Dr Deborah Hardt is an Assistant Professor of Digital and Social Media and Screen Media Production at the University of Wollongong in Dubai. She teaches courses in the Bachelor of Communication and Media (BCM) and Master of Media and Communication (MMC) degrees focusing on screen media production and film and media studies.  She holds a Master’s Degree in Media Studies from the New School University in New York and a PhD in Philosophy from the European Graduate School in Saas-Fee Switzerland

Dr Deborah’s courses employ a variety of teaching methods that aim to challenge and empower her students. She encourages students to critically question the information, news, and media they are consuming in and out of the classroom. She seeks to challenge her students to think differently and from the perspective of the “other” (i.e. non-humans, animals, and the environment) as a framework to prepare them for the ongoing challenges they will face in their lifetimes. 

Dr Deborah specialises in posthumanist philosophy, cinema, and digital media. She has held academic positions, including a lectureship at the Department of Cinema and Digital Media, Izmir University of Economics, Izmir, Turkey.