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
Poetic foundations for watery terrain - three poems below Venice
Paul Venzo
(2023), Vol. 27, pp. 1-5, Text, Brisbane, Qld., JO3
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 and Popular Culture, Bristol, Eng., 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
The Ray & Joyce Uebergang Foundation, Gwen & Edna Jones 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
Catia Jose Abreu De Freitas
Thesis entitled: Using Children¿s Literature to Teach Marine Science Concepts
Doctor of Philosophy (Life & Env), School of Life and Environmental Sciences