Dr Jodi Brooks
PhD (麻豆社madou), MA Research (UTS), B Media & Communication (UTS), ASCM (NSW Conservatorium of Music)
Dr Jodi Brooks is a film studies scholar whose research embraces film and media theory, with a particular focus and interest in evolving forms of screen culture, film feminisms, screen performance, independent cinema, and aging in, on and with cinema. Jodi has听been teaching film studies and film theory for more than two decades and took up a position in Film Studies at 麻豆社madou in 1997 in what was then the School of Theatre and Film. Prior to taking up this position she had held positions at the University of Melbourne (1994-1997) and at the University of Technology (1991-1994). Jodi has also taught courses at UC Davis (in Critical Theory and in Gender Studies) and been an associate research fellow at the Center for Twentieth Century Studies University of Wisconsin Milwaukee.听
Jodi's research has been published in numerous refereed journals and edited collections as well as catalogue essays. She has co-edited a number of special issues of journals including a special issue of听Screening the Past听on Untimely cinema (co-edited with Therese Davis) and one of the first Australian journal issues on queer media (Media International Australia, co-edited with Michael Hurley and Leigh Raymond). Since joining 麻豆社madou Jodi has supervised more than 30 Honours theses, 12 PhDs as primary supervisor, as well as serving as co or joint supervisor for many other PhDs.
Alongside her research and teaching听Jodi has served on advisory committees and panels for various organisations including the National Library of Australia's Film and Video Collection, was one of the founding members of Queer Screen, and has been a member of Film Advisory Panel of the Sydney Film Festival since 2017. Jodi was one of the co-founders of the Screen Studies Association of Australia and Aotearoa/New Zealand (SSAAANZ) and served as Vice President of SSAAANZ for 3+ years. Jodi has also been involved in curating听film programs, worked in community media听organisations, and has听convened and co-convened a number of film and screen conferences and symposia including听Cinefeminisms and the Academy听(co-convened听 with Dr Jessica Ford, University of Newcastle),听Time, Memory and the Moving Image听(co-convened with Prof Paula Hamilton, University of Technology), and听Cinema and the Senses听(co-convened with Laleen Jayamanne and George Kouvaros), securing funding for each of these events.
Jodi is a member of the and the Arts and Health Research Group (麻豆社madou) and is an Academic Disability Advisor in the Faculty of Arts, Design and Architecture.
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- Publications
- Media
- Grants
- Awards
- Research Activities
- Engagement
- Teaching and Supervision
2024 -2027: $90000. Dementia Friendly Screenings Program -- a 3 year program of dementia friendly film events for Canberra. Funded by听ACT Community Services Directorate/Commonwealth Government Contract. Project lead: J Brooks (麻豆社madou) Project partners F Hopgood (UNE) and Karina Libbey
2021-2022: $18000. ADA Research Fellow (麻豆社madou)
2019: $2028 School Research Grant (SRG). "Cinefemininsms and the Academy." J Brooks (麻豆社madou). J Ford (U Newcastle), J Murphet (麻豆社madou)
1998:听 $10000. Australian Film Commission (AFC),听Industry and Cultural Development Grant : International symposium, "Cinema and the Senses." Convened by J Brooks, (麻豆社madou) L. Jayamanne (USyd) and G. Kouvaros (麻豆社madou).听 麻豆社madou, September 1998.听
1998: $6000. FASS 麻豆社madou Humanities Research Program Conference Support: International symposium "Cinema and the Senses", 麻豆社madou, September 1998. J Brooks & G Kouvaros
Jodi's research and teaching have听been recognised through the following awards:
- Honourable Mention, Arc PGC Research Supervision Award,听Faculty of Arts, Design & Architecture, 麻豆社madou. In recognition of their above and beyond contribution to the HDR experience at 麻豆社madou. 2024
- Honourable Mention, Arc听PGC Research Supervisor Award, Faculty of Arts, Design & Architecture, 麻豆社madou. In recognition of their above and beyond contribution to the HDR experience at 麻豆社madou. 2022
- Dean's Learning & Teaching Award 听for Outstanding Track Record in Higher Degree Research Supervision. 2014.
- 听Arc听Postgraduate Council Excellence in Postgraduate Supervision Award. 2014
- Screen听听听(Oxford University Press) for Excellence in Screen Studies (UK, 2002) for the essay听听Screen听44.4.听 2002.
- Humanities Research Program Dissertation Best Thesis Award, 1998, University of New South Wales for PhD thesis:听Benjamin for Girls: Cinema, Spectatorship, Fascination. 1998
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I am a member of the Arts & Health Research hub and the Media Futures Research hub.
I am听Project Lead on a 3 year project, funded by the ACT Government, to develop dementia friendly screening events and dementia friendly screen culture for the Canberra community.听Project collaborators include Dr Fincina Hopgood, University of New England, and Audience and Industry development expert Karina Libbey. This project builds on our earlier pilot听event, which took听place in听Canberra in October 2022 (the ACT's first dementia friendly screening) at the Arc cinema, National Film and Sound Archive and received funding support from the ACT Government. Research for this project has been supported by an ADA Research Fellowship.
