People

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

	Jen Webb Distinguished Professor, Creative Practice Director, CCCR 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
	Paul Hetherington Professor, Writing Head, International Poetry Studies Institute Paul.Hetherington@canberra.edu.au	understanding creative practice new publishing technologies autobiographical memory imagery and creativity poetry and life writing
	Tracy Ireland Associate Professor, Heritage, Museums & Conservation Head, Future Heritage Tracy.Ireland@canberra.edu.au	interpretation, conservation and ethics of archaeology the cultural politics of the past heritage management cultural landscapes
	Jennifer Crawford Assistant Professor, Journalism and Creative Writing Jen.Crawford@canberra.edu.au	contemporary creative and experimental writing poetics, environment and the body poetry
	Teresa Crea Research Associate teresa.crea@internode.on.net	digitally augmented environments applied narrative and writing simulation and dramaturgy
	Adam Dickerson Assistant Professor, Communication Adam.Dickerson@canberra.edu.au	comparisons between Eastern and Western philosophy philosophy of language history of philosophy epistemology
	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
	Raghavendra Gudur Assistant Professor, 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
	Scott Heyes Associate Professor, Cultural Heritage Scott.Heyes@canberra.edu.au	Indigenous, cultural and heritage landscapes and seascapes historical modification of the land by Indigenous Australians ethnographic research methods anthropology of landscape virtual storytelling
	Sam Hinton Assistant 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
	Cathy Hope Lecturer Communication Cathy.Hope@canberra.edu.au	the history of Australia's alternative media institutions play and creativity
	Michael Jasper Associate 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
	Ursa Komac Assistant Professor, Architecture Ursa.Komac@canberra.edu.au	Architecture and the City Public Space Heritage Architectural Education
	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
	Paul Munden Postdoctoral Fellow, Journalism and Creative Writing 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
	Fanke Peng Assistant Professor, Graphic Design Fanke.Peng@canberra.edu.au	Visual thinking and analysis User experience design
	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
	Shane Strange Teaching Fellow, Writing Shane.Strange@canberra.edu.au	Short fiction and short fiction writing Cultural representations of the city creative labour and cultural work subjectivity and creative practice
	Susan Thwaites Assistant Professor, Media Arts and Production Susan.Thwaites@canberra.edu.au	Cinematography Screen Studies Screenwriting Adaptation
	Bethaney Turner Assistant Professor, International Studies 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
	Alison Wain Lecturer, 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
	Jordan Williams Associate Professor Associate Dean Postgraduate Studies Jordan.Williams@canberra.edu.au	Digital poetry and poetics Writing and wellbeing

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
Saskia Beudel Adjunct Associate Professor SaskiaBeudel@gmail.com	creative non-fiction
Owen Bullock Donald Horne Creative & Cultural Fellow	poetry
Michael Biggs Adjunct Professor	practice-led research collaborative practice
Steve Burroughs Adjunct Associate Professor drsteveburroughs@bigpond.com	design and development of alternative housing Architecture
Stephen Cassidy Adjunct Professional Associate Stephen.cassidy@myplace.net.au	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
Brian Egloff Adjunct Professor, Cultural Heritage Brian.Egloff@canberra.edu.au	cultural heritage management
Niloofar Fanaiyan Visiting Fellow Niloofar.Fanaiyan@canberra.edu.a	poetry including poetic practice across languages and forms dreams and creative practice narrative theory
Merrill Findlay Adjunct Professional Associate	creative writing
Caren Florance Donald Horne Creative & Cultural Fellow
Michael Grenfell Adjunct Professor	Pierre Bourdieu social research in creative fields
Dianne Firth Adjunct Associate Professor Dianne.Firth@canberra.edu.au	theory and practice of landscape architecture heritage landscapes landscape and art textile arts
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 Associate Professor subhash.jaireth@gmail.com	Russian language and literature creative writing cultural studies
Rina Kikuchi Visiting Fellow kikuchi@biwako.shiga-u.ac.jp	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
Satendra Nandan Emeritus Professor satendra.nandan@canberra.edu.au	Fijian culture and politics creative writing
Affrica Taylor Adjunct Associate Professor Affrica.Taylor@canberra.edu.au	environmental humanities
Giulio Zambon Adjunct Professional Associate Giulio.Zambon@canberra.edu.au	digital humanities

