Research experts

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.

Name Content Expertise Methods ExpertiseDiscipline
Aernie, Jeff

School of Theology

New Testament Theology; Gospel of Mark; Greek linguistics; Pauline Epistles and Theology Narrative Criticism; Theological Interpretation Biblical Studies
Afzal, Waseem

School  of Information and Communication Studies

Information behaviour; Information and Extremism; Public Library Services Multiple Regression Analysis; Structural Equation Modelling; Factor Analysis; Instrument development and validation; and Content Analysis Information Science
Ansari, Masheed

Centre for Islamic Studies and Civilisation

History of Islam and Muslims in Australia; Oral History & Migration History; Transnational and Transcultural Islamic Movements; Islamic Sacred Texts & Theology; The history of Islamic Thought, Spirituality and Culture; South Asian Studies; Middle Eastern Studies; Islamic Studies & Religion & Society.   

Armour, Josephine

School of Theology

Ecclesiology; Sacraments; Ministry   Systematic Theology
Bacchus, Ruth

School of Social Work and Arts

Children's Literature, Young Adult Literature, Colonial and post colonial studies, Pedagogies, Creative Writing Textual analysis, discourse analysis, qualitative social science methods English

Bain, Alan

School of Education

Inclusive Education- learning and Behaviour foci; Inclusive Schools; Educational Technology; Educational Productivity Research; Teaching and Learning  (School and University); Teacher Preparation; School and Higher Education Reform and Improvement; School Organisation Qualitative and Quantitative research approaches; Evaluation Research Inclusive Education; Teacher Education; School Learning; Educational Technology
Bell,  Karen

School of Social Work and Arts

Post-conventional social work theory; gender; social justice; epistemic 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/international social work; global social work Qualitative methods Social Work
Boetto, Heather

School of Social Work and Arts

Environmental justice; disaster resilience; environmental social work practice and education; gender; international social work Qualitative methods Social work
Bousfield, Kellie
School of Education
Educational inequality; Standardised Testing; Social Class; Neoliberalism and Education; Sociology of Childhood; Parenting Cultures; Teaching Status; Education Policy; Social Justice Qualitative research approaches Sociology; Education
Bowker,  Sam

School of Social Work and Arts

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; visual cultures Object-centered analysis; provenance and art historiography; visual analysis (formal, comparative, iconographic, semiotic and reception theories); postcolonial frameworks; subaltern or vernacular studies, as well as archival research and ethnographic studies Art History & Visual Culture

Bowles, Wendy

School of Social Work and Arts

Social work practice scholarship, social work research methods, practitioner research, ethics, disability, ecological social work, scholarship of field education (Work Integrated learning) Qualitative  methods, social work research methods Social work

Bridges, Donna

School of Social Work and Arts

Gender theory; Gender and work; feminist theory; military sociology; resilience at work. Qualitative methodology; cooperative inquiry; feminist methods. Sociology

Brown, Lachlan

School of Social Work and Arts

Contemporary Australian Literature; Creative Writing (poetry); Poetry and Poetics; Transnational Literature; Literature and Theology, Asian-Australian Writing; Literature and the Suburbs; Literature and Computer Games Poetics, Creative Practice, Textual Analysis, Cross-Disciplinary approaches to English, Post-Colonial Analysis, English/ Creative Writing
Cameron, David
School of Information and Communication Studies
Communication; digital media; video games; journalism; drama in education; social media; media production; technology in higher education; digital arts cultures Qualitative and mixed method; ethnography & autoethnography; multimodal; practice-based research; case studies, action research Communication; Media Production; Journalism; Drama and Technology
Campbell, Heather
School of Education
History teaching, Teacher professional identity, cultural awareness Qualitative Teacher education
Carroll,  Mary

School  of Information and Communication Studies

Information infrastructure and architecture; Vocational education and LIS education; Libraries and their role in the community; Libraries as social and cultural institutions;  cultural diplomacy and libraries, Library History Critical historical methods, mixed methods, thematic analysis Education, history , LIS
Cash, Belinda

School of Social Work and Arts

Informal care giving; spousal care; rural service provision; social policy; ageing in rural areas; mental health and well being Qualitative research; multiple methods; focus groups; interviews; critical discourse analysis; thematic analysis Social work; critical social gerontology
Cheetham, Jock

