Publications
Rainbow Connections: Representations of LGBTI+ Families in Children's Picture Books
Paul Venzo
(2023), pp. 253-263, Between Sexuality, Gender and Reproduction: On the Pluralisation of Family Forms, Cambridge, Eng., B1
Adopting Ocean-Themed Picture Books to Promote Ocean Literacy in Primary Education
Cátia Freitas, Prue Francis, Alecia Bellgrove, Paul Venzo
(2023), pp. 1-16, Children's Literature in Education, Berlin, Germany, C1
Fostering ocean literacy through informal marine education programs
Madi O'Brien, Cátia Freitas, Paul Venzo, Prue Francis
(2023), Vol. 193, pp. 115208-115208, Marine Pollution Bulletin, England, C1
Paul Venzo, David Petkovic
(2022), Vol. 11, pp. 215-232, Humour in Self-Translation, B1
Public Health, Polio, and Pandemics: Fear and Anxiety about Health in Children's Literature
K Moruzi, S Chen, P Venzo
(2022), Vol. 53, pp. 97-111, Children's Literature in Education, C1
C Freitas, A Bellgrove, P Venzo, P Francis
(2022), Vol. 9, Frontiers in Marine Science, C1
Postcards from Venice: Poetry and peregrination in La Serenissima
Paul Venzo
(2022), Vol. 12, pp. 1-11, Axon: Creative Explorations, Canberra, A.C.T., C1
Paul Venzo
(2022), pp. 21-21, Travel An Anthology of Microlit, Sydney, N.S.W., JO3
Kristine Moruzi, Paul Venzo
(2021), pp. 1-12, Sexuality in literature for children and young adults, New York, N.Y., B1
That 'tingly feeling': Sex and sexuality in children's nonfiction picture books
Paul Venzo
(2021), pp. 29-43, Sexuality in literature for children and young adults, New York, N.Y., B1
Reading over and under the waves: A study of ocean picture books for children
P Francis, P Venzo, A Bellgrove
(2021), Vol. 37, pp. 167-186, Australian Journal of Environmental Education, C1
Whose eggs are these? Gender in ocean-themed picture books
Paul Venzo, Lara Hedberg, Prue Francis
(2021), Vol. 4, pp. 115-133, Journal of Science & Popular Culture, C1
Sexuality in literature for children and young adults
Paul Venzo, Kristine Moruzi
(2021), New York, N.Y., A7
Mums, dads and the kids: Representations of rainbow families in children's picture books
L Hedberg, P Venzo, H Young
(2020), Vol. 19, pp. 198-216, Journal of LGBT Youth, C1
The unsettled self: creative practice and the nomadic poetics of a contemporary flâneur
Paul Venzo
(2019), pp. 19-30, Interdisciplinary unsettlings of place and space: conversations, investigations and research, Singapore, B1
The camping ground "down under": queer interpretations of the Australian summer holiday
Paul Venzo
(2019), pp. 132-145, Queer as camp: essays on summer, style and sexuality, New York, N.Y., B1
Intrinsic disorder: a view from inside the Catholic Church in Australia
Paul Venzo
(2019), pp. 59-66, Negotiating spiritual violence in the queer community, Charlotte, N.C., B1
Wabi Sabi: intermediated textures of impermanence and imperfection
Paul Venzo
(2019), Vol. 8, pp. 217-225, Belas infiéis, [unknown], C1
Cassandra Atherton
(2019), pp. 1-1, Personal Structures: Identities Exhibition, Venice, Italy, J3
P Venzo, Alexandra Mellert
(2018), pp. 341-359, Berlin: Bilder einer Metropole in erzählenden Medien für Kinder und Jugendliche, [Berlin, Germany], B1
'Boys of the Parish': a poetic journey around sexual identity in Australia and Italy
P Venzo
(2018), pp. 264-274, Living and loving in diversity an anthology of Australian multicultural queer adventures, Mile End, S. Aust., B1
Ghost town travels: Homo-recollections in a post-gay era
Paul Venzo
(2018), Vol. 44, pp. 47-58, Hecate: an interdisciplinary journal of women's liberation, Brisbane, Qld., C1
Paul Jennings: cabbage patch stories for rascals and deadly wicked kids
P Venzo
(2018), Warrnambool, Vic., J2
Queers are pioneers: keeping an open mind about education
P Venzo
(2017), pp. 211-214, Dear gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender teacher : letters of advice to help you find your way, Charlotte, N. C., B1
Reading them in: using LGBT child and young adult literature in preservice teacher education
P Venzo
(2016), pp. 111-126, Queering classrooms: personal narratives and educational practices to support LGBTQ youth in schools, Charlotte, N.C., B1
(Self)translation and the poetry of the 'in-between'
P Venzo
(2016), Vol. 50, pp. 1-6, Cordite poetry review, Carlton, Vic., C1
P Venzo
(2016), Vol. 1, pp. 285-296, Queer studies in media and popular culture, Bristol, Eng., C1
P Venzo, S Tan
(2016), pp. 26-27, Shaun Tan. Somewhere nowhere: memories of imagined places, Warrnambool, Vic., J2
Imagined terrain: literary nomadism in Venice and the Veneto
P Venzo
(2015), Vol. 5, pp. 1-1, Axon: creative explorations, Canberra, A. C. T., C1
La dolce vita: creative re-imaginings of Italianicity
P Venzo
(2013), pp. 155-168, Identity: beyond tradition and McWorld neoliberalism, Newcastle upon Tyne, England, B1-1
Honk against homophobia : rethinking relations between media and sexual minorities
P Venzo, K Hess
(2013), Vol. 60, pp. 1539-1556, Journal of homosexuality, Abingdon, England, C1
Making difference SUPER : a critical approach to the politics of celebrity-authored children's books
P Venzo
(2010), Vol. 7, pp. 98-113, Journal of children's literature studies, Lichfield, England, C1-1
The body under surveilance : big brother and representations of the war in Iraq
P Venzo
(2009), pp. 195-203, Bodies, theories cultures in the post-millennial era, Thessaloniki, B1
2 Poems
Paul Venzo
(), Vol. 12, Axon: Creative Explorations, JO3
Funded Projects at Deakin
Other Public Sector Funding
Improving Ocean Literacy in Port Phillip Bay Primary Schools
Dr Prue Francis, Dr Paul Venzo, A/Prof Craig Sherman, Miss Catia Abreu De Freitas
Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action Port Philip Bay Fund 90 719 052 204
- 2023: $89,265
Industry and Other Funding
DeakinSeaEd: marine education resources for children
Dr Prue Francis, Dr Alecia Bellgrove, Dr Paul Venzo
Gwen & Edna Jones Foundation, The Ray & Joyce Uebergang Foundation
- 2019: $10,000
Student application - Raising awareness of the Australia's Great Southern Reef in primary schools using children's literature through a professional development program for teachers.
Dr Prue Francis, Miss Catia Jose Abreu De Freitas, Dr Alecia Bellgrove, Dr Paul Venzo
PADI Foundation Research Grants
- 2021: $4,015
Supervisions
Linda Wells
Thesis entitled: THE BUNGALOW ALICE SPRINGS 1914-1929
Doctor of Philosophy, School of Communication and Creative Arts