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The School of Culture and Communication is a thriving teaching and research centre for critical thinking in the humanities, led by world-leading scholars researching literary and cultural studies, art history, cinema and performance, media and communication and Indigenous studies.

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Areas of expertise

The expertise within the School is diverse, spanning the gamut of communications, literary, and cultural fields.

  • Art History and Art Curatorship
  • Arts and Cultural Management
  • Creative Writing
  • English and Theatre Studies
  • Gender Studies
  • Indigenous Studies
  • Journalism
  • Media and Communications
  • Publishing and communications
  • Screen and cultural studies

Our research centres, hubs and units

  • ARC Centre for Excellence for the History of Emotions

    A multidisciplinary centre researching the history of emotional behaviours from medieval Europe to the present.

  • Centre for Advancing Journalism

    This centre fosters and encourages journalism that helps people be informed and engaged citizens.

  • Research Unit in Public Cultures

    A unit researching transformations in public culture produced by new intersections of knowledge, media, space and mobility.

  • Visual Cultures Resource Centre

    The University of Melbourne’s Visual Cultures Resource Centre (VCRC) holds one of the largest collections of art reproductions in the Southern Hemisphere.

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About the school

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Associate Professor Paul Rae

The School of Culture and Communication is a proud community of scholars dedicated to furthering research into critical thinking in the humanities, and providing a rich learning experience for enquiring minds. We contribute a range of subjects to the Bachelor of Arts, as well as offering vocationally-oriented Masters degrees and an extensive doctoral program.

Our School considers the public life of the humanities an enduring tradition that enriches contemporary society, and through community and industry partnerships we engage with a wider audience. Explore our website to discover more about our courses, research programs, graduate seminars, and cultural events.

Associate Professor Paul Rae
Head, School of Culture and Communication

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Contact us

For general student enquiries, enrolment and administration, please contact Stop 1

Email: scc-hos@unimelb.edu.au

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  • Art History and Art Curatorship

    The Art History and Art Curatorship program researches and develops knowledge in the history art. Evidence-based critical thinking and visual and aesthetic literacy prepares students for a richer engagement with the world.

  • Arts and Cultural Management

    The Arts and Cultural Management program explores the tension between culture as an economic activity and culture as symbolic expression through four key themes – organisations, governance, identity and labour.

  • Creative Writing

    Creative Writing is a medium used to communicate, resist, provoke and seek or find understanding. Our research investigates the artistic, historical, cultural and societal impacts of the written word.

  • English and Theatre Studies

    English and Theatre Studies is a combined program that focuses on the form, meanings and effects of imaginative writing and dramatic performance, and explains how these practices engage with the everyday world.

  • Gender Studies

    Our program explores the significance of gender and sexuality on a range of discourses embedded within culture, identity and global history.

  • Indigenous Studies

    Indigenous Studies is an interdisciplinary program that offers teaching and learning, and research activities that critically engage with the history, knowledge and cultures of Indigenous peoples both in Australia and globally.

  • Journalism

    Our program is focused on preparing graduates for careers in rapidly changing media landscapes. We offer practice-based courses enabling our students to learn many journalistic skills by doing journalism, at a high standard, for real audiences.

  • Media and Communications

    Our program conducts cutting-edge research to understand how the flow of data, ideas, personal stories, and formats have shaped our culture and society.

  • Publishing and Communications

    The Publishing and Communications program researches current issues in the publishing industry and educates the publishers and editors of tomorrow.

  • Screen and Cultural Studies

    Our program examines the history and practice of contemporary culture and screen media. Our research looks at the production, aesthetics, circulation, consumption and uses of screen media and cultures.

  • Faculty of Arts Scholarships

Our School carries out creative, fundamental and applied research projects into the past, present and future of the humanities and social sciences. Through our unique breadth and transdisciplinary focus, our research makes real and lasting impacts that enrich contemporary society through the enduring tradition of the humanities on public life.

Research projects

Our world class researchers are renowned for their interpretation, analysis and debate on historical and contemporary culture and communication. Explore our broad range of current and completed research projects.

