- Associate Professor in Publishing and Communications, The University of Melbourne
Beth Driscoll is Professor in Publishing and Communications and Deputy Dean (Academic) at the University of Melbourne. Her research focuses on contemporary book cultures across two main domains: socio-cultural practices of reading, and the global publishing industry. Her books include “The New Literary Middlebrow: Tastemakers and Reading in the Twenty-First Century” , “The Frankfurt Book Fair and Bestseller Business” and "The Frankfurt Kabuff Critical Edition", co-authored with Claire Squires, and “Genre Worlds: Popular Fiction in the Twenty-First Century”, co-authored with Kim Wilkins and Lisa Fletcher.
Experience
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2013–presentLecturer in Publishing and Communications, University of Melbourne
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2020–presentAssociate Professor in Publishing and Communications, University of Melbourne
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2025–presentProfessor in Publishing and Communications, University of Melbourne
Education
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2010University of Melbourne, PhD in Literary Studies
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