Professor Lisa French is Dean of The School of Media and Communication at RMIT University, and Professor of Screen and Media. She is internationally recognised for her research on women in Australian Cinema. Her scholarship reflects a career long interest the nation’s screen culture, with a specialist interest in gender. Her books include The Female Gaze in Documentary Film – An International Perspective (2021); Shining a Light: 50 Years of the Australian Film Institute (2009); and Womenvision: Women and the Moving Image in Australia (2003).
Her record as an educator with first-rate scholarship is evidenced by numerous awards for both research and teaching, among them several federal government Australian Teaching and Learning Council (ALTC) Citations, and the Permezel Memorial Award For excellence of research and commitment to developing international world-class links in Media and Cinema Studies.
She has broad experience on the boards of peak industry associations and currently sits on the Editorial Board of The Conversation.