  • Disability and the Performing Arts in Australia: The Last Avant Garde

    The Last Avant Garde is an ARC Linkage project exploring artistic innovation and the work of disability artists in Australia.

  • First Nation’s Media Australia research

    The Centre for Advancing Journalism (CAJ) is working with First Nations Media Australia (FNMA) on research to measure the reach and impact of Indigenous broadcasting channels and services across remote, regional and suburban Australia.

  • Indigenous Storytelling and the Living Archive of Aboriginal Knowledge

    An ARC Discovery Indigenous Fellowship project that aims to develop a non-linear, interactive archiving system in collaboration with Aboriginal people.

  • New Beats: Mass redundancies, career changes and the future of Australian journalism

    This ongoing project is investigating what happens to around 3,000 journalists who became redundant in Australia during or since 2012.

  • New tastemakers and Australia's post-digital literary culture

    This project examines how engagements with digital media and platforms have changed the ways in which Australian literature is produced, distributed and consumed.

  • The Future Cemetery

    The research investigates the potential of new and innovative technologies to be incorporated into Australian cemeteries and memorial spaces.

  • The Invention of Melbourne: A Baroque Archbishop and Gothic Architect

    Understanding the cultural vision of the first Catholic Archbishop of Melbourne, James Goold (1812-1886), whose architectural patronage has left a permanent imprint on the built environment of Melbourne

  • Towards an Australian Ecological Theatre

    This project explores how the Australian performing arts is responding to the climate emergency and how human interactions with the natural world have been represented historically on Australian stages since the 1950s.

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Research collaborations

Our research collaborations bring together experts who are internationally recognised leaders in their fields.

  • Asian Cultural Research Network

    A collaboration researching the cultural effects of youth travel, migration and media between Asia and Australia.

  • Asian Cultural Research Hub (ACRH)

    ACRH fosters a local, national and international scholarly community for PhD students and Early Career Researchers working on Asia-related cultural studies research.

  • Child and Family Mediascape Research Group (CFMRG)

    A collaboration between scholars from media studies and book publishing studies to address key challenges faced by children and their families in today’s rapidly changing media context.

  • CODED AESTHETICS

    CODED AESTHETICS explores sense-making through human-machine entanglement.

  • Communicative Cities

    A platform for strategic research projects and tactical interventions into the issues transforming public culture.

  • Critique, Creativity, Innovation

    A collaboration exploring the diverse histories and possible futures of creativity and critique.

  • Critical Fashion Studies

    A collective uniting scholars, practitioners and industry to advance research on fashion sustainability and ethics.

  • Human Rights and Animal Ethics Research Network

    An interdisciplinary network researching into transformations in response to Human-Animal Studies (HAS).

  • Postnational Art Histories

    A network of scholars developing major projects that rethink the paradigms of national art history.

Research units and centres

Through critical thinking in the humanities, our research units and centres undertake research that has a tangible impact in the world.

  • ARC Centre for Excellence for the History of Emotions

    A multidisciplinary centre researching the history of emotional behaviours from medieval Europe to the present.

  • Australian Institute of Art History

    Our vision is to advance research in the creation, use, and cultural meaning of art in all its forms from ancient rock art to the digital age.

  • Centre of Visual Art

    A centre facilitating innovative, cross-disciplinary research that focuses on the significant cultural issues of today.

  • Enlightenment Romanticism Contemporary Culture

    A unit re-envisioning the transition from Enlightenment to Romanticism and its legacies in the present.

  • Research Unit in Public Cultures

    A unit researching transformations in public culture produced by new intersections of knowledge, media, space and mobility.

Partner with us

Our researchers welcome collaboration.
Please contact us to learn more about partnering with SCC.

