I am the Director of the Bachelor of Global Studies and the Associate Dean (Education) in the Faculty of Arts. Since 2012 I have been collaborating with colleagues at the University of Warwick on a cross-institutional undergraduate teaching project between Monash and Warwick. I also research in the emerging field of Cultural Literacy with a specific focus on the development of research-based practice models for embedding Cultural Literacy skills in the curriculum. My discipline area is Latin American Studies with a special focus contemporary Latin American Cinema, in particular the development and representation of popular culture within film, specifically as it relates to representations of women and marginal social groups. Other areas of interest include female filmmakers in Latin America and issues of violence, gender representation and identity.