Trisha Dunleavy / Victoria University, New Zealand

Dr. Dunleavy completed her MA and PhD between 1994 and 1998, during the formation of Auckland University’s Department of Film, Television and Media Studies and, in 1999, was among the first of its graduates to gain a PhD. Prior to her appointment at Victoria, Dr. Dunleavy lectured in Television and Film Studies at De Montfort University, Leicester. In 2001, she returned to New Zealand to help establish a new programme in Media Studies at Victoria University, acting as its Programme Director until early 2003. Dr. Dunleavy specialises in Television Studies, with her current research focussed on transitions in British and American TV drama, including those derived from the increased provision and competition in television since 1990. Informed by international developments in television’s institutional ecology and industry, her recent publications have examined the changing position of ‘high production value’ TV programming, specifically drama.