Hakim Abdul Rahim PhD candidate, Cultural Heritage & Museums Studies Hakim.AbdulRahim@canberra.edu.au	Rethinking the Botanical Specimen: The implications of entangling Critical Plant Studies into the material culture of academic botanical collections.
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.
Wayne Applebee PhD candidate Wayne.Applebee@canberra.edu.au	The Virtual Tribe: On Becoming Aboriginal On-line
Elizabeth Bellamy PhD candidate, Creative Writing and Cultural Theory Elizabeth.Bellamy@canberra.edu.au	Escaping the whirlpool of shame: obstacles in the journey from isolation to intimacy
Tessa Bell PhD candidate, Creative and Cultural Practice Tessa.Bell@canberra.edu.au	An exploration of the relationship between materiality and digital preservation.
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?
Louise Curham PhD candidate, Creative Practice Louise.Curham@canberra.edu.au	Tending the archive': exploring the problem of preserving ephemeral cultural heritage in a manner that is meaningful to a community of users or practitioners.
Martin Doolan PhD candidate, Creative Practice Martin.Doolan@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.
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.
Beaux Guarini PhD candidate, Humanities (Museum Studies) Beaux.Guarini@canberra.edu.au	This project explores the gap in knowledge between understanding how authentic museum objects versus those acquired for educative purposes as well as replicas and reproductions affect the sensory, social, emotional and intellectual responses of adults with vision impairment.
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).
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.
Robyn Higgins PhD candidate, Creative Practice Robyn.Higgins@canberra.edu.au	An adaption of the critical practice framework of Cultural Safety (as defined by the Nursing Council of New Zealand) from its application in the health sector to the Australian arts sector.
Ian McHugh PhD candidate, Creative Writing ian.mchugh@canberra.edu.au	Australian fantasy fiction as a literature of unbelonging
Tim Napper PhD candidate, Creative Writing Tim.Napper@canberra.edu.au	The Chinese Century: Narratives on the Rise of China in the Literature of East and Southeast Asia.
Rhonda Nicholls PhD candidate, Cultural Heritage Rhonda.Nicholls@canberra.edu.au	Exploring Fijian children's sense of place, home and displacement after Hurricane Winston through stories, drawings and Talanoa.
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?
Wendy Somerville PhD candidate wendy.sommerville@canberra.edu.au	Rummaging for Histories/Stories through Place, Archives and Memories
Macarena de la Vega de León PhD candidate, Architecture Macarena.DeLaVegaDeLeon@canberra.edu.au	The contribution of William Curtis to the historiography of modern architecture.
Claire Wilson PhD candidate, Creative Writing claire.wilson@uni.canberra.edu.au	Poetry writing practice and cultural adjustment: investigating experiences of settling in.

Recent graduates

Owen Bullock
Monica Carroll
Paul Collis
Niloofar Fanaiyan
Caren Florance
Mona Soleymani

People

Paul Ashton

Greg Battye

Saskia Beudel

Owen Bullock

Michael Biggs

Steve Burroughs

Stephen Cassidy

Paul Collis

Brian Egloff

Niloofar Fanaiyan

Merrill Findlay

Caren Florance

Michael Grenfell

Dianne Firth

Rosemary Hollow

Brett Holman

Siew Imm Tann

Subhash Jaireth

Rina Kikuchi

Karen Mow

Patrick Mullins

Satendra Nandan

Affrica Taylor

Giulio Zambon

Hakim Abdul Rahim

Monica Andrew

Wayne Applebee

Elizabeth Bellamy

Tessa Bell

Lauren Briggs

Louise Curham

Martin Doolan

Thomas Gibson

Geoff Grey

Beaux Guarini

Donna Hanson

Rebecca Hawcroft

Robyn Higgins

Ian McHugh

Tim Napper

Rhonda Nicholls

Shane Strange

Wendy Somerville

Macarena de la Vega de León

Claire Wilson

Recent graduates