Faculty of Arts and Education

School of Humanities and Social Sciences


   A/Prof. Sally Totman

 image of
Position Associate Professor
Email sally.totman@deakin.edu.au
Area School of Humanities and Social Sciences
Phone +61 3 924 43926
Campus Burwood
Location D.4.17
Role and profile Sally is the Convenor of the Middle East Studies program at Deakin and co-founder of the Australia Middle East Research Forum (AMERF). She joined Deakin in February 2007 having taught Middle East politics, International Relations, and Australian foreign policy at Macquarie University in Sydney for 9 years.

Sally is an author and international expert on Middle East policy and politics and is a frequent commentator for, and contributor on, a wide range of issues relating to the Middle East for various radio, television and print media groups (e.g. Radio National, ABC Radio, ABC Television, Bloomberg, The Age/Sydney Morning Herald), as well as speaking at public forums and delivering public lectures.
Teaching responsibilities Sally is the Unit Chair of:
AIE 153 - Introduction to the Middle East (T1)
AIE 154 - The Modern Middle East (T2)
AIE 255 - Middle East Politics (T1)
AIE 364 - The Arab-Israeli Conflict (T2)

Middle East Major Sequence Information
Research interests * Libya and the other so-called 'Rogue States'
* Hollywood film, popular culture and the role of public opinion
* US foreign policy towards the Middle East
Current research projects * Political leadership, scandal and Hollywood film
Service to the University,
discipline or community  		 Chair, Faculty of Arts and Education Academic Progress & Discipline Committee (FAPDC)
Awards 2011: Deakin University Award for Teaching Excellence.

2006: Dean’s Award for Excellence in Teaching for Excellence in Teaching Evaluations, The Division of Humanities, Macquarie University.

2006: Highly Commended in the Macquarie University Innovation Awards in the category of Innovation in Teaching and Learning.
Qualifications Doctor of Philosophy.
Master of Politics and Public Policy.
Bachelor of Arts (Psychology).
Memberships Australia Middle East Research Forum (AMERF), Co-Founder
Gulf/2000 Project, Columbia University
Middle East Studies Association of North America
Australian Institute of International Affairs (AIIA)

Research link View Deakin associated research data
Publications

(SINCE 2008)

BOOKS:

* How Hollywood Projects Foreign Policy, Palgrave Macmillan, New York, NY, 2009.

* Global Crises and Risks, Oxford University Press, 2008. (with Scott Burchill (eds)).

BOOK CHAPTERS:

* Using an online simulation to address equity issues for off-campus students in Tynan and Williems (eds), Global challenges and perspectives of blended and distance learning, IGI Global, 2013. (with Mat Hardy).

* From Dictatorship to Democracy: Simulating the Politics of the Middle East, in Nygaard, Claus; Courtney, Nigel and Leigh, Elyssebeth (eds), Simulation, Games and Role Play in University Education, pp. 189-206, Libri Publishing, Faringdon, England, 2012 (with Mat Hardy).

* The West and the Rest in Totman and Burchill (eds), Global Crises and Risks, pp. 19-38, Oxford University Press, 2008.

REFEREED ARTICLES:

* Should we teach an old game new tricks?, in Williams, G.; Statham, P.; Brown, N. and Cleland, B. (eds), ascilite 2011: Changing demands, changing directions: Proceedings of the Australian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education Conference, pp. 562-570, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tas, 2011. (with Mat Hardy).

* In The Green Zone: 40 years with Colonel Qaddafi, in Hawker, Geoffrey (eds), APSA 2009: proceedings of the APSA annual conference 2009, pp. 1-19, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW, 2009. (with Mat Hardy).

* The Rise and Decline of Libya as a Rogue State, in OCIS 2008: Oceanic Conference on International Studies, pp. 1-25, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Qld. (with Mat Hardy).

Additional URLs

Australian Middle East Research Forum (AMERF)

Follow Sally on Twitter

Deakin University acknowledges the traditional land owners of present campus sites.

22nd April 2013