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Deb Verhoeven is Associate Professor, Screen Studies at where she is also Director of the AFI Research Collection. In 2008 she was appointed inaugural Deputy Chair, National Film and Sound Archive (Aust.). A writer, broadcaster, film critic and commentator, she is the author of more than 30 journal articles and book chapters. Her most recent book is Jane Campion published in 2009 by Routledge, a detailed case study of the commercial and cultural role of the auteur in the contemporary film industry.

Verhoeven’s principal research interest lies in extending the limits of conventional film studies; exploring the intersection between cinema studies and other disciplines such as history, information management, geo-spatial science, statistics, urban studies and economics. This work has evolved through collaborations with academics such as A/Prof Colin Arrowsmith (a geo-spatial scientist at RMIT University); Professor Jill Julius Mathews (a historian at ANU); Professor John Sedgwick (an economist at London Metropolitan University); Dr Brian Morris (cultural studies at RMIT University) and staff from the Centre for Screen Business at the Australian Film Television and Radio School (AFTRS); and in association with film studies academics such as Professor Richard Maltby and Dr Mike Walsh (Flinders University) and Dr Kate Bowles (University of Wollongong).

A former CEO of the Australian Film Institute, Associate Professor Verhoeven is a member of the Australian Film Critics Association , the Fédération Internationale de la Presse Cinématographique (FIPRESCI) , an Honorary Life Member of Women in Film and Television, an executive member of the International Cinema Audiences research Group (ICARG), and a founding member of the Screen Economics Research Group (SERG). As a film critic Verhoeven is a regular critical contributor to various programs on ABC Radio National and appeared fortnightly on the high rating Jon Faine program on ABC Local Radio for a 7 years. She was film critic for The Melbourne Times for 6 years and ran film programs on various public radio stations around Melbourne for many years prior to this.

Deb Verhoeven has an active role in film publishing. She is Chair of the widely read film journal Senses of Cinema and is Editor for the highly ranked journal Studies in Australasian Cinema (Intellect).

A/Prof Verhoeven’s recent awards and fellowships include:

2009/2010 Honorary Creative Fellowship, State Library of Victoria 2007 Visiting Professor, Sound and Image Department, School of Arts Portuguese Catholic University, Porto 2006 Media Star Award (Most Media Appearances), RMIT University 2006 Highly Commended Finalist (Sheep and the Australian Cinema), Film and History Research and Writing Awards 2006 Best Australian Cinema Book 2006-7 (Sheep and the Australian Cinema), Australian Film Critic’s Association

Publications Jane Campion, Routledge: London & New York, 2009. Sheep and the Australian Cinema, Melbourne University Press: Melbourne, 2006 Twin Peeks: Australian and New Zealand Feature Films, Damned Publishing: Melbourne, 1999.

External Links Deb Verhoeven’s Staff Page at RMIT University: AFI Research Collection Official page: http://www.afiresearch.rmit.edu.au National Film and Sound Archive Official page: http://www.nfsa.gov.au Senses of Cinema journal homepage: http://www.sensesofcinema.com Studies in Australasian Cinema homepage: http://www.intellectbooks.co.uk/journals/view-Journal,id=118/ Screen Economics Research Group homepage: http://csb.aftrs.edu.au/index.cfm?objectid=2E0CF83E-145E-3FE8-827EE6D44B2AFA90 Australian Film Critics Association Official homepage: www.afca.org.au/ FIPRESCI Official page: www.fipresci.org/