School of Information and Communication Studies
Creative non-fiction/literary journalism/feature writing; memoir/life writing/storytelling; ethics of representation; religious persecution in Indonesia; East Timor media. Qualitative research; autoethnography; memoir. Journalism; Communication; Media Production

Chen, Ruiwen

School of Theology

China Studies Sociology of Religion; Historiography Church History

Cheung, Sau Ching

School of Theology

Digital Humanities Research; Information Technology Library Sciences

Chida, Ignatius

School of Social Work and Arts

Migration and ageing issues for first generation migrants particularly from Sub-Saharan Africa; settlement experiences for skilled migrants in rural and regional Australia; Developing cross-cultural competence; Ageing and Informal care giving Qualitative methods - Phenomenology Social Work and Human Services

Chong, Chee Min

School of Theology

Old Testament Textual Criticism Biblical Studies
Clarke,  Stephen

School of Social Work and Arts

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  
Cohen,  Daniel

School of Social Work and Arts

Free will; moral responsibility; self-control; ethical theory; population ethics analytic philosophy  
Coruh,  Hakan

Centre for Islamic Studies and Civilisation

Medieval Exegesis of the Qur’an (Classical tafsir)
Modern Qur’an Exegesis (Modern tafsir)
Contemporary Islamic thought
Islamic Legal Theories (usul al-fiqh) and Jurisprudence (fiqh)
Islamic Ethics (Akhlaq) (Medieval to Modern)
Islamic theology (Kalam)
Classics (on philosophical ethics and spirituality in Medieval period Islamic, Christian, and Jewish literature)
Comparative Theology and Interfaith relations
Nursian Studies
Qualitative research methods  
Cox, Roslyn

School of Information and Communication Studies
Communication: strategic communication, crisis communication, organisational communication, research methods, social media, paracrisis, writing, media. Qualitative research: Integrative Literature Review; Discourse Analysis; Coding (Concept and Theoretical); Phenomenological Analysis and Representation Communication, Strategy, Research
Craig, Marie-Louise

School of Theology

Hebrew Linguistics; Hebrew and Greek Language; Old Testament/Hebrew Bible Lexicography; Narrative Criticism in Old Testament/Hebrew Bible Biblical Studies
Crichton,  Merrilyn

School of Social Work and Arts

Rural mental health, human rights, rural health, lived experience of health and wellbeing, community wellbeing, politics of water and drought, social construction of water and drought, rural social inequality qualitative research, ethnography, conversation analysis, discourse analysis, ethnomethodology, post structural epistemologies, oral history, narrative research, applied research Sociology
Cumming, Tamara

School of Education

Early childhood education and care; early childhood educators; early childhood practice and politics; well-being; workforce sustainability; policy Qualitative and post-structural methodologies  
Curham, Louise
 
School of Infomation and Communication Studies
Audiovisual heritage, archives, records, media art archiving, embodied knowledge Practice-led research, case study, and ethnography Archives, audiovisual archives, media art
Danaia,  Lena

School of Education
Science education; Astronomy education; Teacher education; Transition (primary to high school and high school to tertiary); Teacher professional learning; Classroom practice; Curriculum development   
Daniel, Graham

School of Education

Family School Partnerships; Children's experience of schooling; Early childhood research; Teacher Education Qualitative methods; (Phenomenology; Discourse analysis; Case study research); Quantitative methods Education; Primary Education; Early Childhood Education
Davidson,  Christina

School of Education

Digital literacies; Literacies; Young children’s social interactions; Classroom interactions Ethnomethodology; Conversation analysis Education
Daylight, Russell

School of Social Work and Arts

Language, democracy, children's literature, semiotics, continental philosophy Qualitative, quantitative, discourse analysis English
De Luca, Wendy
School of Education
Vocational Education & Training Grounded Theory Adult and Vocational Education

Devasagayam, Gethzi

School of Theology

Old Testament/Hebrew Bible; Prophets; Wisdom Literature; Biblical Hebrew; Biblical Hermeneutics Biblical Criticisms: Historical, literary, narrative, feminist; Dalit hermeneutics Biblical Studies
Doherty, Bernard

School of Theology

Church history; Patristics; History of religions; new and alternative religious movements; world religions; religion and media; sociology of religion; Australian history   Church History; Theology
Douglas,  Brian

