Dr. Helen Stuckey
Details
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Department: School of Design
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Campus: City Campus Australia
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helen.stuckey@rmit.edu.au
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ORCID:
0000-0001-9377-0175
Open to
- Masters Research or PhD student supervision
About
Dr Helen Stuckey is a Senior Lecturer in Bachelor of Design (Games) in the School of Design, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia.
She was the inaugural Games Curator at the Australian Centre for the Moving Image [ACMI] (2004-2009) and worked as a curator on major international exhibitions including Gameworld (2007), Laboral Centre for Arts and Industry, Gijon, Spain and Game Masters, ACMI (2012).
Her research addresses artistic gamemaking, game history and the curation, collection and preservation of videogames and media arts.
She is currently a CI on the following Australian Research Council funded projects: LE220100057: The Australian Emulation Network: Born Digital Cultural Collections Access and DP230102727: Artistic Practice in Australian Videogame Development.
She is the co-editor of Fans and Videogames: Histories, fandom, archives (2017, Routledge)
Research fields
- 360502 Computer gaming and animation
- 360503 Digital and electronic media art
- 470204 Cultural and creative industries
- 430204 Digital heritage
Academic positions
- Program Manager, Bachelor of Design (Games)
- RMIT University
- School of Design
- Melbourne, Australia
- 2017 – 2020
- Post Doctoral Research Fellow
- Flinders University
- Media And Communications
- Adelaide, Australia
- Apr 2016 – Jan 2017
- Program Director: Games Program
- RMIT University
- School of Media and Communication
- Melbourne, Australia
- 2009 – 2011
Non-academic positions
- Games Curator
- Australian Centre for the Moving Image
- Melbourne, Australia
- 2005 – 2009
- Screen Events Programmer
- Australian Centre for the Moving Image
- Melbourne, Australia
- 2002 – 2005
- Interactive Screen Arts Programme Manager
- State of Victoria
- Film Victorai
- Melbourne, Australia
- 2000 – 2002
Degrees
- Bachelor Degree (Honours) Level, Architecture and Urban Environment
- RMIT University
- Australia
- 1994
- Masters Degree by Coursework, Communication and Media Studies
- Swinburne University of Technology
- Australia
- 2012
- Doctorate Research, Communication and Media Studies
- Flinders University, Adelaide SA
- Australia
- 2016
- Bachelor Degree (Honours) Level, Society and Culture
- University of Melbourne
- Australia
- 1990
Supervisor projects
- Future Artefact: A Network of Gestures
- 15 Dec 2020
Teaching interests
Game Studies, Game Production, History of Videogames, Creative Industries, Artistic and Experimental Gamemaking.
Research interests
Game Studies, Videogame History, Videogame Curation, Game Fandom, Digital Media Preservation, Media Art History, Digital Heritage, Digital Media Curation, Museum 2.0
