Tessa Dwyer is a Lecturer in Film and Screen Studies. Prior to arriving at Monash, she taught Screen and Cultural Studies at the University of Melbourne, and worked as a researcher at the Swinburne Institute for Social Research, Swinburne University. Tessa is a member of the inter-disciplinary research group Eye Tracking the Moving Image (ETMI) and president of the journal Senses of Cinema (www.sensesofcinema.org).

Tessa’s research focuses on screen translation, language difference and transnational reception and distribution practices. She holds an Honours and MA degree in Fine Arts (Film) from the University of Melbourne, and a PhD in Screen and Media Culture, also from the University of Melbourne.

Screen Translation

Subtitling, dubbing, fansubbing, audio description, multiple-language versions, cross-cultural viewing and mediating practices, transnational production, distribution and reception, screen accessibility

Television Fandom and Informal Distribution

Post-broadcast TV, TV fandom, media tourism, fan subcultures and fansubbing, media piracy, media censorship, networking technologies and social media, post-broadcast industry change

Accent and Australian Screen Media

How have the Australian language and accent shaped our national screen industries? Ocker films, verbal play, slang, ‘strine’, accent neutralisation and transnational casting

Eye Tracking and Visual Processing

How do we attend to, and process, moving-image screen media? How does text on screen (titles, captions, subtitles) affect the audiovisual experience?