Djoymi Baker

Dr Djoymi Baker is Senior Lecturer in Media and Cinema Studies at the School of Media & Communication. She is currently the Program Manager for Media.

Her research examines film and television genres; children's screen cultures; myth in popular culture; stardom; and the ethics of representing the non-human on screen. Djoymi is the author of To Boldly Go: Marketing the Myth of Star Trek (IB Tauris 2018) and the co-author of The Encyclopedia of Epic Films (Rowman & Littlefield 2014), and Netflix, Dark Fantastic Genres and Intergenerational Viewing (Routledge 2023). Her work can be found in leading journals such as Critical Studies in Television, Celebrity Studies, and Studies in Documentary Film.

Industry experience:
Chief Investigator for Australian Children's Television Cultures, a Swinburne University project in collaboration with RMIT University, funded by the Australian Children's Television Foundation.
Regular television reviewer for ABC Radio and film and television commentator.
Previously worked in the Australian television industry.