MICRO-BIO

• I am a final year PhD candidate in the School of Social Sciences at the University of Western Australia. My research is focused on examining community perspectives concerning Australian news discourses surrounding people seeking asylum in Australia...More

  I am a final year PhD candidate in the School of Social Sciences at the University of Western Australia. My research is focused on examining community perspectives concerning Australian news discourses surrounding people seeking asylum in Australia.

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EXPERIENCE

• The Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre

  • Research Grants Officer
  • September 2017 to Present

• Asylum Seeker Resource Centre

  • Campaign Content Writer
  • September 2017 to Present

• The University of Western Australia

  • Tutor “ANTH1001: Being Human, Culture, Identity & Society”
  • February 2017 to July 2017

• The University of Western Australia

  • Tutor “ENSC1001: Global Challenges in Engineering”
  • July 2014 to November 2016

• The University of Western Australia

  • PhD Candidate
  • School of Social Sciences
  • June 2014 to Present

• Metropolitan Migrant Resource Centre

  • Project Officer - Multicultural Youth Advocacy Network
  • May 2013 to June 2014

• The University of New South Wales

  • Grants Officer
  • January 2012 to January 2013

• The University of Western Australia

  • Research Assistant
  • July 2011 to January 2012

• University of Western Australia

  • -
  • -
  • 2007 to Present

EDUCATION

• The University of Western Australia

  • Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Sociology
  • June 2014 to Present

  Topic: Community discourses concerning news representations of people seeking asylum in Australia Supervisors: A/Prof. Farida Fozdar & A/Prof. Rob Cover

• The University of Sydney

  • Master of Education
  • February 2012 to August 2013

• Edith Cowan University

  • B.A. Psychology & Criminology (double major)
  • February 2005 to November 2007

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