Area of study
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Staff member
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Research interests
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Anthropology
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Bryce Barker |
Australian prehistory, Aspects of cultural anthropology |
| Lara Lamb |
Australian stone tool technologies; Changing technologies economies and settlement patterns in pre-European contexts in the Whitsunday region; incorporation of 'devout imagery' as body adornment in historical and contemporary cross-cultural settings |
Communication and Media Studies
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Karey Harrison
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Philosophy of language and science, epistemology, models and metaphor, feminist and political theory, discourses on media, education, environment, economics and power |
| Eleanor Kiernan |
The use of multimodal design in hybridised e-learning environments; indigenous students' retention and progression in first year university courses; pedagogy for first year university students; organisational communication |
| Jill Lawrence |
Higher education; first year experience; transition and retention; cross-cultural communication; access and equity issues |
| Kelly McWilliam |
Film, media and cultural studies; uses and impact of digital media on youth; communities of media consumption and participation; representations and practices of gender and sexuality |
| Andrew Mason |
Theories related to the generation of meaning; a history of arts in the Toowoomba region; investigating epistemological applications of media |
| Creative Media |
John Hetherington |
Satellite TV; Interactive TV; community adoption of digital technologies; cyber documentary form |
| Leonie Jones |
Representation in film, film theory |
| Matthew Nielsen |
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| Stuart Thorp |
Video and animation |
| Editing and Publishing |
Peter Goodall |
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English Literature
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Laurie Johnson |
Cultural studies; literary theory, psychoanalysis, renaissance literature, 18th century literature |
| Chris Lee |
Australian and post-colonial literature; the history of criticism; space, place and Identity; representation of war; Australian studies, popular literature |
| Brian Musgrove |
Victorian and modernist literature; cultural studies |
History
|
Libby Connors |
Queensland history; legal history; social movement history; environmental history |
| Catherine Dewhirst |
Italian history and community-construction, migration and transnational history, historiography, women’s/gender historical experience, biography, family history, European and World histories |
| Robert Mason |
Social and political memories; Australian migration history; Hispanic identities; cultural landscapes; perceptions of conflict |
Human Services
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Nathan Beel |
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| John Solas |
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| Lauretta Wright |
Community welfare and development; community informatics |
Indigenous Studies
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| Bill McCann |
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander studies; embedding Indigenous perspectives in tertiary curricula; bridging programs for Indigenous students; Indigenous mental health and well-being; social justice and equity issues |
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| Donna Moodie |
Traditional ecological knowledge, Indigenous knowledge, health and well-being, Indigenous indicators in natural resource management, sustainable development, business development, Indigenous art education pedagogies, contemporary Indigenous art, cultural pedagogies, social justice. |
| Myra Singh |
Australian curriculum: embedding Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander history and culture into the curriculum, promoting further studies of Science and Mathematics for Aboriginals and Torres Strait Islanders, academic support and mentoring of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students through best teaching practice and pedagogy, keeping expectations high, enabling students to acheive outcomes, support structures. |
International Relations
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Richard Gehrmann |
Australians in colonial Asia; international relations; Australian foreign relations; Southeast Asian politics and history |
| Anna Hayes |
Chinese history; gender issues in the PRC; gendered perspectives of human security, and the threats posed by pandemic illnesses such as HIV/AIDS on global human security |
| Don McMillen |
Asia/China history, policies; international relations |
| Journalism |
Dianne Jones |
Journalism theory and practice; content analysis; gender representation in the mass media |
| Rebecca Te'o |
News reporting in a changing media landscape; development of layout and design principles for printed and online news pages; feature writing and investigative reporting |
Languages
|
Gabriela Pohl |
Cross-cultural issues in education; strategies-based second language instruction |
| Yan Zhao |
Teaching Chinese as a foreign language; changes in contemporary China 1949 onwards; Falun Gong and its social impact |
| Media Production |
Ashley Jones |
Lecturer (TV and Radio Broadcast) |
| Daryl Sparkes |
Documentary production; children's television production; feature film production; Australian cinema; British cinema |
Music
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| Martin Crook |
Research and performance of contemporary violin, piano and clarinet repertoire; use of vibrato in contemporary reed playing |
| Philip Gearing |
Matters related to pipe organ music and performance; aural perception |
| Rhoderick McNeill |
Music history and theory; repertory studies; development of the Australian symphony |
| Marilyn Meier-Kapavale |
Piano technique; The music of Frederic Chopin; Performance practices; Tongan music |
Public Relations
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Alison Feldman
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Organisational leadership; change management; community consultation and development; learning organisations; reputation management |
| Chris Kossen |
Phenomenology; discourse analysis; organisations and older workers; organisational communication; participative planning and decision-making; Corporate branding |
| Barbara Ryan |
Organisational reputation; reputation in local government and its effect on the way local governments service their communities; the value of communication to local government and their communities |
| Social Science |
Malcolm Brown |
Islam, Orientalism and Islamophobia; racism and ehtnicity; sociology of religion; religious conversion; pacifism; humour studies; comparative methodology. |
Theatre
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Scott Alderdice |
Investigating multimedia and multi-discipline approaches to learning through creative and performance arts; exploring the development and release of individual creativity through approaches to clown and 'player'. |
| Darryl Chalk |
Shakespearean plays and production techniques; theatre and culture of the European Renaissance |
| Bernadette Pryde |
Theatre-making; Pedagogy; language in the training environment; vocal health |
| Janet McDonald |
Theatre for Regional Youth; masculinities and postcoloniality in drama-in-education and boys education; critical pedagogy and master narratives in drama teaching; history of children's theatre/s in Australia |
Visual Arts
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David Akenson |
German Idealism: 20th Century Continental philosophy: Lacaniian psychoanalysis: 20th Century avant-garde art and American formalist art |
| Beata Batorowicz |
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| Kyle Jenkins |
Architecture; abstraction; furniture design |
| Simon Mee |
18th century French painting (Boucher, Fragonard etc.); the uses of the figure in contemporary art, with a focus on the two dimensional art works. (Walton Ford, John Currin, Marcel Dzama and Amy Cutler for example) |
| Stephen Spurrier |
Sequential imaging, in the form of the artist's book; printmaking; works on paper |
| Alexis Tacey |
Tableware specific for contemporary eating styles including Asian and French cuisine, wedding banquets; raw glazing; vases for specific flora |