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Our people

  • Head of School
  • Art History and Art Curatorship
  • Arts and Cultural Management
  • Asian Art Research
  • Centre for Advancing Journalism
  • Creative Writing
  • English and Theatre Studies
  • Enlightenment, Romanticism, Contemporary Culture Research Unit
  • Gender Studies
  • Indigenous Studies
  • Media and Communications
  • Publishing and Communications
  • Screen and Cultural Studies
  • Professional

Executive

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Paul Rae

Head of School
scc-hos@unimelb.edu.au
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Jackson Harnwell

School Manager
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Sarah Balkin

Deputy Head of School (Education and Students)
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Natalya Lusty

Deputy Head of School (Research)
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Wonsun Shin

Deputy Head of School (People and Culture)

Heads of Program

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Claire Roberts

Head of Program, Art History and Art Curatorship
claire.roberts@unimelb.edu.au +61383449294
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Kirsten Stevens

Head of Program, Arts and Cultural Management
kirsten.stevens@unimelb.edu.au +61383447879
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Andrew Dodd

Director, Centre for Advancing Journalism
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Elizabeth MacFarlane

Joint Head of Program, Creative Writing
ecm@unimelb.edu.au +61383448193
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Eddie Paterson

Joint Head of Program, Creative Writing
eddiep@unimelb.edu.au +61383449727
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David McInnis

Head of Program, English and Theatre Studies
mcinnisd@unimelb.edu.au +61383445498
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Barry Judd

Director, Indigenous Studies
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Ingrid Volkmer

Joint Head of Program, Media and Communications
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Robert Hassan

Joint Head of Program, Media and Communications
hassanr@unimelb.edu.au +61383443539
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Katherine Day

Head of Program, Publishing and Communication
day.k@unimelb.edu.au +61383442764
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Fran Martin

Head of Program, Screen and Cultural Studies
f.martin@unimelb.edu.au +61383445486

Art History and Art Curatorship

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Claire Roberts

Head of Program, Art History and Art Curatorship
claire.roberts@unimelb.edu.au +61383449294

Program staff

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Professor Ian McLean

Head of Program; Hugh Ramsay Chair in Australian Art History
i.mclean@unimelb.edu.au
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Dr Wulan Dirgantoro

Lecturer in Art History and Curatorship
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Professor Anne Dunlop

Herald Chair Fine Art; Professor of Art History and Art Curatorship
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Dr Jane Eckett

Postdoctoral Research Assistant
jleckett@unimelb.edu.au
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Dr Mark Erdmann

Lecturer in Art History
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Professor Charles Green

Professor of Contemporary Art
c.green@unimelb.edu.au +61383444429
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Dr Mimi Kelly

Lecturer in Art History & Curatorship
mimi.kelly@unimelb.edu.au +61383445911
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Dr Susan Lowish

Senior Lecturer in Australian Art History
susan.lowish@unimelb.edu.au +61383445246
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Associate Professor Christopher Marshall

Associate Professor of Art History
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Dr Matthew Martin

Lecturer in Art History and Curatorship
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Dr Sheridan Palmer

Senior Research Associate
sheridan.palmer@unimelb.edu.au
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Associate Professor Claire Roberts

Associate Professor of Art History and Curatorship
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Dr Georgina S. Walker

Teaching Associate in Art History and Curatorship
walker.g@unimelb.edu.au
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Associate Professor Anthony White

Deputy Head of School, Associate Professor of Art History
a.white@unimelb.edu.au

Honorary staff

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Professor Jaynie Anderson

Professor Emeritus
jaynie.a@unimelb.edu.au
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Ms Judy Annear

Principal Fellow
judy.annear@unimelb.edu.au
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Associate Professor Robert Gaston

Principal Fellow
rgaston@unimelb.edu.au
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Dr Vivien Gaston

Fellow
vgaston@unimelb.edu.au
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Professor Jeanette Hoorn

Professorial Fellow
jjhoorn@unimelb.edu.au
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Associate Professor Alison Inglis

Honorary Fellow
asi@unimelb.edu.au
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Professor Margaret Manion

Professor Emeritus
m.manion@unimelb.edu.au
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Associate Professor David Marshall

Principal Fellow
david.marshall@unimelb.edu.au
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Dr Adelina Modesti

Senior Fellow
amodesti@unimelb.edu.au
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Dr Ruth Pullin

Senior Fellow
ruth.pullin@unimelb.edu.au
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Dr Susan Scollay

