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Student Handbook, Semester 2, 2005: Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences Areas of Research

Australian and Cultural Studies
Communication Studies
Environmental and Planning Studies
Politics and International Relations
Social and Community Studies
Studies in Art and Design

Australian and Cultural Studies

Research Area

Staff

Youth culture and popular culture studies in film, television, literature and pop music

Dr Karen Brooks

Myth, fantasy and witchcraft in culture

Dr Karen Brooks

Australian film history

Dr Chris McConville

Sci-fi horror and crime film and writing

Dr Karen Brooks, Dr Chris McConville

Heritage analysis and cultural heritage

Dr Lynette Finch

Urban, architectural and oral history

Dr Chris McConville

Australian and global labour history

Bronwyn Stevens

Performance technology and the athletic body

Dr Tara Magdalinski

Sports history and identity

Dr Tara Magdalinski

Propaganda and war

Dr Lynette Finch

Corporate motives in Olympic education

Dr Tara Magdalinski



Communication Studies

Research Area

Staff

Creative writing

Gary Crew

Public relations

Maggie Third

Media studies

Dr Stephen Lamble, Anna Potter

Journalism

Dr Stephen Lamble

Professional writing

Dr Stephen Lamble



Environmental and Planning Studies

Research Area

Staff

Environmental management

Dr Pam Dyer

Environmental policy and planning

Dr Pam Dyer

Sustainable development

Dr Jennifer Carter

Environmental economics

Dr Jennifer Carter

Environmental justice

Dr Pam Dyer

Cultural geography

Dr Pam Dyer

Environmental ethics

Professor Robert Elliot

Environment, heritage and tourism

Dr Jennifer Carter

Communications and the environment

Dr Pam Dyer



Politics and International Relations

Research Area

Staff

Australian politics

Bronwyn Stevens

Politics of the media

Bronwyn Stevens

Environmental politics

Dr Pam Dyer

LOTE

Dr Donna Weeks, Dr Phillip Mahnken, Francesca Laura



Social and Community Studies

Research Area

Staff

Society and social institution functions

Dr Phillip Ablett

Social, economic and political processes of social problems and issues

Narayan Gopalkrishnan

Issues of power, knowledge, injustice and inequality

Dr Elizabeth Eddy

Impacts of social constructs such as gender, class and race

Dr Julie Matthews

Social research methods

Dr Lucinda Aberdeen

Applied studies in community development

Narayan Gopalkrishnan

Specialised areas of study including deviance, gender, youth, multiculturalism, indigenous issues, psychology, environment, health, disabilities, education, welfare, social policy and globalisation

Dr Hurriyet Babacan, Dr Lucinda Aberdeen, Dr Julie Matthews, Dr Elizabeth Eddy, Dr Phillip Ablett, Kay Pozzebon, Narayan Gopalkrishnan



Studies in Art and Design

Research Area

Staff

Visual communication and digital design

Dr Ian White

Electronic media and multimedia

Margaret Turner

Information design and visualisation

Debbie Livingston

Virtual tourism

Dr Ian White

Digital aesthetics

Dr Ian White

Navigation and virtual spaces

Dr Ian White

Digital imaging and video technologies

Debbie Livingston

Digital thinking and the post-mechanical

Margaret Turner

Art and technology, science, and architecture

Kevin Todd