Research Expertise
There is a diverse array of research undertaken within the Faculty of Arts and Education, ensuring we have supervisors with a broad scope of expertise.
To find a specific area of interest, just start typing your topic in the search box. If you are a CSU Staff Member, you can also view a slide show/pdf of the broad range of work and research interests by staff in the Faculty of Arts and Education.
| Name | Content Expertise | Methods Expertise | Discipline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alexander, Dr Donald School of Communication and Creative Industries |
Organisational communication internal and external); Public Relations; technology and communication; leadership and management communication; communication curricula development | content analysis; case studies | |
| Uniacke, Prof Suzanne School of Humanities and Social Sciences |
Applied philosophy; ethics; philosophy of law; social and political philosophy | Philosophy | |
| Bacchus, Ruth |
Literature; literary theory; reflective pedagogy; colonialism and post coloniality; especially India/South Asia; identity; subjectivity; feminism; post-structuralism; gender; sexuality; youth; childhood | ||
| Bell, Karen School of Humanities and Social Sciences |
Post-conventional social work theory; gender; social justice; ecological social work; psychosocial aspects of assisted reproduction; rural health; rural service delivery; women's health; qualitative research; social work education; international social work and international mobility programs; | ||
| Bowker, Sam School of Communication and Creative Industries |
Research methods in art history and curatorship; learning in museum/ gallery contexts; portraiture and self-portraiture; war art; khayamiya (Egyptian tentmaker applique); Australian art; travelling artists; orientalism; anonymity in art history; tourist art; ancient art; nineteenth-century European art; Islamic art and architecture | ||
| Brain, Matt School of Theology |
Ministry; youth and children's ministry; mission; biblical theology | Construction Grammar; Functional Grammar; narrative theory; poetic analysis; metaphor theory | |
| Campbell, Tom School of Humanities and Social Sciences |
Political and legal philosophy; bioethics; global justice; human rights; business ethics | ||
| Candusso, Damian School of Communication and Creative Industries |
Sound; Sound Design; Sound Production; Film; Film Production; Spatialisation Surround Sound; Film technology; Documentary; Interactivity; Immersion; Virtual Reality; Augmented Reality; Music; 3D; 3-D; Cinema; Music Technology; Music Production; Screen; Television; Games; Sonification | ||
| Carroll, Dr Mary Information Studies |
Information infrastructure; Access and equity; Education in work place; Vocational education and higher education; Libraries and their role in the community; Libraries as social and cultural institutions; Impact of outside agencies particularly philanthropic agencies on the Australian education landscape | ||
| Clarke, Dr Deb Teacher Education |
Curriculum design; Community of practice; Legitimate peripheral participation; Bourdieu; Curriculum change; Practice-based education; Work-based learning; Authentic assessment; Health Literacy; Young People's Mental Health | ||
| Cohen, Daniel School of Humanities and Social Sciences |
Free will; moral responsibility; self-control; ethical theory; population ethics | analytic philosophy | Philosophy |
| Crichton, Merrilyn School of Humanities and Social Sciences |
Rural sociology; water politics and social equity; rural and regional mental health; rural social inequality; rural communities; qualitative social research; Bourdieu | ||
| Clarke, Dr Stephen School of Humanities and Social Sciences |
Applied Ethics; Medical Ethics; Professional Ethics; Philosophy of Science; Philosophy of the Social Sciences; Moral Psychology; Philosophy of Religion; Conscientious Objection; Human Enhancement; Cognitive Bias; Cognitive Science of Religion; Tolerance; Religion and Violence; Conspiracy Theories | Analytic Philosophy; Naturalistic Philosophy; Empirically Informed Philosophy | Philosophy |
| Dalgarno, Prof Barney School of Education |
ICTs and learning; Interactivity and cognition; Virtual worlds; Technology and teaching practice; Technology and teacher education; Educating the 'net generation' | Mixed methods research; Case studies; Experimental research; Survey research; Quantitative and qualitative analysis | |
| Danaia, Dr Lena Teacher Education |
Science education; Astronomy education; Teacher education; Transition (primary to high school and high school to tertiary); Teacher professional learning; Classroom practice; Curriculum development | ||
| Davidson, Dr Christina School of Education |
Digital literacies; Young children's social interactions at home and in educational contexts | Conversation analysis; Phenomenography; Interpretive phenomenological analysis; Ethnomethodology | |
