing in leading journals and books.