Dr Thomas Sandercock

Dr Tom Sandercock is a casual academic in the School of Communication and Creative Arts, lecturing and tutoring subjects in Children's Literature, Literary Studies, and Gender and Sexuality Studies.

His research and teaching interests include youth media; queer and trans representation; literature, television, film; horror and thriller cinema.

• Transgender Representation
• Gender Diversity
• LGBTQI Representation
• Children's and Young Adult Media
• Literature and Screen Texts
• Australian Literature

Australian Women's and Gender Studies Association (Executive Member, ECR Representative)

Australian Lesbian and Gay Archives

Australasian Children's Literature Association for Research

National Tertiary Education Union

Youth literature and media

Literature and film

Gender and sexuality

• ALL256: Gender, Sex and Literature (Unit Manager in 2019-2020)
• AGS102: Histories of Sex and Gender
• AGS101: Sex and Gender: Ideas That Changed the World
• ALL375: Shakespeare: Six Plays, Six Worlds
• ALL260: Australian Literature
• ALL153: Literature for Children and Young Adults
• ALL154: Power Politics and Texts for Young People
• ALL326: Gender and Sexuality in Texts for Young People (Unit Coordinator in 2016)
• ALC104: Media Genres: Negotiating Textual Forms And Pleasures
• LIT124: Children's Literature: The Oral Tradition (at Charles Sturt University)

• Letter recognising Excellence in Teaching from Associated Head of School (Teaching and Learning), Faculty of Arts and Education, Deakin University
• Deakin University Shortlisted Award for Alfred Deakin Medals for Doctoral Theses
• Deakin University Post-PhD Prize, 2017
• Deakin University HDR Publication Prize, 2016
• Letter recognising Excellence in Teaching from Associate Dean (Teaching and Learning). Faculty of Arts and Education, Deakin University, 2015

• Australian Postgraduate Award (APA) Scholarship, 2013-2016.
• Deakin University Vice-Chancellor’s Prize, 2013