Principal Fellow
susan.scollay@unimelb.edu.au
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Professor Patricia Simons

Professorial Fellow
psimons@unimelb.edu.au
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Dr Joanna Mendelssohn

Senior Fellow
joanna.mendelssohn@unimelb.edu.au
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Dr Robert Nelson

Principal Fellow
rnelson@unimelb.edu.au
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Dr Judith Collard

Honorary Fellow
judith.collard@unimelb.edu.au

Arts and Cultural Management

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Kirsten Stevens

Head of Program, Arts and Cultural Management
kirsten.stevens@unimelb.edu.au +61383447879

Program staff

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Dr Caitlin Vincent

Head of Program, Lecturer In Creative Industries
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Dr Bianca Cruz de Araujo

Lecturer in Arts Marketing and Management
bianca.araujo@unimelb.edu.au
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Dr Christiaan De Beukelaer

Senior Lecturer in Cultural Policy
chr.db@unimelb.edu.au +61390353709
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Associate Professor Beth Driscoll

Deputy Head of School; Associate Professor In Publishing and Communications
driscoll@unimelb.edu.au +61390353029
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Dr Fann Goh

Lecturer in Arts and Cultural Management
fann.goh@unimelb.edu.au
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Dr Kim Goodwin

Lecturer in Arts and Cultural Mgmt
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Professor Kate MacNeill

Professor of Arts Management
cmmacn@unimelb.edu.au +61383448753
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Dr Guy Morrow

Lecturer In Arts And Cultural Management
guy.morrow@unimelb.edu.au
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Dr Kirsten Stevens

Lecturer in Arts and Cultural Management
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Honorary staff

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Associate Professor Jo Caust

Principal Fellow
jo.caust@unimelb.edu.au
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Dr Natalia Grincheva

Senior Fellow
natalia.grincheva@unimelb.edu.au

Asian Art Research

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Dr Wulan Dirgantoro

Lecturer in Art History and Curatorship
wdirgantoro@unimelb.edu.au +61383445671
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Dr Mark Erdmann

Lecturer in Art History
merdmann@unimelb.edu.au +61383444305
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Associate Professor Claire Roberts

Associate Professor of Art History and Curatorship
claire.roberts@unimelb.edu.au +61383449294

Centre for Advancing Journalism

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Andrew Dodd

Director, Centre for Advancing Journalism
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Program staff

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Associate Professor Andrew Dodd

Director of the Centre for Advancing Journalism
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Craig Butt

Subject Coordinator in Journalism
craig.butt@unimelb.edu.au
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Ms Jo Chandler

Lecturer, Professional Expert and Editor, The Citizen
jchandler@unimelb.edu.au +61390354037
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Mr Liam Cochrane

Lecturer in Video Journalism
liam.cochrane@unimelb.edu.au +61383442080
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Lisa Greenough

Subject Coordinator in Journalism
lisa.greenough@unimelb.edu.au
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Tania Lee

Subject Coordinator in Journalism
tania.lee1@unimelb.edu.au
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Dr Louisa Lim

Senior Lecturer in Audio Visual Journalism
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Gina McColl

Tutor - Journalism
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Bernadette Nunn

Graduate Tutor in Journalism
bernadette.nunn@unimelb.edu.au
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Sami Shah

Subject Coordinator in Journalism
sami.shah@unimelb.edu.au
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Ms Lucy Smy

Lecturer in Journalism
lucy.smy@unimelb.edu.au
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Dr Jeff Sparrow

Lecturer in Journalism
jeffrey.sparrow@unimelb.edu.au

Honorary staff

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Dr Gael Jennings

Fellow
gael.jennings@unimelb.edu.au
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Dr Denis Muller

Senior Fellow
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Dr Margaret Simons

Principal Fellow
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Creative Writing

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Elizabeth MacFarlane

Joint Head of Program, Creative Writing
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Eddie Paterson

Joint Head of Program, Creative Writing
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Program staff

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Dr Grant Caldwell

Senior Lecturer Poetry and Prose, Creative Writing
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Dr Fran Edmonds

