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Dr. Alexia Kannas is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Media and Communication at RMIT University, where she also serves as Deputy DA (Higher Degree by Research). Her research focuses on cult cinema, European genre cinema (particularly Italian giallo), film performance, and the cinematic representation of place. She has authored two monographs, including Giallo: Genre, Modernity and Detection in the Italian Horror Film (2020), and contributed to peer-reviewed journals and book chapters. Alexia is internationally recognized for her work on horror and genre cinema, and she actively engages in public film education through curated screening series like 'Best Films You've Never Seen.' Her current projects include a monograph on Billy Wilder’s Sunset Blvd. and a collaborative study on teaching screen texts funded by ACMI. She sits on editorial boards for film publications and participates in global academic networks.
Her teaching interests include supervising postgraduate research in cult and genre cinemas, screen performance, and film historiography. Alexia has supervised numerous creative and traditional research projects, such as investigations into nunsploitation cinema, female-authored true crime, and parafictional personas in comedy. She also explores pedagogical challenges in film education, particularly adapting to digital and online learning environments.
Awards and accolades: None explicitly listed, though her scholarly contributions have garnered significant academic recognition. She has held visiting scholar roles at the University of British Columbia (2019) and participated in European film festivals such as Offscreen and Kurja Polt.
Advising and grants: Alexia oversees HDR supervision in her school and leads funded research collaborations, including a project on student engagement with demanding screen texts (ACMI-funded). She mentors long-term academic initiatives and has advised on over a dozen research projects listed in her portfolio.
Labs/teams: Alexia is an external member of Northumbria University’s Horror Studies Research Group and serves on Liverpool University Press’s editorial board for the Hidden Horror Histories series. She also contributes to the Australian Screen Research Collection’s advisory panel, fostering interdisciplinary film studies networks.
