DrSusan Potter

LLB, MA, PhD (Auckland)

Susan Potter is an award-winning queer media historian who researches the relation of film as modern mass medium to the intensification of sexuality since the late nineteenth century. She also writes about the genres, aesthetics and ethics of sexual representation in contemporary film and television. Susan's research is particularly engaged with questions of theory, historiography, the archive and research methodologies, including creative practice. She has taught the audiovisual essay, and has a background in documentary production in a variety of roles, including editor, archivist, researcher, production manager, producer and director.

Before academia, Susan worked for and in partnership with a range of public service organisations in Aotearoa New Zealand, including the Ministry of Health, Te Pou, Ministry of Women's Affairs, Te Puni Kōkiri, and the New Zealand Law Commission.

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Profile image credit: Cherine Fahd and Pamela Pirovic, for the Hunt-Simes Institute in Sexuality Studies 2025 | SSSHARC (Sydney Social Sciences Humanities Advanced Research Centre)