School of Theology

Anglican theology; Anglican sacramental theology; especially Eucharistic theology; interfaith dialogue   Theology

Duncombe, Rohena

School of Social Work and Arts

Anxiety, online study/engagement, homelessness, health service delivery Qualitative, inclusive and action  research Social Work
Edwards-Groves,  Christine

School of Education

Classroom Interaction, Literacy teaching, Dialogic Pedagogies, Professional learning Conversation Analysis, thematic analysis, discourse analysis Education
Elwick, Sheena

School of Education

Participatory research with early childhood professionals and children; Early years curriculum, assessment, and practice (prior-to-school and primary school settings); infant/toddler practice and pedagogy; early childhood education policy and funding; child development; teachers’ professional development (prior-to-school and primary school settings); early years mathematics education; Merleau-Ponty’s philosophy.

Qualitative and mixed-methods research approaches and analysis including using visual research methodologies; philosophical-empirical inquiry; phenomenology; assessment tool design and implementation; Delphi Panels; survey design and implementation; interview design and implementation; Time-Use Diaries; Language Inventories; Temperament and personality questionnaires; observation and development of coding systems; Classroom Assessment Scoring System (Class)-Infant and CLASS-Toddler. Early Childhood Education (Birth-8)

Ergi, Omer Atilla

Centre for Islamic Studies and Civilisation

Islamic Theology, Kalam, Creed, the Quran and hadith. Theological interpretations, philosophical analysis, comparative analysis of formative, classical and modern Islamic theology, hermeneutics of the Quranic expressions. Islamic Sciences
Erskine, Victoria

School of Information and Communication Studies
Strategic communication; public relations; organisational communication; media; wellbeing in communication practice; leadership communication Qualitative and emerging mixed methods; thematic analysis. Communication; Communication Management;Media Studies
Fenton,  Angela

School of Education

Child Development, Child Protection, Early Childhood, Strengths Approaches to Education Qualitative methods, Embedded Case studies, Strengths approaches Education - Early Childhood
Foulcher, Jane

School of Theology

Monastic Theology, Christian Spirituality, Christian Mystical traditions   Theology
Francisco, Susanne

School of Education

Workplace learning; Professional Learning/Professional Development; Adult and vocational education; Leading Vocational Education and Training (VET) pedagogy Case studies; The theory of practice architectures (analytical and theoretical framework); Action research Adult and vocational education; Education
Gagen-Spriggs, Krystal
School of Information and Communication Studies
Teacher Librarianship; Education; School Libraries; reading for pleasure Qualitative research; case studies Information Studies; Education
Garner, Jane

School of Information and Communication Studies

Libraries and their role in correctional facilities; libraries and their role in the community; information poverty; access and equity; library services to the disadvantaged and underserved, library social work Qualitative research; phenomenology; literature analysis; case studies; qualitative interviewing Information Studies
Garrison,  Kasey

School of Information and Communication Studies

Teacher librarianship; Children's and youth literature; Social justice issues in youth literature; inquiry learning; collections; information literacy in primary and secondary schools; role of teacher librarians Qualitative methods; content analysis; phenomenology Education, Information Studies
Gates-Stuart, Eleanor

School  of Information and Communication Studies

Creative Industries; SciArts; Visual Arts; Digital Video and Print Media; Interactive technologies – museum Installation; Science Communication Cross-Disciplinary methods; Practice-led research; Interdisciplinary practice; Science-arts visual communication; Exhibition and Museum Installation, Models of Practice, Experiential Materials and Installation Creative Industries; Communication; Science-Arts; Visualisation, Interactive arts; Innovation Practice
Gibson, Suzie School of Social Work and Arts 19th, 20th and 21st Australia, American and English Literature, Critical Theory, Literary Theory, Film and TV Studies, Popular Culture and Cultural Studies, Writing and Publishing Close Textual Analysis, Analytical Methodologies, Comparative Textual Approaches, Application of Critical Theory with Literary Textual Forms (including Screen Texts). English
Gladwin, Michael
School of Theology
Religious, cultural and intellectual history of Australia; Religious history of Britain and the British Empire; History of colonialism and Christian missions; War and religion in Australian history Historical Research and Methods; Prosopography and Critical Biographical History; Intellectual History Church History
Gottschall,  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  
Harvey, Robin