| Douglas, Brian |
Anglican theology; Anglican sacramental theology; especially Eucharistic theology; interfaith dialogue | ||
| Edwards-Groves, Dr Christine School of Education |
Literacy practices; Explicit teaching; Interaction; Professional development; Professional learning; Multiliteracies; Technoliteracies; Digital literacies; Practice architectures; Student voice; Multimodal writing processes | Ethnomethodology | |
| Fell, Bruce School of Communication and Creative Industries |
Media Literacy. Storytelling. Climate Change | Hermeneutics. Phenomenology | |
| Fenton, Dr Angela School of Education |
Early childhood education and care; Strengths approaches; Child protection; Health and safety; Child development; Emotional development; Capacity building; Parent-Educator partnerships; Children with complex needs; Resilience and well-being; Teacher education | Cross discipline approaches | |
| Garrison, Dr Kasey Information Studies |
Educational information services; Teacher librarianship; Academic libraries and libraries in educational settings; Children's and youth literature; Storytelling; e-learning and information literacies in educational contexts (schools and higher education); Educational informatics | ||
| Gottschall, Dr Kristina Indigenous Australian Studies |
Cultural studies; Subjectivity (gender; childhood; Indigenous); Post-structuralism; Post-colonialism; Feminist theory | Visual and textual analysis; Discourse analysis; Alternative research methods | |
| Gray, Ian School of Humanities and Social Sciences |
Rural community; sustainability; transport; regionalism | ||
| Spence, Dr Edward School of Humanities and Social Sciences |
Media Ethics; Digital Ethics; Philosophy and Ethics of Information; Philosophy and Ethics of Artificial Intelligence and Robotics; Philosophy and Ethics of Computer Games; Philosophy and Ethics of Technology; Media Corruption; Corruption; Hellenistic and Roman Ethics; Philosophy and Ethics through Performance | ||
| Haire, James ACCC |
Contextual theology; Asian Christian theology; Pacific Christian theology; Public Christian theology; interaction between Asian Christian theology and the theologies of other Asian religions; inter-religious dialogue; inter-religious reconciliation and peacemaking; Muslim-Christian dialogue; Muslim-Christian interaction; Pauline theology | ||
| Harrison, Prof Linda Teacher Education |
Early childhood education and care; Infant-toddler learning; Development and wellbeing; Assessment of quality in ECEC; Application of attachment theory to ECEC | Longitudinal research; Quantitative research methodologies | |
| Havea, Jione School of Theology |
Old Testament studies; biblical criticism; cultural studies; island hermeneutics; critical theories; Pacific theologies; talanoa theories | ||
| Hider, A/Prof Philip Information Studies |
Information organisation; Information retrieval; Information architecture; Online information behaviour; Informetrics; Valuation of library and information services; LIS education | Questionnaire surveys; transaction log analysis; usability/protocol analysis; content analysis; contingent valuation and choice modelling | |
| Higgins, Vaughan School of Humanities and Social Sciences |
Sociology of agriculture and food; environmental governance; sociology of science and technology; sociology of risk | ||
| Jenks, Gregory School of Theology |
Biblical archaeology; history of ancient Israel; Second Temple Judaism; Christian origins; Historical Jesus; the role of the Bible in progressive Christianity | ||
| Kennan, Dr Mary Anne Information Studies |
E-research; Data management; Scholarly communication; Information openness; E-participation; Informed participation | Interpretivist approaches; qualitative research methods; Actor-network theory; content analyses | |
| Langat, Dr Kiprono School of Education |
Teacher education; Workplace learning and development; International education; Critical pedagogy; Socio-cultural studies | Ethnographic research; Case study; Critical discourse analysis | |
| Letts, Dr Will Teacher Education |
Science education; Cultural studies of science education; Gender and sexuality in schooling; Teacher education theory and practice | ethnographic methods; queer theory; feminist poststructuralism | |
| Liu, Dr Jianxin (Richard) Teacher Education |
TESOL; New learning; Multimodality and multimodal assessment; Gender and masculinity studies; Cultural studies; China and Chinese studies; Post-structural and postcolonial theories | ||
| Jefferson-Buchanan, Dr Rachael School of Education |
