Current Candidate Profiles
The work done by doctoral candidates in the Faculty of Arts and Education is diverse, spanning the research areas of the schools that make up the Faculty. Use the links below to read about our candidates.
Jump to School of Communication and Creative Industries, School of Education, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, School of Information Studies , Centre for Islamic Studies and Civilisation, School of Teacher Education, School of Theology, candidates.
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School of Communication and Creative Industries Doctoral Candidates
| Candidate | Research Topic/Title |
|---|---|
| Ché Baker | Reviving Digital Davinci; innovation and new methods of screen storytelling in Australia in the age of digital distribution |
| Rafael de Lima | Who plays the player? The nodal process for collaborative translations in immersive media |
| Tracie Edmondson | Mediatisation in the digital age: Transforming communication roles in professional sport in Australia |
| Victoria Erskine | Exploring practitioner wellbeing in communication: Towards an approach for sustainable practice |
| Bec Humphries | Rudolf Steiner's impact on contemporary Australian art |
| Muqeem Khan | Optimal Digital Preservation for Digital Intangible Heritage |
| Daren Pope | The 19th century Romantic landscape, mid-twentieth century mythologizing and current regional arts practice |
| Tracy Sorensen | Crotchet and Cancer, Craftivism and Climate Change |
| Marie-Christine Sweeney | Here and Now: Storytelling role of the children’s screen writer for the millennial generation. |
School of Education Doctoral Candidates
| Candidate | Research Topic/Title |
|---|---|
| Alexandra Blitz-Raith | The Development of a Multimodal and Semiotic Analytical Framework for Educational Apps |
| Jenny Dwyer | Children’s universal right to play, learn and express opinions: A cross cultural study of the cultural construction of STEM. |
| Letitia Galloway | How does the Australian curriculum history enable or constrain rural primary teachers' professional practice? |
| Lincoln Gill | Pre-service teacher use and non-use of ICTs for learning and teaching on professional placement: Investigating pedagogical decisions and defining practice |
| Sarah Hayton | Different sides of the same coin? Cyberbullying and the positive uses of social networking: examining perspectives from multiple cultural youth |
| Mark Lee | Academics beliefs and practices in the use of 3D immersive visual worlds for learning and teaching |
| Gibson Matimba | Overseas Trained Teachers: Enablers and Constraints to Professional Practice and Social Integration into the Australian Education System |
| James Purkis | A study of the interrelationship between school and out-of-school uses of digital technology for collaboration by Australian secondary school students using activity theory |
| Emma Saxton | Music and Music Education are important in our lives: An investigation into the Values of a Regional Community. |
| Helen Stavrou | “Singing to success: The use of song as a motivational tool for promoting writing/creative writing in the EFL/ESL classroom-tertiary education.” |
| Natalie Thompson | Children's Perspectives of Literacy in and out of Classrooms in the 21st Century |
School of Humanities and Social Sciences Doctoral Candidates
| Candidate | Research Topic/Title |
|---|---|
| Sharyn Anderson | Colour, Light and the Complexity of Modernity: The Life and Work of Dorothea Mackellar. |
| Sharon Crossett | Making boys disappear: maternal abandonment, heroic girlhood and emasculation in young adult dystopian fiction |
| Karen Pinder Klemenchic | Identifying positive strategies and potential barriers to successful academic transition of Indigenous University students. |
| James Rogerson | Walker Percy in the Age of the Crisis of Man |
| Monica Short | The Anglican Church of Australia engaging with people in rural, regional and remote Australia |
School of Information Studies Doctoral Candidates
| Candidate | Research Topic/Title |
|---|---|
| Dilini Bodhinayaka | Assessing the impact of academic libraries on students |
| Mary Coe | A sense-making approach to active e-book indexes |
| Wendy DeLuca | Ethics training in the Australian military |
| Krystal Gagen-Spriggs | Teacher librarians as influencers of reading cultures in secondary schools. |
| Arif Khan | An investigation of practicum supervision in library and information science |
| Romany Manuell | The education and training role of Australian academic librarians |
| Bec Muir | Moving forward in library service provision for people with an invisible disability |
| Kate Rowe | Digital literacy within the community, and the role of libraries and other organisations |
| Monique Shephard | Adolescent responses to depictions of mental health in Australian contemporary young adult fiction. |
School of Teacher Education Doctoral Candidates
| Candidate | Research Topic/Title |
|---|---|
| Brenda Bruce | Teachers documenting critical reflections: A Western Sydney primary school case study |
| Amanda Cooke | Towards a re-conceptualisation of risk-taking in early childhood education and care practices |
| Anna Cronin | The speech, participation and well-being of toddlers with cleft palate |
| Belinda Friezer | How do infants interact in triads in long day care? |
| Melissa Lew | Developing Young People's Health Literacy: A rural secondary school case study |
| Peta Mathieu | Multilingual Children in Their First Year of Schooling: What are Their English Language Experiences |
| Nicole McGill | 'Wait' lifting: Active waiting for services for children with speech and language difficulties |
| John Playford | Perceived Effectiveness of Correctional Education Programs as Seen Through the Lens of Three Stakeholder Groups: Aboriginal Students, Teachers, and Family/Caregivers and Elders |
| Emma Saxton | TBA |
| George Scorgie | The Changing Space of International Education: Investigating a Chinese-International School in Mainland China |
| David Simpson | TBA |
| Myra Singh | Identity and success in higher education for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students |
| Valerie Tillett | TBA |
School of Theology Doctoral Candidates
| Candidate | Research Topic/Title |
|---|---|
| John Brunton | Theology in Planning: an Integrated theological framework for the planning process |
| Ryan Buesnel | The Deutsche Christen under Hitler: Die Botschaft Gottes and the Institute for the Study and Elimination of Jewish Influence on German Church Life. |
| Kaye Colwell | Ordained Local Ministry: practice and best practice. |
| Mark Layson | The lived experience of loyalty and betrayal: Implications for multidisciplinary responses to Moral Injury in emergency workers |
| Don Tamihere | "Ka kohia atu au ki tōku iwi": A Māori reading of Genesis 49:1 - 50:14 |
Centre for Islamic Studies & Civilisation
| Candidate | Research Topic/Title |
|---|---|
| Sadeq Ansari | The role of 'aql in matn (content) criticism in the works of Abu Ja'far Tahawi |
| Ensar Cutahija | Mystical Approach to the Qur’anic Story of Prophet Isa (Jesus) through the Exegesis Ruh al Bayan by Ismail Haqqi Bursawi |
| David Drennan | Beyond Flexibility in Fatwas: Engaging Power, Progress, and Modernity in Islamic Thought |
| Sarkhan Gasimov | The influence of al-Ghazali's works on Abraham bin Maimonides regarding God, universe and human soul through his mysticism. |
| Ahmed Ikramullah | The Global Issue of Moonsighting; Sighting vs Calculation, A critical Evaluation |
| Leila Khaled | How effective is ISRE (Muslim scripture) in making better Muslims and better citizens? |
| Carol Mroue | Psychological Trauma of domestic violence and an Islamic perspective on healing: A case study of Australian Muslim women. |