School of Social Work and Arts

Social Gerontology education; Mental health and ageing; Health promotion with older people; Age-friendly communities Auto-ethnography Gerontology
Hider,  Philip

School of Information and Communication 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 Information Studies
Holland, Jonathan
School of Theology
Anglican Church History (esp. 20th century; Biography (Bp Philip Strong); Liturgy   Church History; Practical Theology; Biblical Studies
Holland, Travis

School of Information and Communication Studies

Fan studies; digital media; television; communication; higher education pedagogy; space studies; social media; science communication Content analysis; Social network analysis; Media studies; Case studies; Interviews Communication; Media Studies
Hyndman, Brendon

School of Education

Social Media and Educational Technologies; Active Play and Exploration; Physical Education Across Sectors (Primary, Secondary & Tertiary Education); School Environmental Influences; School Climate Protection; Social-Ecological Model; Physical Activity Participation; School Playground Strategies Quantitative Methods; Qualitative Methods; Questionnaire Development; Direct Observation; Intervention Research; Document Analysis; Student-Centred Approaches; Leximancer Personal Development, Health and Physical Education; Teacher Education; Education Across Sectors (Primary, Secondary & Tertiary Education)
Iner,  Derya

Centre for Islamic Studies and Civilisation

Islamophobia; Muslims in the West and Australia; Religiosity; Women in Islam and Muslim societies; Early 20th century intellectual debates in the Muslim world and its extension today; Early 20th century Muslim Women history Interdisciplinary study; mixed methods (Questionnaire surveys and interviews); archival research in early periodicals; research in Ottoman archives  
Jamali,  Hamid R.

School of Information and Communication Studies
Scholarly communication, research evaluation, publishing, information behaviour, user studies, libraries Quantitative methods; Statistics; Mixed-methods design; Qualitative data analysis Information Science
Jefferson-Buchanan, Rachael

School of Education
Physical Education; Fundamental Movement Skills; Creative Arts; Dance; Health and Wellbeing; Yoga/Mindfulness in Education; International Education;  Constructions of the Body (e.g. Gender, Class); Foucault; Pedagogy; Curriculum. Qualitative Methods; Genealogy (particularly in respect of curriculum and policy documents). Personal Development, Health and Physical Education; Dance; Special Educational Needs; Teacher Education (primary & secondary).
Jones, Gareth
School of Theology
Christian Doctrine; Hermeneutics Philosophy; Theology Theology
Jones, Matthew
School of Theology
Global Christianity; Theology Research Methodology Theology
Kater, John
School of Theology
Ethics; Ministry; Anglicanism Quantitative Methods Theology
Keskin,  Zuleyha

Centre for Islamic Studies and Civilisation

Contemporary Islamic Studies; Islamic Spirituality; Radicalisation Theological methods; Content analysis Islamic Studies
Kline, Peter
School of Theology
Systematic Theology; Soren Kierkegaard; Negative/Apophatic theology; Continental Philosophy; Critical Race Theory; Feminist Theology   Systematic Theology
Lam, Chun Wai
School Theology
Liturgy Textual Preparation Theology
Lamping, Sally

School of Education

Literacy: Adolescent and late primary; literacy acquisition among students with previously interrupted access to formal education; English education; critical and participatory literacy; critical pedagogy, metacognition, and teacher leadership; embedded literacy instruction in STEM programs; Montessori; Project Based Learning; culturally sustaining literacy pedagogies Qualitative; Participatory Action Research; Cross Discipline Approaches Literacy; English Education; Educational Leadership
Langat,  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, Will
School of Education
Science education; Cultural studies of science education; Gender and sexuality in schooling; Teacher education theory and practice ethnographic methods; queer theory; feminist post-structuralism  
Lewis, Robert

School of Social Work and Arts

Acting, voice and movement Voice and speech; Accents and dialects; Actor training; Directing for performance; Integrative practices; Performance making Acting and Performance
Lim, Chin Ming (Stephen)
School of Theology
Biblical Hermeneutics; Hebrew Ideological Criticism; Textual Criticism Biblical Studies
Liu,  Jianxin (Richard)
School of Education
TESOL; New learning; Multimodality and multimodal assessment; Gender and masculinity studies; Cultural studies; China and Chinese studies; Post-structural and postcolonial theories   
Logan, Helen 
School of Education
Early Childhood Education; quality; policy and policy history; educator well-being; leadership and pedagogical practice Qualitative research methods; discourse analysis; elite interviews; mixed methods design  
Luck, Morgan

