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Adele Wessell

BA(Hons)(UNSW), PhD(UNSW)

Associate Professor

Faculty of Education

Telephone
61 2 6620 3946
Email
adele.wessell@scu.edu.au
Location
V block, Lismore campus, Lismore
Adele Wessell

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Orchid ID

0000-0003-2386-0612

Biography

Adele Wessell is an Associate Professor in History in the Faculty of Business, Law and Arts, Southern Cross University.

Research

Adele's research is in the field of Environmental History. She has published on food as communication, nonhuman animals and tastescapes as an expression of the impact of eating on land use. Most of her work is focussed on the Northern Rivers, particularly the history of agriculture and the Richmond River. She has a particular interest in regional and community archives and climate change.

Community engagement

Adele has a scholarly interest and commitment to community engagement and community engaged learning and research.

Supervision

Adele supervises a number of higher degree research students and teaches Australian History and Community Engagement projects.

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