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Emeritus Professor, Creative Industries, CQUniversity Australia

I am a Professor of Creative Industries (Creative Writing) who has been researching and writing about various non-fiction genres of writing since the 1990s. Since 2011, I have also been working in the area of representation of nurses and nursing. Research interests are non-fiction writing and publishing; life writing, especially memoir and biography; food and art writing; nurses and nursing. I regularly collaborate with creative arts, mental health and Gothic scholars. I am currently undertaking a second PhD at the Australian Catholic University, writing a history of Bondi Beach.

Experience

  • 2020–2021
    Emeritus Professor, Creative Industries, Central Queensland University
  • 2010–2020
    Professor, Creative Industries, Central Queensland University
  • 2007–2010
    Associate Professor, Creative Industries, Central Queensland University
  • 2004–2007
    Senior Lecturer, Writing and Publishing, University of New England
  • 2001–2004
    Acting Senior Lecturer, Creative Writing, Queensland University of Technology
  • 2000–2001
    Lecturer, Creative Writing, Queensland University of Technology