Our Team

Members of the Centre come from diverse disciplines and specialties across the Faculty of Arts and Design, and also include Higher Degree Research candidates.

Research Leaders (Core Members)
Research Staff (Associate Members)

Research Leaders

	Tracy Ireland Professor, Cultural Heritage Associate Dean Research, Faculty of Arts & Design Tracy.Ireland@canberra.edu.au	interpretation, conservation and ethics of archaeology the cultural politics of the past heritage management cultural landscapes
	Bethaney Turner Associate Professor, International Studies Acting Director, CCCR Bethaney.Turner@canberra.edu.au	Alternative food networks (Community Gardens, Farmers' Markets etc) Human/More-than-Human relationships Digital food cultures Creative ecologies Social Movements
	Jennifer Crawford Associate Professor, Journalism and Creative Writing Jen.Crawford@canberra.edu.au	contemporary creative and experimental writing poetics, environment and the body poetry
	Tony Eaton Associate Professor, Creative Writing Tony.Eaton@canberra.edu.au	children's, young adult, and crossover fiction understanding creative practice young and emergent writers
	Ross Gibson Centenary Professor in Creative & Cultural Research Ross.Gibson@canberra.edu.au	history of environmental consciousness in colonial cultures, particularly in Australia and the Pacific film studies, digital media and large-screen environments Narrative and memory in placemaking contemporary arts
	Paul Hetherington Professor, Writing Head, International Poetry Studies Paul.Hetherington@canberra.edu.au	understanding creative practice new publishing technologies autobiographical memory imagery and creativity poetry and life writing
	Ursula Frederick Senior Research Fellow, Art and the Activation of Heritage Ursula.Frederick@canberra.edu.au	contemporary art and creative practice-based research contemporary archaeologies and future heritage photography inscription, graffiti, and mark-making practices the role of creativity in value creation and material transformation visual methods of knowledge production and dissemination mobilities
	Cathy Hope Associate Professor, Communication Cathy.Hope@canberra.edu.au	the history of Australia's alternative media institutions play and creativity
	Michael Jasper Professor, Architecture Michael.Jasper@canberra.edu.au	problems and devices of composition in mid twentieth century architecture historiography of Renaissance architecture The art of city design modernist thought
	Denise Thwaites Assistant Professor, Digital Art and Humanities denise.thwaites@canberra.edu.au	Digital Humanities
	Alison Wain Assistant Professor, Heritage Conservation Alison.Wain@canberra.edu.au	development of materials conservation practice and conservation science laser in analysis and cleaning of material culture preservation of intangible and digital heritage significance and values of heritage
	Jen Webb Distinguished Professor, Creative Practice Jen.Webb@canberra.edu.au	relationship between the field of artistic production and the wider social domain connections between creative practice and human rights; globalisation links between creative practice and research

Research staff

	Ben Ennis Butler Senior Lecturer, School of Built Environment and Design	Data visualisation Digital humanities Interface design User experience Web design and development
	Steve Brown Visiting Fellow and Sessional Staff Steve.Brown@canberra.edu.au	World Heritage Archaeology
	Owen Bullock Lecturer, Creative Writing Owen.Bullock@canberra.edu.au	poetry and process semiotics and poetry prose poetry creative arts and wellbeing haikai literature
	Raghavendra Gudur Lecturer, Graphic Design Raghavendra.Gudur@canberra.edu.au	cognitive aspects of ageing, older users and interface design designing for diversity/inclusive design methodologies design methodologies for intuitive interaction design pedagogy
	Sam Hinton Associate Professor, Media Arts & Production Sam.Hinton@canberra.edu.au	computer games and playful media interactive data visualisation social uses of mobile apps cultural interfaces network histories social media
	Paul Magee Associate Professor, Writing Paul.Magee@canberra.edu.au	philosophy and history of aesthetics and knowledge the relation between poetry and knowledge political theory and cultural studies
	Annie McCarthy Senior Lecturer, Arts and Communication Annie.McCarthy@canberra.edu.au	storytelling and performance in development programs children’s agency and creativity history and ethnography of children’s participation in development empathy, simulation, and pedagogies of development temporality and growth
	Vahri McKenzie Research Fellow, Arts and Health Vahri.McKenzie@canberra.edu.au	Artistic research design and methodologies Theories and practices of contemporary performing arts Theories and practices of writing Relationality and agency in creative practice Artistic responses to science and technology
	Tahmina Rashid Associate Professor, International Studies Tahmina.Rashid@canberra.edu.au	Gender & Development Studies Feminism Poverty & Microcredit Migration & Identity Radical Islam Peace & Conflicts South Asian Culture & Politics
	Tim Sherratt Associate Professor, Digital Heritage Tim.Sherratt@canberra.edu.au	using digital tools to create new cultural experiences and new forms of publications exploring how digitisation projects change our relationship with the past digital heritage
	Susan Thwaites Assistant Professor, Media Arts and Production Susan.Thwaites@canberra.edu.au	Cinematography Screen studies Screenwriting Adaptation
	John Ting Assistant Professor, Design and Built Environment John.Ting@canberra.edu.au	History of architecture in Southeast Asia Conservation and Heritage in Australia and Malaysia Vernacular architecture and migration Indigenisation in the built environment Prefabrication in construction and architecture Sustainability and construction

