Board of Directors, 2024-2026

Biography

Kevin Sanson is Professor of Media Studies and Head of the School of Communication at Queensland University of Technology where he also is a researcher in the Digital Media Research Centre's Transforming Media Industries Program. Additionally, he is co-founder and current editor of Media Industries, an open access, academic journal for critical media industries research.

Prof. Sanson is the author of Mobile Hollywood: Labor and the Geography of Production (UC Press 2024 [Open Access]). He also is co-editor of Voices of Labor: Creativity, Craft, and Conflict in Global Hollywood (UC Press 2017 [Open Access]), Precarious Creativity: Global Media, Local Labor (UC Press 2016 [Open Access]), Connected Viewing: Selling, Streaming, & Sharing Media in the Digital Era (Routledge 2014) and Distribution Revolution: Conversations about the Digital Future of Film and Television (UC Press 2014). Other publications appear in International Journal of Cultural Studies, Television & New Media, and the Sage Handbook of Television Studies, among others.

Degrees

PhD, Media Studies, University of Texas at Austin
MA, Film Studies, University of Southampton (UK)
BA, Communication, Loyola University of Chicago

Teaching & Research Interests

media industries, labor, globalisation, political economy

Selected Publications & Works

Mobile Hollywood: Labor and the Geography of Production (UC Press 2024)
Co-Editor, Voices of Labor: Creativity, Craft, and Conflict in Global Hollywood (UC Press 2017
Co-Editor, Precarious Creativity: Global Media, Local Labor (UC Press 2016)
Co-Editor, Connected Viewing: Selling, Streaming, & Sharing Media in the Digital Era (Routledge 2014)
Co-Editor, Distribution Revolution: Conversations about the Digital Future of Film and Television (UC Press 2014)

Other Activities & Awards

Editor, Media Industries

SCMS Board & Committee Service

Member, 2020, Book Awards Committee (Edited Collections).
Member, 2019, Program Committee
Member, 2019, Executive Board Nominating Committee
Member, 2016, Program Committee
Member, 2015, Program Committee
Executive Board, Graduate Student Representative, 2009-2011
Grad Rep, TV Studies Scholarly Interest Group, 2007-2008

Contact

Queensland University of Technology
Creative Industries Precinct, Musk Ave, Z6-532
Kelvin Grove, Queensland 4059