Susan Kerrigan

Professor Susan Kerrigan is Department Chair, Film, Games and Animation at Swinburne University of Technology, Australia. She is an expert in Creative Practice and Screen Production Research and has published extensively in these fields for the last 15 years. Kerrigan was a co-editor on “Screen Production Research: Creative Practice as a Mode of Enquiry” (2018) with Professor Craig Batty, and she has also co-edited “The Palgrave Handbook of Screen Production” (2020). Susan's is a co-author on the book titled “Educating for Creativity within Higher Education: Integration of Research into Media Practice” (2018) which outlines a creative curriculum approach to media production in Australian Universities. Susan was on the editorial board for “The Journal of Media Practice and Education: and has co-edited multiple Special Issues of Journals on the topics of filmmaking, practice-led research and Screen Production Research. Susan has worked professionally in the Australian Screen Industry, producing and directing Australian Children’s content.