Bronwyn Carlson

Experience

• 2017–present
  Professor, Macquarie University
• 2011–2017
  Associate professor, University of Wollongong

Education

• 2012 
  UNSW, PhD
• 2004 
  UOW, BA Hons1

Publications

• 2021
  Carlson, B. & Frazer, R. (2021). ‘Attending to Difference in Indigenous People’s Experiences of Cyberbullying: Towards a Research Agenda’. In Bailey, J., Flynn, A., & Henry, N. (Eds.). (2021). The Emerald International Handbook of Technology Facilitated Violence and Abuse, Emerald Publishing House
• 2021
  Carlson, B. & Berglund, J. (Eds.). (2020). Indigenous People Rise Up: The Global Ascendancy of Social Media Activism , Rutgers University Press
• 2021
  Carlson, B. & Frazer, R. (2020). ‘Anger, hope and love: The affective economies of Indigenous social media activism’. In Carlson, B. & Berglund, J. (Eds.). (2020). Indigenous People Rise Up: The Global Ascendancy of Social Media Activism, Rutgers University Press
• 2020
  Carlson, B. (2020). ‘Indigenous Killjoys: Negotiating the labyrinth of dis/mis trust’. In Moeke-Pickering, T., Pegoraro, A., & Cote-Meek, S. (Eds.). (2020). Critical reflections and Politics on Advancing Women in the Academy , IGI Global
• 2020
  Carlson, B., Frazer, R., & Farrelly, T. (2020). ‘”That makes all the difference”: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health-seeking on social media’, , Health Promotion Journal of Australia
• 2020
  Carlson, B. & Frazer, R. (2020). “They got filters”: Indigenous social media, the settler gaze, and a politic of hope Special Issue, , Marginality in Social Media, Social Media + Society, June, 6(2): 1-11.
• 2019
  Carlson, B. (2019). ‘Disrupting the master narrative: Indigenous people and tweeting colonial history’ , Griffith Review, 64, pp. 230-240.
• 2019
  Carlson, B. (2019). ‘Love and hate at the Cultural Interface: Indigenous Australians and dating apps’ , Special Issue, Indigenous Sociology: Contemporary Theoretical Perspectives, The Journal of Sociology, pp. 1-18.
• 2018
  Carlson, B. & Frazer, R. (2018). ‘Yarning Circles and Social Media Activism’ Media International Australia, , Special Issue: Indigenous Innovation on Social Media, 8th October 2018, 169(1), pp. 43-53
• 2017
  Indigenous memes and the invention of a people, Social Media + Society
• 2017
  Trauma, Shared Recognition and Indigenous Resistance on Social Media’, Australasian Journal of Information Systems
• 2016
  The Politics of Identity: Who Counts as Aboriginal today, Aboriginal Studies Press
• 2016
  Striking the Right Cord: Indigenous People and the Love of Country, AlterNative: An International Journal of Indigenous People
• 2016
  Indigenous activism and social media: The global response to #SOSBLAKAUSTRAIA, Rethinking Digital Citizenship: Control, Contest and Culture
• 2015
  It’s like going to a cemetery and lighting a candle’: Aboriginal Australians, Sorry Business and social media, AlterNative: An International Journal of Indigenous Peoples
• 2015
  Mediating Tragedy: Facebook, Aboriginal Peoples and Suicide, Australasian Journal of Information Systems
• 2014
  Four Scholars speak to navigating the complexities of naming in Indigenous Studies. , The Australian Journal of Indigenous Education.
• 2014
  The legacy of racism and Indigenous Australian identity within education. , Race Ethnicity and Education
• 2014
  Racism, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander identities, and higher education: Reviewing the burden of epistemological and other racisms. , Seeding Success in Indigenous Australian Higher Education: What Research Says?
• 2013
  The ‘new frontier’: Emergent Indigenous identities and social media, The Politics of Identity: Emerging Indigeneity

