Sarah Baker

Sarah Baker is an Associate Professor in the School of Communication Studies at Auckland University of Technology. She is the Co-Director of the AUT Communication for Social Change Research Centre, a member of the AUT Journalism, Media, and Democracy Centre (JMAD), and the co-founder of the AUT Popular Culture Centre and the AUT Media Observatory Group. She is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and a PhD Convenor. Her research interests include current affairs, political economy, and popular culture. Her work often explores the intersections between television and film in mediated popular culture through the lens of, Horror, Sexuality, and Gender.