Buffy Scholar/Critic

Djoymi Baker is a PhD candidate in Cinema and New Media at the University of Melbourne, where she also teaches. Her dissertation examines representations and theories of myth in cross-media contexts, using the Star Trek franchise as a case study. Djoymi is a footage librarian and production assistant in television news. She has published in Popular Culture Review (on myth and Star Trek) and in The Refractory (on Star Trek and Buffy fan websites).

Baker, Djoymi. "Contested Spaces: The Internet Ate My TV, The TV Company Ate My Internet Site." The Refractory: a Journal of Entertainment Media, vol.1, 2002. http://www.sfca.unimelb.edu.au/refractory/journalissues/vol1/djoymibaker.htm.

___. “Opening and Closing: Teasers, Titles and Credits in Buffy the Vampire Slayer.” Paper given at Staking a Claim: Exploring the Global Reach of Buffy. University of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia (July 2003).