Simpson, Catherine Marie

Catherine has been seconded from the Media Department to set up a science communication programme in the Department of Environment and Geography. Her established research and teaching interests are in the areas of: Australian and Turkish cinema; construction of identity and space on screen especially in relation to nationhood, gender and the body; screen automobile cultures; film festivals; transnational, diasporic and small national cinemas; the work of Australian female filmmakers. She has an emerging interest in the ecological humanities, science communication and the cultures of climate change.