Dr Stayci Taylor is a screenwriting practitioner, researcher and lecturer, with a background in theatre and writing for television. In 2022 she was named the national leader in her field (film) in The Australian research awards. Since completing her PhD by project (screenplay), winning the RMIT prize for research excellence in her category, she has co-edited the books A-Z of Creative Writing Methods (Bloomsbury 2022), TV Transformations and Female Transgression: From Prisoner Cell Block H to Wentworth (Peter Lang 2022), The Palgrave Handbook of Script Development (Palgrave Macmillan 2021) and Script Development: Critical Approaches, Creative Practices, International Perspectives (Palgrave Macmillan 2021).
Experience
2022–present
Senior lecturer, RMIT University
2019–2021
Lecturer, RMIT University
2017–2018
Industry Fellow, RMIT University
2009–2012
Lecturer in Improvisation, Pacific Institute of Performing Arts
2000–2001
Lecturer in Improvisation, University of Otago
1999–2000
Lecturer in Improvisation, Gastown Actors Studio
Education
2017
RMIT, PhD in Media and Communication
2005
University of Auckland, Master of Arts (First Class Hons.) in Film, Media and Television Studies
2001
University of Otago, Bachelor of Arts (Theatre Studies)