Guðný Gústafsdóttir defended her PhD thesis, Mediated through the Mainstream: Image(s) of Femininity and Citizenship in Contemporary Iceland 1980–2000, on 23 September. Her opponents were Dr. Karen Ross, Professor of Gender and Media, Newcastle University, and Dr. Guðný Guðbjörnsdóttir, professor of Education, School of Education, University of Iceland. Her advisor was Þorgerður Einarsdóttir, professor, Faculty of Political Science, University of Iceland. The doctoral committee was comprised of Doctoral Committee Þorgerður Einarsdóttir, professor, Faculty of Political Science, University of Iceland, dr. Helga Kristín Hallgrímsdóttir, Associate professor, University of Victoria, and dr. Sigríður Matthíasdóttir, historian at the Reykjavík Academy.
