Dr Catherine Orian Weiss is a Lecturer in sociology based at the Albury-Wodonga Campus. She conducts both theoretical and qualitative research. Her theoretical work is mostly in the area of gender, sexuality, and work, focusing on topics relating to sexuality and care, often in the context of migration. Her qualitative sociological research relates to a range of topics, including social reproduction, care and sex in relation to the regional Australian resources industry; contemporary lesbian identity; and multilingual emergency communication.

Alongside her academic work, Catherine has been active as a researcher in the Victorian women’s health sector since 2010, where she has conducted qualitative feminist research on topics related to gender and climate change, gender and disaster, women’s poverty, and domestic violence. She has also worked as a translator and interpreter for over a decade.