Senior Research Fellow
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John Kachoyan

jkachoyan@unimelb.edu.au
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Dr Odette Kelada

Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing
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Associate Professor Jeanine Leane

Associate Professor in Creative Writing
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Dr Elizabeth MacFarlane

Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing
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Dr Catherine Moore

Tutor in Creative Writing
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Dr Nadia Niaz

Head Tutor in Creative Writing
nadia.niaz@unimelb.edu.au
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Dr Radha O'Meara

Lecturer in Creative Writing
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Associate Professor Eddie Paterson

Associate Professor in Creative Writing, Script Writing
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Dr Hayley Singer

Tutor in Creative Writing
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Associate Professor Maria Tumarkin

Associate Professor In Creative Writing
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Honorary staff

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Professor Kevin Brophy

Professor Emeritus
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Dr Carolyne Lee

Senior Fellow
carolyne@unimelb.edu.au

English and Theatre Studies

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David McInnis

Head of Program, English and Theatre Studies
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Program staff

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Associate Professor David McInnis

Head of Program; Associate Professor of English and Theatre Studies
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Dr Sarah Balkin

Senior Lecturer in English and Theatre Studies
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Associate Professor Justin Clemens

Associate Professor of English
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Professor Deirdre Coleman

Robert Wallace Chair of English; Redmond Barry Distinguished Professor
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Dr Sara Crouch

Head Tutor in English and Theatre Studies
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Professor Rachel Fensham

Professor of Theatre Studies
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Dr Margaret Harvey

Mckenzie Postdoctoral Fellow
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Dr Joe Hughes

Senior Lecturer in English and Theatre Studies
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Professor Ronan McDonald

Gerry Higgins Chair in Irish Studies
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Dr Beth McLean

Head Tutor in English and Theatre Studies
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Professor Anne Maxwell

Professor of English
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Dr Marc Mierowsky

McKenzie Postdoctoral Fellow
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Dr Lynda Ng

Lecturer in English Literary Studies
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Professor Peter Otto

Professor of English; Redmond Barry Distinguished Professor; Executive Director, Enlightenment, Romanticism, Contemporary Culture Research Unit (ERCC)
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Associate Professor Paul Rae

Head of School; Associate Professor of Theatre Studies
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Dr Miranda Stanyon

ARC DECRA Research Fellow
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Dr Lara Stevens

Australian Research Council (ARC) Postdoctoral Research Associate
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Dr Tyne Sumner

Australian Research Council (ARC) Research Associate
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Professor Stephanie Trigg

Redmond Barry Distinguished Professor and Reader of English; Director of the Melbourne Node for the ARC Centre of Excellent for the History of Emotions (CHE)
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Professor Clara Tuite

Professor of English
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Professor Denise Varney

Professor of Theatre Studies
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Honorary staff

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Professor Andrew Benjamin

Professorial Fellow
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Dr Sadiah Boonstra

Senior Fellow
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Dr Helen Dell

Fellow
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Professor Simon During

Professorial Fellow
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Professor Peter Eckersall

Professorial Fellow
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Dr Sean Gaston

Fellow
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Professor Ken Gelder

Professor Emeritus
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Professor Stephen Knight

Professorial Fellow
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Professor Vanessa Lemm

Professorial Fellow
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Professor Bernard Muir

Professorial Fellow
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Associate Professor John Rundell

Principal Fellow
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Dr Eleanor Spencer-Regan

Senior Fellow
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Dr Lucy Van

Fellow
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Professor Christopher Wallace-Crabbe

Professor Emeritus
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Dr Rachael Weaver

Senior Fellow
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Enlightenment, Romanticism, Contemporary Culture Research Unit (ERCC)

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Professor Peter Otto

Professor of English; Redmond Barry Distinguished Professor; Executive Director, Enlightenment, Romanticism, Contemporary Culture Research Unit (ERCC)
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Dr Anita Archer

Research Coordinator
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Gender Studies

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Associate Professor Kalissa Alexeyeff

Head of Program, Senior Lecturer In Gender Studies
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Associate Professor Ana Dragojlovic

