Nahiyan Rashid is a final-year PhD candidate at St Mary’s University and an Associate Scholar for the British Psychoanalytic Council.
His doctoral project focuses on the landscape of masculinity, particularly the online fitness space. The research critically examines the evolving performances of masculinity and male embodiment within contemporary fitness culture. His research builds on a growing area in social science that blends psychoanalysis and digital studies together by investigating gendered identity through a psychoanalytical lens. The project aims to understand how men construct their online identities to navigate the anxieties and complexities of gendered politics. Nahiyan has also published in the International Journal of Cultural Studies on eating disorders in the TikTok space. Alongside this, Nahiyan teaches across a variety of undergraduate programmes including BA Communications, Media and Marketing, BA Sports Communications and Marketing, BA Criminology and BA Sociology.
Key Qualifications
- 2026 – PhD in Media & Communications (TBC)
Areas of Expertise
- Gender & Sexuality
- Digital culture
- Datafication & Algorithms
- Online censorship
- Psychosocial / Psychoanalysis
- Mental Health Research
- Internet culture
Nahiyan delivers lectures and seminars across different programmes including BA Communications, Media and Marketing, BA Sports Communications and Marketing, BA Criminology and BA Sociology.
Content Specialisation
Preferred content topics
What subjects they want to write or speak about within the hub.
- Internet/Online developments
- Health & Fitness
- Datafication
- Censorship
- Psychoanalysis
- Gender & sexuality
- Digital marketing
Publications & Media
- Rashid, N., Johanssen, J., Benzel, S. & Nadj, D. (2024) ‘What eating disorders are really like’ - Dynamics of lived experience and repetitive aesthetics on TikTok in the International Journal of Cultural Studies. (DOI: )