Stuart's research focuses on screen-based creative industries, adaptations and queer screen media. His first monograph, The Queer Film Festival: Popcorn & Politics (2016), is published as part of Palgrave Macmillan’s ‘Framing Film Festivals’ series, which looks at the queer film festival as a social enterprise. He is also the author of Agatha Christie and Gothic Horror: Adaptations and Televisuality (2024), published as part of the Horror and Gothic Media Cultures series from Amsterdam University Press. His research has been published in established journals, such as Senses of Cinema, New Review of Film & Television, Media International Australia and Studies in Australasian... Read more
About me
Stuart's research focuses on screen-based creative industries, adaptations and queer screen media. His first monograph, The Queer Film Festival: Popcorn & Politics (2016), is published as part of Palgrave Macmillan’s ‘Framing Film Festivals’ series, which looks at the queer film festival as a social enterprise. He is also the author of Agatha Christie and Gothic Horror: Adaptations and Televisuality (2024), published as part of the Horror and Gothic Media Cultures series from Amsterdam University Press. His research has been published in established journals, such as Senses of Cinema, New Review of Film & Television, Media International Australia and Studies in Australasian Cinema. He is associate director of the Creative People, Products and Places (CP3) Research Centre.
Prior to joining the University of South Australia in 2019, he taught screen, media and cultural studies subjects at the University of Melbourne and RMIT University. He reviews film and television for ABC North and West SA.
About me
Doctor of Philosophy The University of Melbourne
Master of Cinema Management The University of Melbourne
Bachelor of Arts (Honours) The University of Melbourne
Research
Research outputs for the last seven years are shown below. Some long-standing staff members may have older outputs included. To see earlier years visit ORCID, ResearcherID or Scopus
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Richards, SJ 2016, The queer film festival: popcorn and politics, Palgrave Macmillan, US.
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Richards, SJ 2016, The queer film festival: popcorn and politics, Palgrave Macmillan, US.
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Richards, S. 2020. ‘‘Adult Education’ from The Golden Girls,’ ‘‘High Anxiety’ from The Golden Girls,’ and ‘‘The Accurate Conception’ from The Golden Girls,’ Tonight, on a Very Special Episode. Volume 2: 1986-1998. Edited by Lee Gambin. BearManor Media. Pp 31-5, 182-4, 206-210.
External engagement & recognition
| Organisation | Country |
|---|---|
| Flinders University | AUSTRALIA |
| La Trobe University | AUSTRALIA |
| Monash University | AUSTRALIA |
| RMIT University | AUSTRALIA |
| University of Adelaide | AUSTRALIA |
| University of New South Wales | AUSTRALIA |
| University of South Australia | AUSTRALIA |
External engagement & recognition
| Engagement/recognition | Year |
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MemberCultural Studies Association of Australia |
2022 |
Committee MemberSenses of Cinema |
2013 |
Teaching & student supervision
Teaching & student supervision
Supervisions from 2010 shown
| Thesis title | Student status |
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| Increasing fictional queer representation through textual intervention. | Current |
| Queering the fat body: The impact of fatness on queer identities | Current |
| UNLEASHED: An Investigation Into the Future of Australian Scripted Drama in the Age of Internet-Distributed Television | Current |
| The Kings and I: screenwriting with drag kings: facilitating collaborative story and script development practices between sub/cultures | Completed |
