Faculty of Arts and Education

School of Communication and Creative Arts


   Dr. Nina Weerakkody

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Position Associate Professor
Email nina.weerakkody@deakin.edu.au
Area School of Communication & Creative Arts
Phone +61 3 522 71340
Campus Geelong
Location Waurn Ponds (Room iC1.120)
Role and profile Course Director - Master of Communication

Unit chair :

ALC 208: Researching media: Texts, audiences and industries

ALC 320: Approaches to media: Audiences and effects

ALC 705: Organisational communication: Culture, diversity, technology and change
Teaching responsibilities Bachelor of Arts

ALC 208: Researching media: Texts, audiences and industries
ALC 320: Approaches to media:Addiences and effects (Fully online)
Master of Arts
ALC 705: Organisational Communication: Culture, diversity, technology and change
ALR732: teaching ALR732: research methods for contemporary soicety-Stream B (Research foundations and methods)
Research interests Adoption and Diffusion of new communication technologies:

* Biometric devices (Australia, Malaysia and the USA)
* Digital TV (Australia and the USA)
* Mobile phones and children (Australia)
* Webcasting (Australia)

Intercultural communication competence and teaching and learning of international students in Australia
* Discourses of technology
* Technology, power and marginalisation

* Content analysis of media messages from critical and cultural studies perspectives.

* Racial and ethnic studies
* Race as political strategy (Australia and the USA)

* Cultural divide and international students

* Teaching and learning in a multicultural classroom

Research data analysis using SPSS (Quantitative) and NVivo (Qualitative) computer software
Current research projects * High mobile phone bills and young people in Australia
* E- Learning and interactional situations in fully Online units.
* Communicative competence and the multicultural class room.
Service to the University,
discipline or community  		 Member- Faculty of Arts & Education- Human Ethics Advisory Group (HEAG)
Member- Selection Committee BA in Media and Communication
Member- Course Advisory Committees:
BA in Media and Communication and Master of Communication

Faculty of Arts & Education Postgraduate Selection Committee
Awards Vice Chancellor's Award for Outstanding Contribution to Teaching- 2003

Deakin University Student Association (DUSA)- Faculty of Arts Postgraduate Staff Award - Supervisor of the Year- 2005.

Deakin University Teaching & Learning Academic Explorer Award for e-Learning-2003.
Qualifications Bachelor of Science (Biology, Chemistry and Mathematics, U of Sri Jayawardenapura,Sri Lanka.
Postgrad Diploma in International Affairs, Sri Lanka.

MA (Mass Media and Communication), Temple U, Philadelphia, PA, USA.

PhD (Communication and Mass Media,) Rutgers U, New Brunswick, NJ, USA.
Memberships International Communication Association (ICA)
Australian and New Zealand Communication Association (ANZCA)
Association for the Education of Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC)
Informing Science Institute (ISA)
National Communication Association (NCA-USA)
Asian Media and Communicaiton Centre (AMIC)
International Association for Intercultural Communication Studies (IAICS)
Conferences Recent conferences attended:

Australian and New Zealand Communication Association (ANZCA) Annual Conference, Canberra, ACT, July 2010.

International Communiaction Association (ICA) Annual Conference, 23-26 June 2010

Asian Media and Information Centre (AMIC) Annual Conference, 21-23 June 2010.

International Association for Intercultural Communication Studies (IAICS), Guangzhou, China, June 18-20, 2010.
Research link View Deakin associated research data
Publications

Books:

Weerakkody, N D 2009. Research methods for media and communication. Oxford University Press, Melbourne, VIC.

Kumar, M, D’Cruz, H & Weerakkody, N (eds)2010, ‘Where are you from?’: Voices in transition, Common Ground Publishers, Altona, VIC. (pp. 191).

BOOK CHAPTERS

Weerakkody, N 2010, ‘Roots and routes’, in M Kumar, H D’Cruz & N Weerakkody(eds), ‘Where are you from?’: Voices in transition, Common Ground Publishers, Altona, VIC, pp. 25-37. (

Weerakkody, N, Kumar, K & D’Cruz, H 2010, ‘‘Where are we going?’: Voices in transition’ in M Kumar, H D’Cruz & N Weerakkody (eds), ‘Where are you from?’: Voices in transition, Common Ground Publishers, Altona, VIC, pp.167-182.

Kumar, M, D’Cruz, H & Weerakkody, N 2010, ‘Where are you from? Voices in transition’, in M Kumar, H D’Cruz & N Weerakkody (eds), ‘Where are you from?: Voices in transition’, Common Ground Publishers, Altona, VIC, ( pp.1-13).

Weerakkody, N 2008. Niranjala Weerakkody (‘Voluntary’ memories’), in T Karunarathne, & B Karunarathne (eds), Celebrations!: Sinhalese and Sri Lankan women in Canberra- Testimonies and memories, CPP Printing, Fyshwick, ACT, pp. 199-203.

Weerakkody, N 2007, Australia: Webcasting: “Pretty dead really” – Or is it? In Ha, L & Ganahl III, R J (Eds.). Webcasting worldwide: Business models for an emerging global medium, (pp. 357-379). LEA, Mahwah, NJ.

Weerrakkody, N D 2006, Left out of the loop. In J Keaton & P Shockley-Zalabak (Eds.) Case studies in organizational communication: Understanding communication processes. 2 nd edn., (pp. 142-149). Roxbury Publishing Company, Los Angeles, CA.


JOURNAL ARTICLES

Ahmad, J & Weerakkody, N 2011. Komunikasi budaya silang, Kompentasi, pengajaran dan pembelajaran: Satu analisis. (in Bhasa). Tr. Intercultural communication competence, teaching and learning: An analysis. Malaysian Journal of Education, 36(1). Forthcoming.

Weerakkody, N D 2006, ‘Where else have you been?: The effects of diaspora consciousness and transcultural mixtures on ethnic identity. Issues in Informing Science and Information Technology, 3, 709-720.

Weerakkody, N D 2006. A ‘Mobile’ Technology and the Broadband ‘Horse Trade’: An examination of webcasting in Australia. International Journal of Learning, 13 (8), 45-60.

Weerakkody, N D 2006, A comparative analysis of opinions of Americans, Australians and Malaysians on the use of biometric devices in workplaces, for security and monitoring of worker productivity. International Journal of Knowledge, Culture, and Change Management, Volume 5, 43-52.

Weerakkody, N D 2006, A comparison of Australian and Malaysian views on the use of biometric devices in everyday situations. International Journal of Learning, Volume 12 (6), 63-72.

Weerakkody, N D 2004, Technology and marginalisation: A case study of the limited adoption of the Intranet at a state-owned organisation in rural Australia. Issues in Informing Science and Information Technology, 1, 545-564.

Weerakkody, N D 2002, The effects of censoring and the ‘spiral of silence’ on focus group interviews: A case study of discussions on immigration. Qualitative Research Journal, 2(3), 45-61.

Weerakkody, N D 2001, Race as political strategy by US presidential candidates: A case study. Ecquid Novi- The Southern African Journal for Journalism Research, 22(1), 67-95.

Kubey, R W, Shifflet, M, Weerakkody, N, & Ukeiley, S 1995, Demographic diversity on cable: Have the new channels made a difference in the representation of race, gender, and age? Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media, 39, 459-471.

CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS

Weerakkody, N D & Ahmad, J 2009. The ‘Skeleton budget’, Intranet’ ‘Dole’ and other strange words: Bridging the cultural divide n a multicultural classroom. Proceedings of the Pacific Asia Communication Association (PACA2009) Biennial Conference, January 10-12, 2009, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.( pp. 594-606 ).






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