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Mark Duffett
Mark Duffett is a British writer, Gales listed author, event organizer, invited international speaker, teacher and academic journalist, with his work focusing on fan culture and cultural theory.

He completed his PhD on the fans of Elvis Presley in 1998, He has published several articles in academic journals and has also worked for Sony Music, the BBC World Service and the Discovery Channel.​ His teaching modules at undergraduate and Masters level have centered on subjects including music fandom, club culture, the music industry, heritage culture, horror films, European cinema and cultural studies.

He currently works as a Reader in Media and Cultural Studies at the University of Chester.

Life and Work
In 1993, he completed an MA at UBC in Vancouver looking into the music industry and Canadian national identity.

In 1994 Mark was employed by Sony Music. He has also been a consultant for the Manchester DJ Mr Scruff and worked for The Discovery Channel.

Since 1999 Mark has taught full time in the department as a Senior Lecturer in Media and Cultural Studies on our Warrington campus, where he has taught across many modules and programs. He has been interviewed by media organizations such as the BBC World Service, TalkSport Radio and The Toronto Globe and Mail. His research has been quoted in Rolling Stone, The New York Times and The New Yorker.

In 2012 Mark Duffett was a keynote speaker at the MARS music conference held by the Sibelius Academy in Finland in 2012. He was also a keynote at the Fan Studies Network conference in Cardiff in 2018, and has spoken at and organized many other conference events.

In June 2012 Mark organized a unique Academic Research Advice Exchange Day that brought together staff and postgraduate students from across social science and associated disciplines at Chester. He repeated the event in 2020. Dr Duffett welcomes supervisor applications from PhD candidates in his research field.

he organized an international symposium on Popular music fandom at the University of Chester in 2010. In 2012, he presented an international keynote speech at the MARS 2012 conference in Seinajoki, Finland, and co-organized an international symposium on popular music and automobiles at the University of Chester.