Mia Lo Russo

Email: m.lo_russo@unsw.edu.au

Supervisors: Paul Dawson, Helen Groth

BA (Hons I)(University Medal), BEc (Distinction)

Mia's PhD research investigates the salience of "mood" within the digital literary sphere and contemporary fiction. She brings together literary and media studies and affect theory to provide a comprehensive and critical account of a new moody paradigm in popular culture. This work extends the research she completed during her honours year at UNSW on ambivalent subjectivity and structural innovation in the post-2016 internet novel. For this work, she was awarded First Class Honours and the University Medal in English. Prior to post-graduate study, Mia worked as a data analyst and media professional in trade and magazine publishing, and in television and streaming. She holds a Bachelor of Economics (Distinction) from UNSW, and has taught data analytics and microeconomics in the UNSW Business School.