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Senior Lecturer in Social and Cultural Geography, Western Sydney University

Dr Alanna Kamp is Senior Lecturer in Social and Cultural Geography, Western Sydney University. She is researcher at the Young and Resilient Research Centre, Challenging Racism Project, and Centre for Resilient and Inclusive Societies.

Dr Kamp’s research and teaching lies in the areas of Australian cultural and social diversity, national identity, racism/anti-racism, and social cohesion. She has received research funding from the Australian Research Council, Victorian Department of Premier and Cabinet, NSW Department of Communities and Justice, Centre of Resilient and Inclusive Societies, and the Special Broadcasting Service (SBS). Her work utilises national-level quantitative methods as well as smaller-scale qualitative techniques that are influenced by multi-disciplinary research (post-colonialism, feminism, history, diaspora etc). She has published pioneering (and award winning) work on Chinese Australian women’s experiences of national and cultural identity, participation and contribution, racism and belonging. She has also published in the areas of Indigenous Studies, Asian Australian Studies, and Islamophobia. She is elected member of the NSW Geographical Names Board, provides academic advice to the Australian Human Rights Commission and insights to Australian news media.

Experience

  • 2020–present
    Lecturer in Geography and Urban Studies, Western Sydney University
  • 2015–2019
    Postdoctoral research fellow, Western Sydney University

Education

  • 2014 
    Western Sydney University, PhD/Geography
  • 2007 
    University of New South Wales, BA (History and English)
  • 2007 
    University of New South Wales, BSc (Geography)

Grants and Contracts

  • 2021
    ‘Mixed race’ young Australians’ experiences of racism, identity and belonging in multicultural Australia
    Role:
    Chief Investigator
    Funding Source:
    Western Sydney University
  • 2020
    Asian Australians' experiences of racism during the COVID-19 pandemic
    Role:
    Chief Investigator
    Funding Source:
    Centre of Resilient and Inclusive Societies
  • 2019
    What Next for Diversity?
    Role:
    Chief Investigator
    Funding Source:
    SBS

Professional Memberships

  • Institute of Australian Geographers
  • Geographical Society of NSW