Senior Lecturer in Gender Studies
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Dr Jaya Keaney

Lecturer in Gender Studies
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Dr Joshua Pocius

Teaching Specialist in Gender Studies
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Dr CQ Quinan

Lecturer in Gender Studies
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Gender Studies affiliated staff

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Dr Chloe Diskin-Holdaway

Senior Lecturer In Applied Linguistics
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Associate Professor Lan Anh Hoang

Deputy Head of School - Teaching and Learning; Associate Professor in Development Studies
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Associate Professor Karen Jones

Associate Professor in Philosophy
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Professor Tamara Kohn

Professor of Anthropology
tkohn@unimelb.edu.au +61383446676
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Associate Professor Birgit Lang

Associate Professor In German
langb@unimelb.edu.au +61383447667
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Professor Natalya Lusty

ARC Future Fellow
natalya.lusty@unimelb.edu.au +61390354288
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Dr Hannah McCann

Research Fellow (Australian Research Council Discovery Early Career Researcher Award)
hannah.mccann@unimelb.edu.au +61383440630
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Professor Claire Maree

Professor In Japanese; Japanese Studies Convenor
cmaree@unimelb.edu.au +61390354108
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Professor Fran Martin

Head of Program, Associate Professor in Cultural Studies
f.martin@unimelb.edu.au +61383445486
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Professor Alfredo Martinez-Exposito

Professor In Spanish
alfredo.m@unimelb.edu.au +61390354742
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Professor Peter Otto

Redmond Barry Distinguished Professor
peterjo@unimelb.edu.au +61383445482
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Associate Professor Lauren Rosewarne

Associate Professor in Public Policy
lrose@unimelb.edu.au +61383446820

Indigenous Studies

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Barry Judd

Director, Indigenous Studies
barry.judd@unimelb.edu.au +61383441760

Program staff

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Professor Barry Judd

Head of Program; Pro Vice Chancellor (Indigenous), Professor of Indigenous Studies
barry.judd@unimelb.edu.au +61390353374
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Dr Cameo Dalley

Lecturer in Indigenous Studies, Teaching Specialist
cameo.dalley@unimelb.edu.au
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Dr Sheelagh Daniels-Mayes

Lecturer in Indigenous Studies
sheelagh.daniels-mayes@unimelb.edu.au
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Dr Odette Kelada

Contributing Lecturer in Indigenous Studies; Senior Lecturer In Creative Writing
okelada@unimelb.edu.au +61383445566
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Associate Professor Jeanine Leane

Contributing Lecturer in Indigenous Studies; Senior Lecturer In Creative Writing
j.leane@unimelb.edu.au +61383441307
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Associate Professor Donna Leslie

Associate Professor in Indigenous Studies
donna.leslie@unimelb.edu.au
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Dr Vanessa Russ

Senior Lecturer in Indigenous Studies
vanessa.russ@unimelb.edu.au
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Dr Rachel Standfield

Lecturer In Indigenous Studies
rachel.standfield@unimelb.edu.au +61383440926

Honorary staff

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Professor Amanda Kearney

Professorial Fellow
amanda.kearney@unimelb.edu.au
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Professor Paul Tapsell

Professorial Fellow
paul.tapsell@unimelb.edu.au

Media and Communications

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Ingrid Volkmer

Joint Head of Program, Media and Communications
ivolkmer@unimelb.edu.au +61383443500
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Robert Hassan

Joint Head of Program, Media and Communications
hassanr@unimelb.edu.au +61383443539

Program staff

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Professor Mark Davis

Head of Program; Professor of Publishing and Communications
davismr@unimelb.edu.au +61383443349
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Dr Vanessa Bartlett

McKenzie Postdoctoral Fellow
vanessa.bartlett@unimelb.edu.au
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Dr Rusaila Bazlamit

Subject Coordinator in Media and Communications
rusaila.bazlamit@unimelb.edu.au
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Dr Jennifer Beckett

Senior Lecturer in Media, Marketing Communication
jennifer.beckett@unimelb.edu.au +61383445293
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Dr Lauren Bliss

lauren.bliss@unimelb.edu.au
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Estelle Boyle