School of Social Work and Arts

Philosophy of religion; metaphysics; new and alternative religious movements; video game ethics Analytical Philosophy Philosophy
MacDonald,  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 childhood educators   
Mackenzie,  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  
Mahony, Linda
School of Education
Teacher practice; teacher education; emotional wellbeing; families with complex needs; early childhood education; early childhood workforce; initial teacher education professional experience; literacy Qualitative methods; interview technique; Grounded Theory Education
Mansourian, Yazdan

School of Information and Communication Studies

Human Information Behaviour; Information Activities in Serious Leisure; The Joy of Information; Everyday Life Information Seeking; Information Grounds; Information Visibility/Invisibility; Information Literacy and Information Society Qualitative methods; Grounded Theory; Ethnography; Thematic Analysis; Phenomenology; Discourse Analysis; Case Studies and Action Research Information Science
Masterman-Smith, Helen

School of Social Work and Arts
Environmental sociology; sociology of animals; critical animal studies; sociology of work; labour history; political economy; social movement   
Mathews, Jeanette

School of Theology

Old Testament/Hebrew Bible; Biblical Performance Criticism; Biblical Hermeneutics; Hebrew language Performance Criticism; Historical critical methods of biblical interpretation; literary interpretation of the bible; advocacy interpretation of the bible Theology; Biblical Studies
Mathieson, Ruth
School of Theology
Gospels (especially Gospel of Matthew) Socio-Rhetorical Interpretation (SRI); Narrative, Perspective, Intertexture, Ideological (especially Feminist and Postcolonial), and Socio-Scientific Analysis Biblical Studies
Mawson, Michael

School of Theology
Systematic Theology; Dietrich Bonhoeffer; Ecclesiology; Martin Luther; Disability Theology; History of Ethics; Phenomenology   Systematic Theology and Ethics
McFarland,  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; early childhood environmental sustainability   
McLeod,  Sharynne

School of Education

Speech-language pathology; Early childhood; Speech; Multilingual   
Mlcek,  Susan

School of Social Work and Arts

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   
Moorhead, Bernadette

School of Social Work and Arts

Professional identity; newly qualified social work; early career social work; social work education; study abroad/international mobility programs; phenomenology; qualitative research Phenomenology; interpretive phenomenological analysis; qualitative research methods; interpretivist approaches Social work and human services
Munday, Jennifer

School of Education

Creative Arts (Music, Visual Art, Drama, Dance, Media Art); Theatre Arts. Early Childhood Arts & Technology. Reflective practice; ePortfolio creation and processes. The T and A in STEAM and the T in STEM. Qualitative methods; Arts-based research including Crystallisation; Bricolage; Ethnotheatre. Theatre Arts; Creative Arts; Technology; Online Learning
Murphy, Steve

School of Education
STEM education, Mathematics and science education, student engagement and motivation, rural schools and rural education. Mixed methods, statistical analysis, case study, basic content and interpretative thematic analysis. STEM education
Murray,  Libbey

School of Education

Early childhood; Transition to school; School adjustment; Kindergarten; Starting school; Learning readiness; Including children in research; Teacher-child relationships; Classroom quality   
Neville,  David

School of Theology

New Testament Theology; Gospels; Biblical Hermeneutics; Scripture and Ethics; Scripture and Public Theology Methods appropriate to the study of biblical literature, including historical, literary, and theological modes of analysis Biblical Studies

O'Connor, Michelle

School of Information and Communication Studies

Radio; Sound Studies; Podcast Studies; Communication; Media Production Qualitative methods; Creative Practice as Research; Case Study; Textual Analysis; Interviews Communication; Media Studies

Oddone, Kay

School of Information and Communication Studies

Teacher Librarianship; Networked Learning; Social media; Personal Learning Networks; Digital pedagogies; Critical digital literacy; Open education; Information Literacies in education contexts Qualitative methods; Case studies; Thematic analysis; Qualitative interviewing Information Studies; Education
Ogden, Steven