Paul Ashton Adjunct Professor Paul.Ashton@uts.edu.au	public history and digital image
Greg Battye Adjunct Professor Greg.Battye@canberra,edu.au	creative arts photography
Tracey Benson Professional Associate, IAE Tracey.Benson@canberra.edu.au	STEAM Behavioural insights and user engagement Cross-cultural collaboration Art, nature and wellbeing
Michael Biggs Adjunct Professor	practice-led research collaborative practice
Sally Brockwell ARC Research Associate, Heritage of the Air Project Sally.Brockwell@canberra.edu.au	Cultural heritage studies, Australian civil aviation Cultural heritage studies, Kakadu National Park NT Wetlands archaeology Archaeology of northern Australia and Island Southeast Asia
Stephen Cassidy Adjunct Professional Associate	community arts and Community Cultural Development (CCD) creative industries and innovation Indigenous culture
Paul Collis Adjunct Professional Associate paul.collis@canberra.edu.au	Indigenous culture creative writing
Dianne Firth Adjunct Associate Professor Dianne.Firth@canberra.edu.au	theory and practice of landscape architecture heritage landscapes landscape and art textile arts
Caren Florance Adjunct Assistant Professor Caren.Florance@canberra.edu.au	Artist Books in Australia Letterpress in Australia Creative publishing Cross-disciplinary collaboration Material poetics Text art/visual poetry intersections.
Michael Grenfell Adjunct Professor	Pierre Bourdieu social research in creative fields
Rosemary Hollow Adjunct Associate Professor rosemary.hollow@canberra.edu.au	Heritage Studies
Brett Holman Adjunct Professional Associate bholman2@une.edu.au	history and aviation heritage
Siew Imm Tann Adjunct Professional Associate Siew.Tan@canberra.edu.au	contact, corpus and historical linguistics world and Aboriginal englishes second-language acquisition educational sociolinguistics corpus-based lexicograph
Subhash Jaireth Adjunct Professor	Russian language and literature creative writing cultural studies
Rina Kikuchi Adjunct Associate Professor	comparative literature modern and contemporary women's poetry European literature contemporary Irish poetry
Karen Mow Adjunct Associate Professor	public administration higher education research
Patrick Mullins Adjunct Professional Associate	creative non-fiction
Paul Munden Adjunct Paul.Munden@canberra.edu.au	development of creative writing as a discipline in UK universities Poetry as a medium for biographical study work of poets and other writers in schools Poetry in partnership with other arts
Satendra Nandan Emeritus Professor satendra.nandan@canberra.edu.au	Fijian culture and politics creative writing
Barbara Norman Professor, Design and Built Environment Barbara.Norman@canberra.edu.au	Urban and regional design Former national president of the Planning Institute of Australia Climate change and sustainable urban planning research
Jordan Williams Associate Professor Jordan.Williams@canberra.edu.au	Digital poetry and poetics Writing and wellbeing