Subject Coordinator in Media and Communications
estelle.boyle@unimelb.edu.au
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Erin Carter

Subject Coordinator in Media and Communications
erin.carter@unimelb.edu.au
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Dr Alexandra Dane

Lecturer in Professional Practice; Coordinator Work Integrated Learning
alexandra.dane@unimelb.edu.au +61390354285
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Dr Tommaso Durante

Tutor in Media and Communications
tommaso.durante@unimelb.edu.au
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Dr Eloise Faichney

Graduate Tutor / Undergraduate Head Tutor
eloise.faichney@unimelb.edu.au
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Shashini Kurupanawa Gamage

Tutor in Media and Communications
shashini.gamage@unimelb.edu.au
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Dr Triparna Gandhi

Subject Coordinator in Media and Communications
triparna.gandhi@unimelb.edu.au
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Alex Griffin

Subject Coordinator in Media and Communications
alex.griffin@unimelb.edu.au
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Professor Robert Hassan

Professor of Media and Communication
hassanr@unimelb.edu.au +61383443539
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Guida Helal

Subject Coordinator in Media and Communications
guida.helal@unimelb.edu.au
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Dr Steven McIntyre

Associate Lecturer (Teaching Specialist), Audio Visual Communication
samci@unimelb.edu.au
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Dr Sean McMorrow

Graduate Tutor in Media and Communications
sean.mcmorrow@unimelb.edu.au
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Professor Scott McQuire

Professor of Media and Communication
mcquire@unimelb.edu.au +61383448194
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Dr Sonja Molnar

Lecturer in Media and Communication
sonja.molnar@unimelb.edu.au +61383442788
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Dr Alanna Myers

Undergraduate Head Tutor
alanna.myers@unimelb.edu.au
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Dr Bjorn Nansen

Senior Lecturer in Media and Communication
nansenb@unimelb.edu.au
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Professor Nikos Papastergiadis

Professor of Australian Studies
n.papastergiadis@unimelb.edu.au +61383448189
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Claire Parnell

Tutor in Media and Communications
claire.parnell@unimelb.edu.au +61383449127
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Dr Xin Pei

Lecturer in Media and Communication
xin.pei@unimelb.edu.au
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Sonja Petrovic

Tutor in Media and Communications
sonja.petrovic@unimelb.edu.au
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Dr Jasmin Pfefferkorn

Postdoctoral Research Fellow
jasmin.pfefferkorn@unimelb.edu.au
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Dr Philip Pond

Lecturer in Media Research Methods
ppond@unimelb.edu.au +61390355710
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Jack Roberts

Graduate Tutor in Media and Communications
rojd@unimelb.edu.au +61383447943
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Associate Professor Wonsun Shin

Deputy Head of School; Associate Professor in Media and Communication
wonsun.shin@unimelb.edu.au +61390353519
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Professor Ingrid Volkmer

Professor of Media and Communication
ivolkmer@unimelb.edu.au +61383443500
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Dr Wilfred Wang

Lecturer in Media and Society
wilfred.wang@unimelb.edu.au +61383445384
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Dr Danielle Wyatt

Research Fellow
danielle.wyatt@unimelb.edu.au
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Dr Dashi Zhang

Subject Coordinator in Media and Communications
dashi.zhang@unimelb.edu.au
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Karin Zhu

Graduate Tutor / Undergraduate Head Tutor
karin.zhu@unimelb.edu.au

Honorary staff

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Professor May Lwin

Professorial Fellow
may.lwin@unimelb.edu.au
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Professor John Sinclair

Professorial Fellow
j.sinclair@unimelb.edu.au +61383443462

Publishing and Communications

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Katherine Day

Head of Program, Publishing and Communication
day.k@unimelb.edu.au +61383442764

Program staff

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Dr Alexandra Dane

Head of Program; Lecturer in Media and Communications
alexandra.dane@unimelb.edu.au +61390354285
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Timothy Coronel

Subject Coordinator in Publishing and Communications
t.coronel@unimelb.edu.au
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Professor Mark Davis

