Middlemost, Renee Dr (pronouns she/her)
Lecturer, Communication and Media
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Lecturer - School of the Arts, English and Media 2017 -
Overview
Overview
Renée Middlemost is Lecturer in Communication and Media. A graduate of the University of Wollongong, Renée conducted her PhD research on the audience participation practices of cult film fans in Australia. After several years as a sessional academic in both Communication and Media, and Cultural Studies, Renée joined the School of the Arts, English, and Media in 2017. Her research focuses on fan participation, celebrity, and popular culture, and has been featured in collections The Routledge Companion to Cult Cinema; Crank It Up: Jason Statham - Star!; Aussie Fans: Uniquely Placed in Global Popular Culture; and Gender and Australian Celebrity Culture. Her recent work has been published in journals including Celebrity Studies, American Behavioural Scientist, M/C Journal, and the Australasian Journal of Popular Culture. Renée is on the editorial board of Participations: International Journal of Audience Research; and a founding member of the Fan Studies Network Australasia.
Research Areas
Research Overview
- I have a broad range of research interests including celebrity, fans, cult film and television, and popular culture. Much of my research centres around audiences, and how they engage with, and create media products. I am involved with the Australasian branch of the Fan Studies Network, as academic research in fan studies undergoes rapid expansion internationally. My most recent publications have appeared in Celebrity Studies, M/C Journal, and the Australasian Journal of Popular Culture. I am currently preparing my first monograph for the Queer Film Classics series (McGill-Queens University Press) to be published in 2023.
Geographic Focus
- Australia and International Transnational Region
Available as Research Supervisor
Affiliation
Available for Collaborative Projects
Member Of
- Research Centre for Critical Creative Practice (C3P) 2018 -
- Fan Studies Network Australasia Co-Founder 2017 -
Publications
Selected Publications
Presentations
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Presentation
- Crank It Up: Jason Statham, star! Panel , Fan Studies Network Conference, University of Portsmouth, U.K. 2019
- How do you solve a problem like Valentina? Toxic Fandom, race, and RuPaul's Drag Race, Fan Studies Network Conference, University of Portsmouth, U.K. 2019
- Rewriting Herstory: Sasha Velour's drag as art and activism, International Persona Studies Conference, Newcastle University, U.K. 2019
- Sympathy for the Devil: Monstrous Discourse, Unruly Women, and fans of the Freak, Wentworth is the New Prisoner Conference, RMIT University, Melbourne. 2018
- The Nina Effect: Offspring and the commodification of fan affect, Screening Melbourne Conference. RMIT Melbourne. 2017
- “Serving Activist Realness’: The new drag superstars and activism under Trump”, Bridging Gaps: National Identity in Persona, Branding, and Activism – Centre for Media and Celebrity Studies Conference. University of Western Australia. 2017
- Renovating The Room: Paratextual material, authorial intent and audience reception, Authenticating Celebrity: Celebrity Studies Conference. University of Amsterdam. 2016
- Unexpected Allies? S/exploitation, the Bechdel Test and the films of Andy Sidaris, Cultural Studies Association of Australia Conference, University of Melbourne. 2015
- A Monster of Our Very Own: Razorback, Rogue and the Australian Outback, Cine Excess 8: Are you ready for the Country: Cult Cinema and Rural Excess, University of Brighton, England, 2014
- One of Us! One of Us!: Australian Cult Film Fandom and Community, Cultural Studies Association of Australia and New Zealand Conference, University of Wollongong, Australia. 2014
- Rock cult/ pop cult: the continuing influence of The Rocky Horror Picture Show on popular cult/ure, 5th Annual Conference of the Popular Culture Association of Australia and New Zealand (PopCAANZ) Hobart, Australia. 2014
- The Other Spaces of Australian Cult film fans, Otherness and Transgression in Celebrity and Fan Cultures Conference, Aarhus University, Denmark 2014
- ‘“A good many dramatic situations begin with screaming”: Public and Private Spaces, Nostalgia and Cult Film’, Cult Cinema and Technological Change Conference, University of Aberystwyth, Wales. 2014
Featured In
- Middlemost, Renée Article
Supervision
Available as Research Supervisor
Potential Supervision Topics
- Celebrity studies; Fan studies; audience studies; Cult film; film and television; popular culture; media studies; feminism
Teaching Activities
- BCM289 Transnational Media and Culture Industries Subject Co-ordinator, Lecturer, Tutor 2018 -
- BCM331 - Australian Content, Global Context Subject Co-ordinator, Lecturer, Tutor 2015 -
- BCM110 Introduction to Communication and Media Subject Co-ordinator, Lecturer, Tutor 2014 -
Advisees
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Graduate Advising Relationship
Degree Research Title Advisee Master of Philosophy -LHA Feminist Surrealist Pornography: Constructing the Relationship Between the Female Body and the Gaze in Contemporary Film. Balabay, Deniz Doctor of Philosophy Bringing #MeToo to the Subcontinent: A Comparative Study of the Role and Impact of Mainstream Media Representations in India and Pakistan. Nasir, Amna
Service
Reviewer Of
- Participations: journal of audience and reception studies (Journal) 2018 -
Background
Education And Training
- B.A. in Communication and Media (Honours), University of Wollongong, School of the Arts, English and Media 2002
- D.Phil. in Communication and Media, University of Wollongong, School of the Arts, English and Media, Amongst Friends: The Australian cult film experience 2014
Identity
Orcid Id
- http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8649-3114 (confirmed)
Overview
Top Publications
Research Areas
Research Overview
- I have a broad range of research interests including celebrity, fans, cult film and television, and popular culture. Much of my research centres around audiences, and how they engage with, and create media products. I am involved with the Australasian branch of the Fan Studies Network, as academic research in fan studies undergoes rapid expansion internationally. My most recent publications have appeared in Celebrity Studies, M/C Journal, and the Australasian Journal of Popular Culture. I am currently preparing my first monograph for the Queer Film Classics series (McGill-Queens University Press) to be published in 2023.