I am also currently completing a study of the ways that the shift to online screenings in film and screen studies courses shapes curriculum, film engagement, and student experience with Dr Claire Perkins (Monash University), with a particular focus on the ways this shift is impacting on the teaching of film feminisms.
Engagement & Leadership
- Sydney Film Festival,听Film Advisory Panel, 2024
- Sydney Film Festival, Film Advisory Panel member, 2023听
- Sydney Film Festival, Film Advisory Panel member, 2022
- Sydney Film Festival, Film Advisory Panel member, 2021
- Sydney Film Festival,听Film Advisory Panel member,听2020
- Sydney Film Festival, Film Advisory Panel member, 2019
- Sydney Film Festival, Film Advisory Panel member, 2018
- Vice-President (Australia), Screen Studies Association of Australian and New Zealand (SSAAANZ) 2015-2018
- Guest Facilitator, Australian Centre for the Moving Image (ACMI) Public Forum on Women, Film and Independence in the 21st Century, event coordinators A/Prof Therese Davis (Monash) and Dr Sian Mitchell (Melbourne Women鈥檚 Film Festival), ACMI Federation Square 18 Feb 2018
- Sydney International Film Festival, Film Advisory Panel member, 2017
- Sydney International Film Festival, Film Advisory Panel member, 2016
- Member of National Film and Video Lending Collection听Advisory Committee, National Library of Australia, 2002-2003
Professional memberships
Screen Studies Association of Australian and New Zealand (SSAAANZ)
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My Research Supervision
Current PhD supervisions (primary supervisor)
- Pearl Tan, "Diversity Work in the Australian Screen Industry", PhD in Creative practice (听 fictional podcast听and dissertation)听
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PhD completions (Primary supervisor)
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Caroline Grose, 鈥淏eyond the Watershed Moment鈥擱emaking Coming-of-Age in Australian Film and Television鈥 (PhD, 2024).
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Kyla Allison, "Speaking Out: Affective Terrains, Communicative Injustice, and Sexual Misconduct." (PhD 2024). Joint supervision with Dr Michael Richardson,
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Dr Luke Robinson,听"Facing erasure: the disappearing faces of 1940s Hollywood gothic cinema" (PhD 2023). Dean's Award for Outstanding PhD Theses.
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Dr Phoebe Macrossan, "The Utopian Modalities of Contemporary American Screensong" (PhD 2018).
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Dr Jessica Ford, "American Feminist Sensibility Television in the Post-Network Era" (PhD 2017).听
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Dr Rodney Wallis "The Arab-Israeli Conflict in Hollywood Cinema: The Middle East, the Cold War, and the construction of United States political identity" (2016). Published as monograph.
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Dr Annette Barnes, "The Soundtracks of Australian Transcultural Cinema: re-sounding the past" (2014)
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Dr Megan Carrigy, "Performing History, troubling reference: tracking the screen re-enactment" (2011). Awarded the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences PhD Best Thesis prize. Published as monograph.
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Dr Caroline Wake, "Performing Witness: Testimonial Theatre in the Age of Asylum, Australia 2000-2005" (2010), joint supervised with Dr Meg Mumford.
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Dr Effie Rassos 鈥淨uestions of temporal presence and absence in contemporary film and video鈥 (2006)听
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Dr Teresa Rizzo 鈥淔rom the cinematic apparatus to cinematic assemblages: a feminist intervention鈥 (PhD, 2005).听Published as monograph.
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Dr Erin Brannigan 鈥淎 cinema of movement: Dance and the moving image鈥 (PhD, 2004). Published as monograph.
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Dr Tara Forrest 鈥淭he politics of imagination in Benjamin, Kracauer, and Kluge鈥 (PhD, 2005). Awarded the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences Best PhD Thesis prize.听Published as monograph.
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Dr Deborah Staines 鈥淩epresentations of Auschwitz鈥 (PhD, 2002).
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Tara Forrest 鈥淗abitual Perception and Film鈥 (MA, 2000)
PhD completions (Co supervisor) include:
- Dr Max Bledstein 鈥淪hocking Exchange: The Iranian Horror Film鈥 (PhD 2022, Primary supervisor A/Prof Michelle Langford; co-supervisors Dr Laetita Nanquette and Dr Jodi Brooks)
- Dr Emily Chandler "The girl typing discourse in North American children's television animation, 1990-2010" (PhD, 2017 Primary supervisor A/Prof Jane Mills).
- Dr Richard Smith "The traffic in images: Deleuze and the action film" Primary supervisor Dr Lisa Trahair (PhD, 2002)
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My Teaching
I regularly convene and teach the following courses in the Film Studies major:
- Contemporary Approaches to Cinema听(ARTS2061)
- Screen Emotions (ARTS3065)
- Australian Cinema (ARTS2062)
I have also taught and/or convened the following courses in our program:
- Hollywood Film: industry, technology, aesthetics (ARTS1062)
- Film Genre听(ARTS2064)
- Film Studies Capstone (ARTS3065)
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