Grants and Contracts

• 2020
  Evaluation of the Safe Sista project

  Role:

  Chief Investigator

  Funding Source:

  Alannah & Madeline Foundation

• 2020
  Meeting where you are: Social & emotional wellbeing resources and social media to help Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young people build resilience, seek help and prevent suicide

  Role:

  in partnership with ReachOut Australia

  Funding Source:

  Department of Health (Commonwealth)

• 2020
  The impact of racist and violent content and threats towards Indigenous women and LBGTQI+ people on social media: a comparative analysis of Australia, New Zealand, Canada and the USA

  Role:

  Chief Investigator

  Funding Source:

  Facebook

• 2020
  Indigenous peoples’ experiences of cyberbullying: An assemblage approach

  Role:

  Chief Investigator

  Funding Source:

  Australian Research Council Discovery Indigenous

• 2020
  Meeting where you are: Social & emotional wellbeing resources and social media to help Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young people build resilience, seek help and prevent suicide

  Role:

  in partnership with ReachOut Australia

  Funding Source:

  Department of Health (Commonwealth)

• 2019
  Trauma Training evaluation, LBGTQI+ toolkit

  Role:

  Chief Investigator

  Funding Source:

  Aboriginal Health and Medical Research Council

• 2018
  Cyberbullying and Indigenous Youth

  Role:

  Chief Investigator

  Funding Source:

  Aboriginal Health and Medical Research Council

• 2017
  #Overwhelmed: Developing Indigenous Strategies for Coping with Racially Fraught Content on Social Media

  Role:

  Chief Investigator

  Funding Source:

  Macquarie University

• 2017
  Local Knowledges: Engaging Dharug Communities in Curriculum Development

  Role:

  chief Investigator

  Funding Source:

  Macquarie University

• 2016
  Social Media to Enhance Indigenous Tobacco Control.

  Role:

  co-chief investigator

  Funding Source:

  National Health and Medical Research Council

• 2016
  An Examination of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Help-Seeking Behaviours on Social Media.

  Role:

  Chief Investigator

  Funding Source:

  Australian Research Council, Discovery Indigenous Grant

• 2015
  Community and Activist Media in the Illawarra: Building Networks and Ethical Responses.

  Role:

  co-chief investigator

  Funding Source:

  University of Wollongong

• 2014
  Indigenous identities in a global context: A collaborative curriculum project

  Role:

  Co-Chief Investigator

  Funding Source:

  UIC International Links Grant

• 2014
  Engaging local Aboriginal communities in curriculum development: Local Knowledge: Aboriginal Illawarra and the South Coast

  Role:

  Co-Chief Investigator

  Funding Source:

  Educational Strategies Development Grant

• 2013
  Working with the local Aboriginal community: a pilot investigation of the cultural dimensions of services provided by the Illawarra Aboriginal Medical Services.

  Role:

  Co-Chief Investigator

  Funding Source:

  URC Research Partnership Grant

• 2013
  Building Indigenous research capacity: Strengthening pathways for Indigenous students to Higher Degree Research at the University of Wollongong

  Role:

  Co-Chief Investigator

  Funding Source:

  Educational Strategies Development Grant

• 2012
  Aboriginal identity and community online: a sociological exploration of Aboriginal peoples’ use of online social media

  Role:

  Chief Investigator

  Funding Source:

  Australian Research Council, Discovery Indigenous Grant

Professional Memberships

• Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
• Member of the National Expert Advisory Board, Journal of Sociology
• Member of the Sociological Association of Australia (TASA)
• Elected Fellow, Australian Academy of the Humanities
• Forum of Indigenous Research Excellence (FIRE)

Research Areas

• Studies Of Aboriginal And Torres Strait Islander Society (169902)
• Aboriginal And Torres Strait Islander Cultural Studies (200201)

Honours

2013 winner of the prestigious Stanner Award administered by the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies