Biography
Steve is a professor of communications and media studies in the School of Film, Media and Journalism, Monash University, where he’s a chief investigator on the ARC Linkage Project Comedy Country: Australian Performance Comedy as an Agent of Change.
Steve has enjoyed a successful career in the arts, media, communications and cultural policy in Australia. This includes the creation and production of critically-acclaimed television series such as “Fast Forward”, “Seachange”, and interview-based “Tonight Live”, serving in media businesses and major national cultural institutions such as the National Gallery Victoria ,Victorian Major Events, Screen Producers Association, and Film Australia, as well as authoring critically–praised books and theatrical works.
He completed his PhD at Monash University, titled “Crucible of Dreams: Gallipoli as Myth in the performance of National Identity”.