Hakim Abdul Rahim PhD candidate, Cultural Heritage & Museums Studies Hakim.AbdulRahim@canberra.edu.au	Through a Viridian Lens: Autonomy and Agency in Academic Botanical Collections
Emma Allen PhD candidate Emma.Allen@canberra.edu.au
Louise Allerton PhD candidate, Creative Practice Louise.Allerton@canberra.edu.au	Co-Creative Explorations of Sign Language, Abelist Pressures and Performing Defiance The project investigates the historic and ongoing impact of western scientific paradigms of photo-documentation on two Australian sign languages, Pitjantjatjara from the Western Desert and Auslan.
Monica Andrew PhD candidate, Cultural Vocations and Creative Communities Monica.Andrew@canberra.edu.au	The potential contribution of needlecraft skills to clothing and textile sustainability.
Rhonda Ayliffe Rhonda.Ayliffe@canberra.edu.au	Ash Alchemy - Transforming community trauma to resilience with creative arts
Elizabeth Bellamy PhD candidate, Creative Writing and Cultural Theory Elizabeth.Bellamy@canberra.edu.au	Escaping the maelstrom: What feminist informed creative practice led research can reveal about the generative capacities of shame
Tessa Bell PhD candidate, Creative and Cultural Practice Tessa.Bell@canberra.edu.au	An exploration of the relationship between materiality and digital preservation.
Julia Brand PhD candidate, Creative and Cultural Practice Julia.Brand@canberra.edu.au	Cleaning the Sydney Harbour Bridge: studying the effects of innovative fast and ultrafast lasers for large scale processing of dirt-encrusted stone surfaces
Lauren Briggs Masters of Applied Arts and Humanities (Research) Lauren.Briggs@canberra.edu.au	How do intertextual references to non-Australian literature in Australian Young Adult fiction function in relation to national identity and representation in literature?
Kate Clark PhD Candidate, Heritage Studies Australia ICOMOS/University of Canberra Heritage Studies Scholarship Kate.Clark@canberra.edu.au
Martin Dolan PhD candidate, Creative Practice Martin.Dolan@canberra.edu.au	My research focuses on the mechanisms of memory that are currently accepted in cognitive psychology and on the techniques of lyric poetry as they relate to the depiction of memory: how it is recorded and how it is recalled.
Lisa Fuller PhD candidate
Thomas Gibson PhD candidate, Creative Writing Thomas.Gibson@canberra.edu.au	Exploring the concepts of psychological theories of identity development, in particular, the theories of narrative identity and the life story model, to deconstruct the presentation of identity in fiction read by Australian adolescents.
Geoff Grey PhD Candidate, Cultural Vocations and Creative Communities Geoff.Grey@canberra.edu.au	The effects of creativity on psychosocial wellbeing for building resilience through improved emotional health in Australian Defence Force (and Emergency Services) personnel.
Donna Hanson PhD candidate, Creative Writing Donna.Hanson@canberra.edu.au	My research examines feminism in popular romance fiction and will focus on key themes of agency and/or equality in popular romance fiction from the 1970s, 1980s to the present (realist fiction).
Ashley Harrison PhD candidate, Cultural and Creative Practice Ashley.Harrison@canberra.edu.au	Flight across Country: Visualising connections of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and their communities to aviation in Australia (Heritage of the Air)
Elliot Hartman PhD candidate Elliot.Hartman@canberra.edu.au	Emotion, perception, and communication: exploring moral perception as a discourse ethic
Rebecca Hawcroft PhD candidate, Digital Treasures Rebecca.Hawcroft@canberra.edu.au	My PhD is focused on digitised collections and their ability to connect to places and place values
Christopher Holden PhD candidate, Cultural and Creative Practice Christopher.Holden@canberra.edu.au	The role of Information Architecture in developing sustainable online cultural resource collections
Kerrianne Markulin PhD candidate Kerrianne.Markulin@canberra.edu.au	My area of study is to produce the life stories of a well-respected Wiradjuri Elder, Aunty Flo Grant, using her voice and the voices of those she has enabled and mentored. The exegesis will examine if/how a non-Indigenous woman can represent the life stories of an Indigenous Elder, whilst leaving the power, privilege and voice with the person being represented.
Kerry Martin PhD candidate Kerry.Martin@canberra.edu.au	The Materialisation of Testament: the capacity of a textiles based reparative aesthetic to promote thoughtful debate around shameful social histories, with a specific focus on abuse within the Catholic Church
David Melrose PhD candidate
Lisa Russ PhD candidate, Creative and Cultural Practice Lisa.Russ@canberra.edu.au
Fiona Shanahan PhD candidate, Cultural and Creative Practice Fiona.Shanahan@canberra.edu.au	The Northern Territory’s Heritage of the Air
Maggie Shapley PhD candidate Maggie.Shapley@canberra.edu.au	Gwen Harwood and Margaret Scott: Tasmanian exiles
Asti Sherring PhD candidate, Creative and Cultural Practice Asti.Sherring@canberra.edu.au
Wendy Somerville PhD candidate Wendy.Sommerville@canberra.edu.au	Rummaging for Histories/Stories through Place, Archives and Memories
Andraya Stapp-Gaunt PhD candidate Andraya.Stapp-Gaunt@ed.act.edu.au	Rabbit Island: Using 5 ways of thinking and the protocols for sustainable agents to negotiate a literary homecoming.
Shane Strange PhD candidate, Creative Writing Shane.Strange@canberra.edu.au	Is there a space for a radical construction of the subject with in the critical literature on creative labour?
Anna Tito PhD Candidate Anna.Tito@canberra.edu.au	Computer games as a tool for social change, interactive narrative and narrative system development, relational and restorative practices, ethics in game design and industry practices, diversity in games and engineering.
Jessica Western PhD candidate, Cultural and Creative Practice Jessica.Western@canberra.edu.au	Exploring the creative and meaning-making potential of short-term, spasmodic or noncumulative engagements with heritage.
Kimberly Williams PhD candidate Kimberly.Williams@canberra.edu.au	This thesis seeks to answer the following research question: How can the hybridization of form in poetry and the use of mixed modes push narrative and lyrical boundaries to foster the representation of traditionally underrepresented female voices?
Claire Wilson PhD candidate, Creative Writing Claire.Wilson@canberra.edu.au	Poetry writing practice and cultural adjustment: investigating experiences of settling in.
Sharpay Wu PhD Candidate, Cultural Studies Sharpay.Wu@canberra.edu.au	Understanding Chinese Animation and Cultural Policy 2010 to 2020 This PhD project will focus on Chinese animation production and animation professionals from 2010 to 2020. The research investigates how mainstream and independent animation talents are influenced by Chinese cultural policy and how government pursuit of 'soft power' impact them.

