Dr Ella Chorazy

Dr Ella Chorazy is a Lecturer and Early Career Researcher in the School of Media and Communication at RMIT in Melbourne, Australia. She completed her PhD with the Digital Media Research Centre at QUT in 2018, and has interdisciplinary research interests, spanning the fields of political communication, public relations, journalism, media studies and popular culture. Ella is an award-winning scholar and was the recipient of the QUT Medal when she completed her undergraduate degrees as well as several postgraduate research scholarships including an Australian Postgraduate Award, Creative Industries Top-Up Scholarship, and the Tom Dixon Scholarship. She is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and is a passionate and accomplished educator who has taught across the communication disciplines since 2010. Outside academia, Ella has over a decade of professional experience in strategic communication, project management, and corporate stakeholder engagement. She is a member of a number of industry associations including the Public Relations Institute of Australia (PRIA), the International Communications Association (ICA), and the Institute of Professional Editors (IPEd). Ella is actively engaged in the higher education community and communication industry. She enjoys cross-institutional collaborations, encourages interdisciplinarity, and maintains strong networks with her colleagues and associates.

Ella is an academic advisor, course coordinator and lecturer for the Professional Communication program at RMIT and has taught core subjects in both Melbourne and Singapore. 

Ella is currently working on a number of research projects under RMIT's Social Change Enabling Impact Platform, as well as adapting outputs from her PhD thesis "Spin unspun: Unravelling cultural representations and audience understandings of political public relations". 

Ella is a Category 2 registered supervisor and is able to supervisor research students at MA and PhD levels. She specialises in qualitative research methods and is interested in supervising research projects in the areas of political communication, public relations, journalism, media studies, popular culture (specifically film, TV, and audiences), and ethics.

Ella is based at the RMIT Melbourne City campus and is available for appointment via email.

• Doctor of Philosophy (Media & Communication), QUT
• Bachelor of Creative Industries (Media & Communication) Honours (first class), QUT
• Bachelor of Creative Industries (Media & Communication) with distinction, QUT
• Bachelor of Business (Public Relations) with distinction, QUT

Ella has worked across various in-house and consultancy roles in marketing, events, project management, stakeholder engagement, strategic communication, and research. She has managed various campaigns, projects, and events for large public institutions, in collaboration with sponsors, industry partners, and other stakeholders. 

Ella continues to be involved with industry and is open to consulting opportunities. She is a member of the Public Relations Institute of Australia (PRIA), the International Communications Association (ICA), and the Institute of Professional Editors (IPEd).