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Jess Carniel

(she/her)
Associate professor in Humanities, University of Southern Queensland

Research Interests:

Eurovision, cultural diplomacy, Australian and global migration, multiculturalism, race and ethnicity, cultural studies, popular culture, Australian studies, gender studies.

Most Recent Research Outcomes:

Carniel, Jessica, “Towards a theory of participatory diplomacy via the Eurovision Song Contest”, Media, Culture & Society, (2024). https://doi.org/10.1177/01634437231224080

Carniel, Jessica, “Killing Conchita: celebrity persona (de/re)construction as artistic transformation”, Celebrity Studies (2023), DOI: 10.1080/19392397.2023.2256429.

Carniel, Jessica and Persian, Jayne, "Wogs as work: humour as ethnic entrepreneurship and convivial labour." Continuum: Journal of Media and Cultural Studies vol. 37, no. 4 (2023), pp. 480-493, https://doi.org/10.1080/10304312.2023.2253382.

Carniel, Jessica, Emmerson, Mark and Gehrmann, Richard, "Inquiry-based learning as an adaptive signature pedagogy in international relations," International Studies Perspectives (2023), https://doi.org/10.1093/isp/ekad015

Experience

  • 2023–present
    Associate professor, University of Southern Queensland
  • 2024–2026
    Research fellow, Center on Public Diplomacy, University of Southern California
  • 2018–2023
    Senior lecturer, University of Southern Queensland
  • 2013–2017
    Lecturer, University of Southern Queensland

Education

  • 2006 
    University of Melbourne, PhD

Professional Memberships

  • Cultural Studies Association of Australasia
  • International Australian Studies Association