Dr. Ruth Richards
Details
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Department: School - Media & Communication
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Campus: City Campus Australia
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ruth.richards@rmit.edu.au
Open to
- Collaborative projects
- Media enquiries
- Masters Research or PhD student supervision
About
Dr Ruth Richards is a Lecturer in Media in the School of Media and Communication. She regularly teaches multi-camera television production and live media, drawing from her background in community broadcasting.
Her research interests focus on the intersections of animation and feminist theory; animation and memory; television studies; and the shared genealogies of cinema and animation. She has published in several edited collections and was the 2022/23 recipient of the AFIRC Research Fellowship for her project on the histories of Australian Women in Animation. Ruth is an Affiliate of the ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society.
Research fields
- 3604 Performing arts
- 4405 Gender studies
- 360505 Screen media
- 470214 Screen and media culture
- 360502 Computer gaming and animation
Supervisor projects
- Pretty Little Liars and Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin: Feminist Analysis and Reflections
- 22 Aug 2025
Teaching interests
Ruth regularly teaches undergraduate media studios in multi-camera television production; live media (radio and video livestreaming); media production; everyday automated decision and society; cinema studies.
Research interests
Film, Television and Digital Media; Animation Histories and Theory; Live Media
