Postgraduate Research
Academic staff in the School of Arts and Social Sciences can provide supervision for postgraduate research studies within various discipline areas for Masters (MA) and Doctorate (PhD) awards.
For more information about postgraduate research studies please contact:
t: + 61 2 6659 3309
e: postgrad@scu.edu.au
Humanities
| Supervisor | Proposed Research Topics |
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| Assoc. Prof. Baden Offord | - Postcolonial studies and cross-cultural communication
- Gender, sexuality and queer studies
- Peace & social justice
- Critical pedagogy
- Human rights & cultural diversity
- Cultural and social belonging
- Cultural studies / identity studies
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| Dr Janie Conway-Herron | - Creative writing
- Human rights
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| Dr Moya Costello | - Creating writing: fictocriticism, ecocriticism and art writing
- Food and wine writing
- Contemporary Australian literature
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| Dr Adele Wessell | - Food studies
- History & Australian studies
- Cultural Geography
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| Dr Rob Garbutt | - Cultural diversity and education
- Community studies
- Australian studies
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| Dr Erika Kerruish | - Cultural and gender studies
- Affect and sensory studies
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Media Studies
| Supervisor | Proposed Research Topics |
|---|
| Assoc. Prof. Rebecca Coyle | - Screen music and film sound
- Regional and rural creative industries
- New media studies
- Radio and journalism studies
- Australian media and cultural studies
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| Dr Grayson Cooke | - Live audio-visual performance
- New media studies
- The face and technology
- Human/machine relations
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| Dr Lisa Milner | - Film and politics
- Media culture and policy
- Australian studies and history
- Cultural geography
- Screen music and audio-visual production
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Creative & Performing Arts
| Supervisor | Proposed Research Topics |
|---|
| Dr Dean Bruton | - Visual Art and Design Practice and Pedagogy
- Digital imaging technologies and their impact on visual arts
- Visual Culture studies
- 3D imaging and associated production technologies
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| Prof. Michael Hannan | - Music composition & performance
- Screen music
- New and experimental music
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| Dr Annie Mitchell | - Music pedagogy and curriculum development
- Jazz and contemporary music
- Musicology
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| Dr Barry Hill | - Music technology & audio production
- Electronic music and performance
- Digital media content delivery
- Ethnographic aspects of Australian and Global Music Culture
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| Ms Leonie Lane (Masters) | - Interpretation design
- Digital imaging technologies
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| Ms Fiona Fell (Masters) | - Trans-disciplinary collaborations
- Installation and site specific work in the public arena
- Ceramic based practices
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| Mr John Smith (Masters) | - Studio enquiry through painting, drawing and mixed media practices
- Trans-disciplinary projects
- Performative practice-based Visual Art
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Social Sciences
| Supervisor | Proposed Research Topics |
|---|
| Assoc. Prof. Mark Hughes | - Social work and policy
- Aged care
- LGBTI studies
- Mental health
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| Dr Yvonne Hartman | - Housing and homelessness
- Social inclusion and regional Australia
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| Dr Sandy Darab | - Social justice and welfare
- Housing and homelessness
- Pedagogy and ethics
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| Dr Liz Reimer | - Child abuse and neglect / child protection
- Foster care / out-of-home care
- Youth work
- Prevention and early intervention in the child and family welfare field
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| Dr Angela Coco | - Studies of religion and new spiritualities
- Community studies: working in multicultural contexts
- Internet / online studies
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| Dr Maarten Rothengatter | - Sociology of Work & Occupations
- Deviance & Social Control
- Tax Regulation & Governmentality
- Social Welfare
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| Prof. Mike Evans | - Globalization and Indigenous Peoples
- Contemporary smallholders and agricultural production
- Métis and Urban Aboriginal Studies (Canada)
- Participatory Action Research, Indigenous Methodologies, and Contemporary Ethnography
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| Dr Jean Griffiths | - Trauma and grief recovery
- Disaster management
- Community resilience and recovery
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| Dr Elaine Nuske | - Responsible/problem gambling
- Substitute care
- Research with children
- Counselling
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| Dr Felicity Grace | - Childhood sexual abuse and Artistic Therapies
- Infant and early childhood neglect and attachment disorders
- Adult survivors of sexual abuse and PTSD
- Body-based interventions for Panic and Trauma
- Feminist Theory and Therapeutic Interventions
- Sexuality, Gender, Identity and Mental Health
- Teaching Mind-Body Psychotherapy
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- All courses are available from February each year unless marked otherwise.
- Particular courses are also available for mid-year commencement in June each year. Contact the School of your course of interest for further information.
- The third teaching session is available from November each year.
- Teaching Calendar - Session and Trimester Dates
Updated: 22 March 2012