School of Theology
Systematic Theology; Public Theology; Church and Power; Violence and Masculinity; Michel Foucault, Judith Butler and Post-structuralism Systematic Theology; Theorisation; Conceptual Critique; Interrelated Strategies of Theology, Philosophy, Political philosophy, and Sociology Theology
Owens, Kay

School of 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  
Ozalp, Mehmet

Centre for Islamic Studies and Civilisation

Islam in the West: Islam and West relations, intercultural and interfaith dialogue, social cohesion/multiculturalism in Australian and in the West, Islamophobia, radicalisation, citizenship and integration; Muslim Youth in the West: Muslim youth identity and identity formation, Muslim youth issues in Western societies and in Australia; Islamic theology and its contemporary applications in public theology; Islamic classical and modern history including contemporary religious, cultural, political issues in the Middle East   
Pawar,  Manohar

School of Social Work and Arts

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 Qualitative Methods and Mixed MethodsSocial Work, Social Policy and Social Development
Pun, Oi Kuan (Odette)
School of Theology
Practical Theology   Practical Theology
Qayyum,  Asim

School of Information and Communication Studies

Library services/program evaluation, Human computer/document interaction; Information and knowledge management; User needs; Information practices Qualitative methods; Thematic analysis; Qualitative interviewing Information Studies; Education
Ragusa,  Angela

School of Social Work and Arts

Environmental Sociology; Media Studies, Advertising, & Communication; Cultural studies (animal studies, LGBTIQ); Social Inequality (class, gender, sexuality); Organisational Behaviour (institutional & individual change); Social Psychology (social/self-identity, attitudes); Human Geography (land use, migration, tree/sea-change); Social Control (power & deviance); STS (Sociology of Science & Technology) - education technologies, health/mental health; Leisure & work (materialism/consumerism) Qualitative & quantitative social research methods (discourse, content & narrative analysis; interviews; surveys; case studies)  
Randell-Moon, Holly

School of Indigenous Australian Studies

Indigenous media studies; critical race and whiteness studies; communications and new media; feminist media studies; education policy and the knowledge economy; cultural geography, creative cities, and digital infrastructure Critical and cultural theory; discourse analysis; textual analysis; case studies; ethnography - interviews; qualitative research – mixed methods; Indigenist methodologies  
Rees, Anthony
School of Theology
Old Testament; Pentateuch; Peace Studies Narrative Criticism; Postcolonial Criticism Biblical Studies
Robinson, Ian
School of Theology
Mission; Evangelism; Leadership   Practical Theology
Rush, Emma

School of Social Work and Arts

Social work and human services ethics, Professional ethics, Environmental ethics, Sexualisation of children Conceptual analysis, logical analysis, feminist approaches,
co-operative inquiry        
Philosophy
Sertkaya, Suleyman

Centre for Islamic Studies and Civilisation

Sirah of the Prophet (Biography of Prophet Muhammad) and Sirah Philosophy; Interpretation of Islamic Sacred Texts; Tafsir (Exegesis of the Qur’an) and Hadith (Prophetic Tradition); Islamic Theology; Radicalisation and Islam; Islam and Morality; Oral History, History of Islam and Muslims in Australia   
Short, Monica

School of Social Work and Arts
Reflexive methodologies e.g., co-operative inquiry; community work and groups; social work pedagogy, social work and Christian spirituality, religion, multidisciplinary inquiries and rurality Co-operative inquiry, mixed and collective auto-biographical auto-ethnography, case study, multidisciplinary investigations Social work
Smith, David Online learning; Learning design; Educational leadership; Technology assisted pedagogy; Mobile learning; Information literacy and practice Mixed methods  

