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Giselle Natassia Woodley

Researcher and Phd Candidate, Edith Cowan University

Giselle Woodley (She/Her) is a PhD Candidate and researcher under the School of Arts and Humanities at Edith Cowan University in Australia. She is currently investigating teens' perspectives of Sexually-Explicit Materials (SEM), including pornography and their experiences of their Relationships and Sexuality Education (both at home, school and online). Giselle is a sexologist and has a background in Arts and Media. Giselle also works as a researcher under the School of Population Health at Curtin University investigating sexual violence and primary prevention strategies. Current work explores sexual harassment in the mining industry.

Giselle is a co-founder of Bloom-Ed (https://www.bloom-ed.org/) a Relationships and Sexuality Education (RSE) advocacy group. She is particularly interested in the benefits of RSE and real solutions that work in relation to these issues which ultimately increase individual wellbeing, supports healthy relationships and reduce sexual violence.

Experience

  • 2020–present
    PhD Candidate, Edith Cowan University
  • 2017–present
    Sessional Academic, Curtin University
  • 2021–present
    Research Assistant, Edith Cowan University
  • 2022–present
    Research Assistant, Curtin University

Grants and Contracts

  • 2020
    Adolescents’ perceptions of harm from accessing online sexual content
    Role:
    PhD Candidate
    Funding Source:
    Australian Research Council Discovery Project