Rate My Professor Glen Stasiuk

Dr. Glen Stasiuk is a Lecturer and Academic Program Chair of Screen Production in the School of Media and Communication at Murdoch University. As a senior Indigenous researcher and Western Australian Screen Award (WASA) winning director, he is a maternal descendant of the Minang-Wadjari Nyungars from South-West Western Australia, with paternal family roots emigrating from post-war Russia. These cultural backgrounds inform his filmmaking, research, and writing, which explore culture, knowledge, and diverse narratives. Stasiuk began his studies at Murdoch University in the 1990s, earning a Bachelor of Arts and a First Class Honours Degree in Media Studies in 2002, where he delivered the Valedictory Address at the graduation ceremony. He also holds a Business Degree from Edith Cowan University and completed his Doctor of Philosophy at Murdoch University in 2014, focusing on culture and media. His PhD included the exegesis "Wadjemup: Rottnest Island as black prison & white playground" and the accompanying film "Wadjemup: Black Prison – White Playground" (2014), which won Outstanding Achievement in Feature Film – Factual at the 2014 WA Screen Awards. Earlier, his documentary "The Forgotten" (2002) received Best Documentary at the 2003 WA Screen Awards.

Stasiuk's creative outputs include films such as "DANDJOO: Be a Voice for Generations," which earned an Award of Merit, "Footprints in the Sand (Jinna Mitinu Barnunga)" (2006), "Weewar" (2006), and "Belonging to Country (Djena Koorliny Danjoo Boodjar-ang)" (2015). His scholarly publications feature "Keepers of Our Stories" (2010, The Australian Journal of Indigenous Education), "Rottnest or Wadjemup: Tourism and the Forgetting of Aboriginal Incarceration and the Pre-colonial History of Rottnest Island" (2017), "Vagabonds and Rogues: The Prison Writing of Aboriginal Author Graeme Dixon..." (2017), "Digital Preservation of Cultural Heritage" (2017), "Rottnest Island Black Prison/La prison aborigène de l’île de Rottnest" (2021), and "Wadjemup/Rottnest Island, an Isle in Denial" (2023). He supervises doctoral and honours theses, contributes to screen production education, and was recognized in the 2018 Murdoch University Staff Awards. Stasiuk's work has influenced discussions on Indigenous histories, incarceration sites, and cultural representation in film and media.