Professor Jane Stadler

Biography

Professor Jane Stadler joined UNE as (Acting) Director of Graduate Research in 2023. Previously she held leadership roles as Head of the School of Communication at Queensland University of Technology, Department Chair in Media and Communication at Swinburne University of Technology, and Director of Higher Degrees by Research at the University of Queensland. Earlier in her career she was a Senior Lecturer and Convenor of Film and Media Studies at the University of Cape Town, and Acting Chair of Mass Communication at Murdoch University, where she completed her PhD in 2000.

Recognition of outstanding teaching and supervision includes the Australian Learning and Teaching Council National Award for Teaching Excellence (2011), the University of Queensland Award for Excellence in Teaching and Learning (2008), the Faculty of Arts Teaching Excellence Award, University of Queensland (2008), the Merit Award for Distinguished Teachers, University of Cape Town (2004 and 2005) and the Murdoch University Vice Chancellor’s Teaching Excellence Award (2000). Professor Stadler loves working with postgraduate students and has a distinguished record of research higher degree supervision, administration, and examination including supervising 21 PhDs and 4 MPhil/MFA students to completion. Enquiries from potential post-graduate students are always welcome.

Research Interests

Professor Stadler's research expertise is in cultural and media studies and the philosophy of film. She has published widely in these fields and has been awarded competitive research grants by the Australian Research Council (DPl10100309), the Ernest Oppenheimer Foundation, the USA National Socio-Environmental Synthesis Centre, and the Department of Industry, Innovation, Science, Research and Tertiary Education. She has held fellowships and visiting professorships at Hong Kong Baptist University (2019), the UQ Centre for Critical and Cultural Studies (2011), and the University of California Berkeley (2005).