Romy Sutherland

Romy Sutherland is an Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of Comparative Literature at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), within the UCLA College. She holds multiple degrees: BA, BA (hons.), MA, and PhD. Her research focuses on film’s intersection with cultural/historical contexts and other art forms, with specialties in Australian, Spanish, and Latin American cinema, alongside health humanities. Her teaching includes advanced courses in comparative literature and interdisciplinary clusters linking film to neuroscience or mental health.

Key research areas include:

• Foundational connections between film and 19th-century literature
• PTSD representation in cinema (e.g., Peter Weir’s Fearless)
• Cross-cultural film analysis across Oceania, Iberia, and Latin America

Publications include contributions to Senses of Cinema and Granta, with an upcoming chapter in Understanding Medical Humanities (De Gruyter, 2023). She reviews Latin American cinema for The Bulletin of Latin American Research and is authoring a book on Peter Weir’s early films and Australian literary foundations.

No formal awards are listed, though her work reflects sustained academic engagement. She advises no named students in the provided text but contributes to UCLA’s teaching and research infrastructure.