Recent Graduates

Ian McHugh
Louise Curham
Wayne Applebee
Owen Bullock
Monica Carroll
Paul Collis
Macarena de la Vega de León
Niloofar Fanaiyan
Caren Florance
Kirsten Krauth
Mona Soleymani
Tim Napper
Olga Walker

Katie Hayne

Research Development Officer (Mon-Weds)

cccr@canberra.edu.au

Zora Pang

Research Support Assistant (casual)

Rebecca Drew

Research Assistant (Casual)

Our Team

Research Leaders

Research staff

Paul Ashton

Greg Battye

Tracey Benson

Michael Biggs

Sally Brockwell

Stephen Cassidy

Paul Collis

Dianne Firth

Caren Florance

Michael Grenfell

Rosemary Hollow

Brett Holman

Siew Imm Tann

Subhash Jaireth

Rina Kikuchi

Karen Mow

Paul Munden

Satendra Nandan

Hakim Abdul Rahim

Emma Allen

Louise Allerton

Monica Andrew

Rhonda Ayliffe

Elizabeth Bellamy

Tessa Bell

Julia Brand

Lauren Briggs

Kate Clark

Martin Dolan

Lisa Fuller

Thomas Gibson

Geoff Grey

Donna Hanson

Ashley Harrison

Elliot Hartman

Rebecca Hawcroft

Christopher Holden

Kerrianne Markulin

Kerry Martin

David Melrose

Lisa Russ

Fiona Shanahan

Maggie Shapley

Asti Sherring

Wendy Somerville

Andraya Stapp-Gaunt

Shane Strange

Anna Tito

Jessica Western

Kimberly Williams

Claire Wilson

Sharpay Wu

Recent Graduates

Katie Hayne

Zora Pang

Rebecca Drew