Tait, Elizabeth

School of Information and Communication Studies

Information engagement in immersive environments; 3D visualisation; cultural analytics; digital transformation of arts and culture; digital curation; community archives Mixed methods, qualitative (inc. interviews, focus groups and narrative critical inquiry), quantitative including SEM, social network analysis (although it has been a while), Information Studies
Thomas, Cate
School of Social Work and Arts 
Intersectionality; diversity, inclusion and belonging; gender equity; social justice; social work and human service practice; social policy; rural issues; leadership; organisational development; Equity for women in STEM; government; child protection; disability; queer/LGBTIQA+ studiesQualitative and mixed methodsSocial Work and Human Services
Thomson, Cathy
School of Theology
Soteriology; Ecclesiology; Interface between Language and Theology; Reflective Practice. Critical Analysis; Qualitative, Quantitative and mixed methods Theology
Tinkler, Jacqueline
School of Education
Digital technologies and education, digital technologies in schools and higher education, online learning, and digital technologies in STEM Qualitative methods, case study, interpretive thematic analysis, and visual methods. Educational technologies

Totman, Sally

School of Social Work and Arts

History, Politics, and International Relations of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA);
The depiction of the MENA and its inhabitants in Hollywood film;
Political Leadership and Political Persona in the MENA; and
Teaching Political Science through online simulations and role-plays.
  History, Politics and International Relations of the Middle East and North Africa
Van Duinen, Jared

School of Social Work and Arts

Sports history; colonial/imperial history; cultural history; Australian history; history theory; early modern to modern era British and European history Qualitative historical methodology History
Velander, Fredrik

School of Social Work and Arts

Climate change and mental health; mindfulness; yoga; general mental health; Community mental health; Workplace health and wellbeing; Addiction; Alcohol; Organisational development; Leadership; Community development. Qualitative methods (intervieweing, focus groups, survey design and development, literature reviews, program evaluations); Quantitative method (survey design and development, data extrapolation). Social Work & Human Services
Vigliante,  Tace

School of 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   
Villar, Oliver

School of Social Work and Arts

United States-China-Latin America relations: great power rivalries, the rise of China, US-Colombian relations and politics.Critical security studies: international security and great powers; economic and resource security; territorial conflicts and cross-border security; grand strategy; intra-state conflicts, insurgencies and guerrilla movements.American foreign policy: counterinsurgency and counter terrorism strategy; state violence; civil wars and proxy wars.International political economy: capitalism, globalisation, class analysis and class relations between and within the First World and Third World (or Global North and Global South).

  
Wa Mungai, Ndungi
School of Social Work and Arts
Refugee and asylum seekers human rights, migrant settlement, food security, social development, sustainability, gender/masculinities, ageing issues for migrants. Qualitative methods/phenomenological methods Social Work

Wakeling, Simon

School of Information and Communication Studies

Open Access; Scholarly Communication; Public Libraries; Graph Literacy Mixed methods; Qualitative research; Survey research; Bibliometrics; Case Studies Information Studies
Walls, Rachel

School of Information and Communication Studies
Abstract Animation & Experimental Cinema, Editing theory & practice, Traditional Animation practice, Animation history, Digital post-production Phenomenology, Case Studies, Deconstructive / Baudrillardian, Practice-led research DCC
Wardle, Sabine
School of Social Work and Arts
Ageing in regional-rural areas; ageing and spirituality; end of life care law; palliative care; working with culturally and linguistically diverse(CALD) population groups; grief and loss; social work field education   Social Work and Human Services
West, James Biblical Studies; Reformation Textual Criticism Biblical Studies; Church History
Wickeri, Philip China Studies Historiography Church History
Winslade, Matthew

School of Education

Health and Physical Education; Health Promotion; Physical Activity; Professional Experience /Work Integrated learning; Intercultural and cultural competence; teacher education; School-university partnerships Qualitative research methods Teacher Education
Yekanians, Soseh

School of Social Works and Arts 
Theatre; Film/TV; Directing; Actor Training; How performing belonging and identity on stage can help break down harmful stereotypes and through the transparency of theatre, offer cross-cultural exchanges that develop and empower an individual's sense of (re)discovery of identity off stage. Qualitative research; Practice-led research; Autoethnographical research; Actor Training; Directing for Performance; Creative theses/exegeses Performing Arts; Pop Culture
Yi,  Zhixian

School of Information and Communication 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 Information Studies
Yucel,  Salih

Centre for Islamic Studies and Civilisation

Islamic Theology; Quranic Exegesis; Jurisprudence; interfaith relations and contemporary Islamic movements   
Zundans-Fraser,  Lucie

Faculty of Arts and Education

Inclusive education; Special education; Gifted education; Course design; Curriculum design; Collaborative practice; Higher education Qualitative research methods; Design-based research