Francisco Hernandez - Francisco Hernandez is the President of the Otago University Students’ Association. He has previously served on the OUSA executive as the Welfare Officer and Colleges and Communications Officer. His other activities include being Chair of Planet Media Dunedin Limited, serving on the University Council, Student Job Search and the Otago Tertiary Chaplaincy Trust Board. His interests include reading, writing, tramping and designing election simulation software.
Megan Woods - Megan was elected Member of Parliament for Wigram at the 2011 General Election. She is Labour’s spokesperson for tertiary education, associate spokesperson for Science & Innovation and is responsible for transport and education issues in Christchurch. Before politics, Megan studied her PhD in New Zealand History at the University of Canterbury and has worked at a Crown Research Institute for a number of years. • Miss Representation film screening and panel discussion - 4-6pm, OUSA Recreation Centre, Evison Lounge
Panel: Dr. Holly Randell-Moon Holly is a Lecturer in Communication and Media Studies at the University of Otago. She has a diverse range of research interests which centre on the politics of representation. She has published articles on topics ranging from Buffy the Vampire Slayer to Pope John Paul II to the role of bodies and technology in producing television narratives to the political and cultural intersections of whiteness, national identity and Christianity and finally, the zombies that permeate academic workplaces.
Dr. Rosemary Overell Dr. Rosemary Overell completed a doctorate, majoring in cultural studies and Japanese studies, at the University of Melbourne in 2012. Her thesis, Brutal: Affect Belonging In, and Between, Australia and Japan’s Grindcore Scenes, explored how fans of grindcore metal music feel ‘at home’ in scenic spaces. Rosemary’s research included two years of ethnographic fieldwork in Osaka, Japan, as well as in Melbourne, Australia. Rosemary has taught for a number of years at the University of Melbourne in cultural
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