Dr. Bury came to Athabasca University in 2007 after teaching at Wilfrid Laurier University and the University of Waterloo. She is from Vancouver and spent most of her adult life in Toronto. She currently lives in Edmonton.
Research interests
Gender and Media
Identity, Community and Technology
Masculinity
Participatory Fan Culture
Popular Television
Educational credentials
B.A. York University
M.A. Université de Sherbrooke
Ph.D. University of Toronto
Books
Bury, R. (2017). Television 2.0: Viewer and Fan Engagement with Digital TV. New York: Peter Lang Publishing. https://www.peterlang.com/view/product/78958?rskey=kc8PSB&result=1
Bury, R. (2005). Cyberspaces of their own: Female fandoms online. New York: Peter Lang.
Articles in Refereed Journals
Bury, R., & Easton, L. (2022). Fun with Dick and Dick: Homosociality on r/MassiveCock. Sexualities, 25(4), 326-346. doi: 10.1177/1363460720961300
Bury, R. (2021). Mend the Gap: Engagement with Digital Television. Participations: Journal of Audience and Reception Studies, 18(1), 230-243. Retrieved from https://www.participations.org/
Bury, R. (2017). Technology, fandom and community in the second media age. Convergence: The International Journal of Research into New Media Technologies, 23(6), 627-642. doi: 10.1177/1354856516648084
Book Chapters
Bury, R. (2021). “A small Christmas for me”: A study of binge-watching and fan engagement on Reddit. In M. Jenner (Ed.), Binge-Watching and Contemporary Television Studies (pp. 40-58). Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh Press.