Geographic Focus
- Australia and International Transnational Region
Affiliation
Member Of
- Research Centre for Critical Creative Practice (C3P) 2018 -
- Fan Studies Network Australasia Co-Founder 2017 -
Publications
Selected Publications
Presentations
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Presentation
- Crank It Up: Jason Statham, star! Panel , Fan Studies Network Conference, University of Portsmouth, U.K. 2019
- How do you solve a problem like Valentina? Toxic Fandom, race, and RuPaul's Drag Race, Fan Studies Network Conference, University of Portsmouth, U.K. 2019
- Rewriting Herstory: Sasha Velour's drag as art and activism, International Persona Studies Conference, Newcastle University, U.K. 2019
- Sympathy for the Devil: Monstrous Discourse, Unruly Women, and fans of the Freak, Wentworth is the New Prisoner Conference, RMIT University, Melbourne. 2018
- The Nina Effect: Offspring and the commodification of fan affect, Screening Melbourne Conference. RMIT Melbourne. 2017
- “Serving Activist Realness’: The new drag superstars and activism under Trump”, Bridging Gaps: National Identity in Persona, Branding, and Activism – Centre for Media and Celebrity Studies Conference. University of Western Australia. 2017
- Renovating The Room: Paratextual material, authorial intent and audience reception, Authenticating Celebrity: Celebrity Studies Conference. University of Amsterdam. 2016
- Unexpected Allies? S/exploitation, the Bechdel Test and the films of Andy Sidaris, Cultural Studies Association of Australia Conference, University of Melbourne. 2015
- A Monster of Our Very Own: Razorback, Rogue and the Australian Outback, Cine Excess 8: Are you ready for the Country: Cult Cinema and Rural Excess, University of Brighton, England, 2014
- One of Us! One of Us!: Australian Cult Film Fandom and Community, Cultural Studies Association of Australia and New Zealand Conference, University of Wollongong, Australia. 2014
- Rock cult/ pop cult: the continuing influence of The Rocky Horror Picture Show on popular cult/ure, 5th Annual Conference of the Popular Culture Association of Australia and New Zealand (PopCAANZ) Hobart, Australia. 2014
- The Other Spaces of Australian Cult film fans, Otherness and Transgression in Celebrity and Fan Cultures Conference, Aarhus University, Denmark 2014
- ‘“A good many dramatic situations begin with screaming”: Public and Private Spaces, Nostalgia and Cult Film’, Cult Cinema and Technological Change Conference, University of Aberystwyth, Wales. 2014
Featured In
- Middlemost, Renée Article
Supervision
Potential Supervision Topics
- Celebrity studies; Fan studies; audience studies; Cult film; film and television; popular culture; media studies; feminism
Teaching Activities
- BCM289 Transnational Media and Culture Industries Subject Co-ordinator, Lecturer, Tutor 2018 -
- BCM331 - Australian Content, Global Context Subject Co-ordinator, Lecturer, Tutor 2015 -
- BCM110 Introduction to Communication and Media Subject Co-ordinator, Lecturer, Tutor 2014 -
Advisees
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Graduate Advising Relationship
Degree Research Title Advisee Master of Philosophy -LHA Feminist Surrealist Pornography: Constructing the Relationship Between the Female Body and the Gaze in Contemporary Film. Balabay, Deniz Doctor of Philosophy Bringing #MeToo to the Subcontinent: A Comparative Study of the Role and Impact of Mainstream Media Representations in India and Pakistan. Nasir, Amna
Service
Reviewer Of
- Participations: journal of audience and reception studies (Journal) 2018 -
Background
Education And Training
- B.A. in Communication and Media (Honours), University of Wollongong, School of the Arts, English and Media 2002
- D.Phil. in Communication and Media, University of Wollongong, School of the Arts, English and Media, Amongst Friends: The Australian cult film experience 2014
Identity
Orcid Id
- http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8649-3114 (confirmed)
