Tara lectures, tutors, and facilitates seminars for various tertiary-level units in academic screen, cinema, and media studies at various universities across Melbourne, Australia.
Victorian College of the Arts (Current role)
Lecturer, Screen Culture and Aesthetics — School of Film and Television, Faculty of Fine Art and Music
The University of Melbourne
Lecturer, Co-coordinator, and Tutor, Hollywood and Entertainment — Screen and Cultural Studies, School of Culture and Communication
Tutor, Media, Identity and Everyday Life — Screen and Cultural Studies, School of Culture and Communication
Invited Guest Lectures
“Transmedia, Superheroes, and Seriality,” screening Wonder Woman (2017), in Hollywood and Entertainment — Screen and Cultural Studies, School of Culture and Communication
“Global Hollywood” in Media, Identity and Everyday Life — Screen and Cultural Studies, School of Culture and Communication
“Transmedia Worlds,” screening Captain America: Civil War (2016), in Screen Media and Mediated Experiences — Screen and Cultural Studies, School of Culture and Communication
“Transmedia: History, Theory, Practice,” screening Prometheus (2012), in Contemporary Film and Cultural Theory — Screen and Cultural Studies, School of Culture and Communication
“Media Franchises and Global Entertainment” in Perspectives in Global Media Cultures — Media and Communications, School of Culture and Communication
“From Sequel to Franchise,” screening The Avengers (2012), in Hollywood and Entertainment — Screen and Cultural Studies, School of Culture and Communication
RMIT University
Tutor, Introduction to Cinema Studies — School of Media and Communications
Tutor, Popular Cinema — School of Media and Communications
Monash University
Tutor, Introduction to Television Studies — Film and Screen Studies, School of Media, Film, and Journalism
Research Supervisor (Masters level), Industry Research Project — Media and Communications, School of Media, Film, and Journalism