Physical education (early childhood; primary and secondary); fundamental movement skills; dance education; dance analysis and criticism; dance and gender; dance anthropology; creative arts; the body; research on yoga in education; mindfulness; resilience; health and well-being; teacher education and professional development; international education; assessment in education; curriculum design; special educational needs | Qualitative research methods; genealogical approaches; poststructuralism | Physical education; dance; special educational needs; health; research on yoga in education |
| Liu, Dr Ying-Hsang Information Studies |
Interactive information retrieval; Organisation of information and knowledge resources; User-centred design and evaluation of information retrieval systems | ||
| Luck, Prof Morgan School of Humanities and Social Sciences |
Philosophy of religion; metaphysics; new and alternative religious movements; video game ethics | Analytical Philosophy | Philosophy |
| MacDonald, Dr Amy School of Education |
Early childhood mathematics education; Primary mathematics education; Mathematics curriculum and pedagogy; Transitions to school; Researching with children; Children's drawings; Representations; Ecological theory; Bronfenbrenner; Prior-to-school and out-of-school contexts; Early childhood STEM education; Professional development for early choldhood educators | ||
| MacKenzie, Dr Noella School of Education |
Writing acquisition; Writing processes; Writing instruction; Early years literacy; Literacy education; Early reading instruction; Transition; Teacher morale; Teacher status; Teaching awards | Qualitative | |
| Masterman-Smith, Helen |
Environmental sociology; sociology of animals; critical animal studies; sociology of work; labour history; political economy; social movement | ||
| McFarland, Dr Laura School of Education |
Early childhood education; Parenting; Parent-educator relationships; Teacher-child relationships; Families; Birth-two education and care; Attachment; Parental well-being and mental health | Quantitative and mixed methodologies | |
| McKinnon, Jennifer ILWS |
Social work; environment; social work field education; social impacts of climate change | ||
| McLeod, Prof Sharynne Teacher Education |
Speech-language pathology; Early childhood; Speech; Multilingual | ||
| Mlcek, Susan School of Humanities and Social Sciences |
Rural community development; community management; Indigenous ideas and issues; including cross-cultural competencies; volunteering; social capital; cultural capital; human services delivery; narratives from social work and human services; societal issues; for example: social inclusion of homeless people; marginalisation and isolation of refugees and migrants; sociology of education | ||
| Murray, Dr Libbey Teacher Education |
Early childhood; Transition to school; School adjustment; Kindergarten; Starting school; Learning readiness; Including children in research; Teacher-child relationships; Classroom quality | ||
| Lymn, Dr Jessie Information Studies |
Collections; especially zines and other DIY and community collections; Archival practices; LGBTQI+ considerations in information studies; Research data management | Qualitative research methods; Ethnography & autoethnography; Discourse analysis; Narrative; Queer theory & scavenger methods | |
| Myers, Ben School of Theology |
Systematic theology; history of Christian doctrine; patristic theology; contemporary theology; feminism and gender in systematic theology; Augustine; Origen; Karl Barth; Dietrich Bonhoeffer; theology of the Uniting Church in Australia | ||
| Neville, David School of Theology |
New Testament Theology; Gospels; Hermeneutics; Scripture and Ethics; Scripture and Public Theology | ||
| Ogden, Steven |
Gender and sexuality; the body; theological anthropology; theologies of power and freedom | ||
| Overton, Neil School of Communication and Creative Industries |
Drawing; art history and visual culture; art theory; art prizes; drawing-to-design; art reviews; novelists; theatre history; film history; animation; performance art; gender; issues in contemporary art; drawing exhibition practice; newspaper illustration; cartooning; visual journalism; Surrealist poetry; fine art; creative industries; photohistories; biography; interviews; writing for the arts; curator | ||
| Owens, Dr Kay Teacher Education |
Mathematics education particularly transitions in culture and early childhood education; Geometry and measurement education; Visuospatial reasoning; Ethnomathematics; Evaluation research; Indigenous education particularly in Papua New Guinea and Australia; Curriculum evaluation; Human society and environmental education studies; Integrating ICTs in schools | Mixed methods; Quantitative; Qualitative research | |
| Pawar, Manohar School of Humanities and Social Sciences |
Social work and social policy; international social work; social development; social consequences of climate change and water; social work education; informal care and ageing; community development | ||
| Press, A/Prof Frances School of Education |
