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Professor Ruth Penfold-Mounce

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Posted on7 June 20236 May 2026
Professor Ruth Penfold-Mounce
TAGS: celebrity deathcrimedeath and popular culturedeviancefilmgendermedia studiespedagogypopular culturepublic engagementsociologytelevisionUK

Professor Ruth Penfold-Mounce

What’s the episode about?

In this episode, hear Professor Ruth Penfold-Mounce discuss crime, deviance, death and popular culture, celebrity death, pedagogy and public engagement with death, death walks and gender inequality after death.

Who is Ruth? 

Dr Ruth Penfold-Mounce is a Senior Lecturer in Criminology in the Sociology Department at the University of York.

Her background in Sociology is united with an interest in crime and deviance, death studies and popular culture and celebrity.

Ruth formerly led the Death and Culture Network at the University of York and currently co-edits the Death and Culture Book Series.

She also does regular public engagement events and media appearances.

She is author of the book Death, the Dead and Popular Culture as well as numerous other publications including an award winning journal article on gender inequality after death, all of which are discussed in this episode.

Where can I listen?

LISTEN HERE!

How do I cite the episode in my research and reading lists?

To cite this episode, you can use the following citation:

Penfold-Mounce, R. (2022) Interview on The Death Studies Podcast hosted by Michael-Fox, B. and Visser, R. Published 1 June 2022. Available at: www.thedeathstudiespodcast.com, DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.19948010

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