Research interests
Children's and youth literature and media; digital literacies; television studies; multiplatform textualities; narratology; screen media and children’s environmental and health knowledges and consumption practices; animation and graphic genres; fantasy; nineteenth-century women's poetry and publishing; media and publishing history; empirical social research methods; critical institutional analysis
Affiliations
- Australian Research Alliance for Children and Youth (ARACY)
- Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA)
- International Association for Communication and Media Research (IAMCR)
- Raising Children Australia
- International Communications Association (ICA)
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Australian and New Zealand Communications Association (ANZCA)
Teaching interests
- Children's and Youth Literature and Multiplatform Textualities
- Adaptation
- Narrative Theory
- Research led writing projects
Units taught
- ALL228 - The Golden Age in Children's Literature
- ALL230 - Re-imagining literature for Young People
- ALL721 - Writing Fiction for Young Adults
- ALL 784 - Writing and Film
- ALL743 - Foundations in Narrative Theory
Knowledge areas
Children's and youth literature and media; multiplatform textualities; narratology; digital literacies; digital television industry; television studies; longitudinal data analysis; role of media on children's health and behavioural outcomes; nineteenth-century women's poetry and publishing; media and publishing history; empirical social research methods; critical institutional analysis
Expertise
Research groups
- Leader: Teenagers Reading and Digital Practices Research Group, Affililated with the Strategic Research Centre for Educational Impact
- Crisis Energy Publication Syndicate
- The Warrnambool Collective
Projects
Current Research Projects
- Teen Reading and Digital Practices, http://www.teenreading.net
- Early childhood digital media practices and their health, sustainability and consumption behaviours.