Professor of Publishing and Communications
davismr@unimelb.edu.au +61383443349
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Dr Katherine Day

Lecturer in Publishing and Communications
day.k@unimelb.edu.au +61383442764
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Associate Professor Beth Driscoll

Associate Professor In Publishing and Communications
driscoll@unimelb.edu.au +61390353029
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Tim Fluence

Subject Coordinator in Publishing and Communications
tim.fluence@unimelb.edu.au
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Matt Holden

Subject Coordinator in Publishing and Communications
matthew.holden@unimelb.edu.au
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Robert Levy

Subject Coordinator in Publishing and Communications
robert.levy@unimelb.edu.au
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Dr Sybil Nolan

Senior Lecturer in Publishing and Communications
sybil.nolan@unimelb.edu.au +61383447398

Honorary staff

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Screen and Cultural Studies

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Fran Martin

Head of Program, Screen and Cultural Studies
f.martin@unimelb.edu.au +61383445486

Program staff

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Professor Fran Martin

Head of Program, Associate Professor in Cultural Studies
f.martin@unimelb.edu.au +61383445486
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Dr Elena Benthaus

Tutor in Cultural Studies
elena.benthaus@unimelb.edu.au
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Dr Annisa Beta

Lecturer in Cultural Studies
annisa.beta@unimelb.edu.au +61383446209
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Dr Alicia Byrnes

Tutor in Screen Studies
alicia.byrnes@unimelb.edu.au
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Professor Sean Cubitt

Professor of Screen Studies
sean.cubitt@unimelb.edu.au
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Mr Jon Dale

Head Tutor In Cultural Studies
jdale@unimelb.edu.au
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Dr Ben Gook

Lecturer In Cultural Studies
benjamin.gook@unimelb.edu.au
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Dr Wendy Haslem

Senior Lecturer in Cultural Management
wlhaslem@unimelb.edu.au +61383443409
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Professor Chris Healy

Professor of Screen and Cultural Studies
clhealy@unimelb.edu.au +61383445484
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Dr Janice Loreck

Lecturer in Screen Studies
janice.loreck@unimelb.edu.au +61383442030
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Professor Natalya Lusty

ARC Future Fellow
natalya.lusty@unimelb.edu.au +61390354288
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Dr Hannah McCann

Research Fellow (Australian Research Council Discovery Early Career Researcher Award)
hannah.mccann@unimelb.edu.au +61383440630
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Dr Nonie May

Tutor in Screen Studies (Teaching Associate)
nonie.may@unimelb.edu.au
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Dr Mark Nicholls

Senior Lecturer in Cinema Studies
markdn@unimelb.edu.au
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Dr Grace Torcasio

Subject Coordinator Cultural Studies
grace.torcasio@unimelb.edu.au

Honorary staff

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Ms Lindy Allen

Fellow
lindy.allen@unimelb.edu.au
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Professor Barbara Creed

Redmond Barry Distinguished Professor Emeritus
bacreed@unimelb.edu.au
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Professor Susannah Radstone

Principal Fellow
susannah.radstone@unimelb.edu.au

Professional

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Professional
Jackson Harnwell School Manager scc-hos@unimelb.edu.au
Visual Cultures Resource Centre
Jane Brown Manager, Visual Cultures Resource Centre +61383445562 jebrown@unimelb.edu.au
Academic Support Office - Curriculum Delivery Support
Celene Axford Team Leader, Academic Programs scc-ap@unimelb.edu.au
Yonjin Kim Teaching and Learning Officer scc-ap@unimelb.edu.au
Marcus Proudfoot Teaching and Learning Officer scc-ap@unimelb.edu.au
School Operations
Jordan Bryan Operations Coordinator, Culture and Communcation scc-info@unimelb.edu.au
Bella Jenkins School Support Officer scc-info@unimelb.edu.au
April Pokino Executive Support Officer, Scc scc-hos@unimelb.edu.au
Chloe Mackenzie School Operations Coord (Culture & Communication) scc-info@unimelb.edu.au
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