Early childhood education; Policy; Leadership; Integrated early year's services; ECEC workforce | ||
| Qayyum, Dr Asim Information Studies |
Human computer/document interaction; Digital libraries; Information and knowledge management; User needs; Information practices | ||
| Ragusa, Dr Angela Humanities and Social Sciences |
Social change; problems; inequality - class; gender; culture; sexuality; institutional and attitudinal change; environmental sociology; media; communication studies; leisure; work; materialism/consumerism; land use; migration; post-productivism; tree/sea-change; political sociology; social movements; social control/power; mental health; sociology of science; technology; | Qualitative; quantiative; interviews; surveys; discourse/content analysis; critical; poststructural theory | |
| Rush, Dr Emma Humanities and Social Sciences |
Environmental ethics; professional ethics; sexualisation of children. | Philosophical analysis | |
| Jamali, Dr Hamid R. Information Studies |
Human information behaviour; health information; Scholarly communication; scientometrics | Quantitative methods; Statistics; Mixed-methods design; Qualitative data analysis | |
| Segal, Alex School of Humanities and Social Sciences |
Literary theory; literature and philosophy; modernism; romanticism; poststructuralism | ||
| Simmons, Peter School of Communication and Creative Industries |
Organisational communication; internal and external; Principles for professional communication of fairness and legitimacy; Human perspectives on coexistence with non-human animals; Strategies and tactics for communicating the future. | Social media analysis; Surveys; questionnaires; interviews; vignettes | |
| Smith, Dr David School of Education |
Online learning; Learning design; Educational leadership; Technology assisted pedagogy; Mobile learning; Information literacy and practice | Mixed methods | |
| Sumsion, Prof Jennifer . |
Early childhood education and care (ECEC) policy; Professional practice and teacher education; Quality in ECEC; Integrated services and inter-professional practice; Feminist critical and poststructuralist perspectives; Deleuze | Quantitative and mixed methods | |
| Thompson, Dr Kim Information Studies |
Socio-cultural information studies; Information access; Information poverty; Usability analysis; Information society | ||
| Van Duinen, Jared School of Humanities and Social Sciences |
Imperialism; colonialism; sports history; British empire; transnationalism; social and cultural history; historiography; history theory; Anglo-Australian history | ||
| Vigliante, Dr Tace Teacher Education |
Social justice education; Anti-racism education; Indigenous studies in higher/teacher education; Philosophy for and with children; Philosophical and ethical inquiry in teacher education; Capabilities Approach in education; Society and Environment (social studies) education | ||
| Wong, Dr Sandie Teacher Education |
Early childhood education; Inter-professional practices; History of early childhood; Participatory collaborative strengths-based evaluation and research; Historiography; Early Childhood workforce | ||
| Woodward, Margaret Faculty of Arts |
Communication design; heritage interpretation design; creative regions; creative industries; creative practice; publishing as art practice; souvenirs and tourism communication | ||
| Yi, Dr Zhixian Information Studies |
Management and leadership for information professionals; Change management; Knowledge management; Marketing techniques; Information needs and use; Digital libraries; Information technology use | Quantitative and qualitative data analysis | |
| Aernie, Jeff School of Theology |
Gospel of Mark; Greek linguistics; Pauline Epistles (esp Corinthian correspondence); Pauline Theology | ||
| Zundans-Fraser, Dr Lucie Teacher Education |
Inclusive education; Special education; Gifted education; Course design; Curriculum design; Collaborative practice; Higher education | Qualitative research methods; Design-based research | |
| Afzal, Dr Waseem Information Studies |
Human information behaviour; Information and knowledge management; Information communities | ||
| Anstey, Matthew School of Theology |
Biblical Hebrew language and linguistics; Hebrew Bible/Old Testament; Biblical narrative; lament; homiletics. |
Adjunct Supervisors
The Faculty of Arts and Education would like to acknowledge the important contributions that its adjunct staff make, usually without financial compensation, to the supervision of many of our research students. A list of adjunct supervisors of research students in the Faculty of Arts and Education follows.
- Dr Peter Adams
- Dr Jill Fenton-Taylor
- Dr Anne Lloyd
- Dr Donna Mathewson-Mitchell
- Professor David McKinnon
- Dr Doreen Rorrison
- Dr Peter Rushbrook
- Professor Ninetta Santoro
- Dr Ross Todd
- Dr Umar Umangay
- Dr Kirsty Williamson