School of Communication staff

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	Adelaide, Debra Associate Professor Debra Adelaide is the author or editor of 17 books, including novels, nonfiction, and reference works. She joined the permanent Creative Writing staff of UTS in 2003 after many…	Adjunct Associate Professor, School of Communication
	Aguas, Evangeline	Education Focused Lecturer, School of Communication
	Andersen, Michelle Michelle is School Administration Manager in the School of International Studies. She has been employed at the University of Techology Sydney in various administrative and supervisory roles over a…	Administrative Assistant, ADMIN Communication School
	Attfield, Sarah Sarah is a lecturer in the School of Communication in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. Her scholarly work is focused on social class in popular culture and literature, particularly the…	Senior Lecturer, Creative Writing Program
	Bakhanova, Elena	Research Assistant, School of Communication
	Balci, Zozan	Education Focused Academic, School of Communication
	Barnes, Joel Joel Barnes is a Research Associate on the Institutions of the Humanities ARC Discovery Project in the Australian Centre for Public History. The project is examining the history of Australian…	Research Assistant, Social and Political Sciences Program
	Bebawi, Saba Saba Bebawi is a journalism and media Professor who has published on media power and the role of media in democracy-building, in addition to investigative journalism in conflict and post-conflict…	Head of Journalism & Writing, Journalism Program
	Bonfiglioli, Catriona Catriona Bonfiglioli is a senior lecturer in Media Studies in the Journalism, Information & Media Studies academic group in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at UTS. Catriona is chief…	Senior Lecturer, Journalism Program
	Booth, Emily Emily Booth is a doctoral candidate exploring the reading interests and practices of Australian teenagers in the contexts of leisure, education, and broader diversity advocacy movements. Her research…	Research Assistant, Digital and Social Media
	Brahimzadeh, Tina	Research Assistant, Public Communication Program
	Branagan, Liam	Education Focused Lecturer, Media Arts & Production Program
	Brown, Melissa	Administrative Assistant, ADMIN Communication School
	Brown, Melissa	Administrative Support Officer, ADMIN Communication School
	Bucknall, Helen	Education Focused Lecturer, Media Arts & Production Program
	Byron, Paul Paul Byron is a UTS Chancellor's Postdoctoral Fellow. He is currently researching LGBTQ+ young people's digital cultures of peer support, with a view to inform Australian mental health…	Senior Lecturer, Digital and Social Media
	Cama, Nicole	Research Assistant, Social and Political Sciences Program
	Cameron, Deborah Deborah Cameron is a professional film animator, artist and visual storyteller with a 25 yr career in the International Animation industry, fifteen of those spent working as a character animator for…	Lecturer, Media Arts & Production Program
	Chan, Lai-Ha Lai-Ha Chan is a Senior Lecturer in the Social and Political Sciences Program, School of Communication at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS). She was a visiting fellow in the Princeton…	Senior Lecturer, Social and Political Sciences Program
	Clark, Anna Anna Clark is an Australian Research Council Future Fellow at the Australian Centre for Public History at the University of Technology Sydney. With Stuart Macintyre, she wrote the History Wars in…	Professor, School of Communication
	Corbett, Claire Claire Corbett studied film and writing at UTS and crewed on films, including Jane Campion’s Sweetie and The Piano, before becoming a policy advisor in the NSW Government. Claire has had stories,…	Education Focused Lecturer in Writing, School of Communication
	Corea, Cisco	Education Focused Academic, Journalism Program
	Cranny-Francis, Anne Anne Cranny-Francis has a first class Honours degree in English Literature from the University of Queensland and a Ph.D. in English Literature from the University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK. Her PhD…	Adjunct Professor, School of Communication
	Dabner, Matthew Trained at the University of Southern California's School of Cinematic Arts Matthew Dabner started his film career working in the story department at Icon Productions in Los Angeles. Matthew…	Lecturer, Media Arts & Production Program
	Daley, Tabitha	Administrative Assistant, ADMIN Communication School
	Davidson, Sharon	Senior Research Officer, Social and Political Sciences Program
	Dejmanee, Tisha	Head of Discipline, School of Communication
	Delmo, Kate Dr. Kate Delmo teaches in both Bachelor in Communication (Public Communication) and Executive Masters and Masters in Strategic Communication programs of the School of Communication. Kate completed…	Head of Discipline, Strategic Communication, School of Communication
	Deuze, Mark	Adjunct Professor, School of Communication
	Djavadkhani, Sina Audio Production Specialist	MediaLab Technical Officer, Sound, ADMIN Media Lab
	Donald, Stephanie Hemelryk	Head of School, Communication, School of Communication
	Dubh, Seána	MediaLab Technical Officer, ADMIN Media Lab
	Dulhunty, Emmeline	Education Focused Lecturer, Media Arts & Production Program
	Duloy, Louie	Equipment Store Officer, ADMIN Media Lab
	Durrani, Sameera Sameera Durrani is a Lecturer and Early Career Researcher (ECR) in the School of Communication at the University of Technology Sydney. Prior to joining UTS in 2019, she taught media and public…	Lecturer, Public Communication Program
	Eckermann, Marcus	Media Production and Technology Manager, ADMIN Media Lab
	Eisenhuth, Susie Susie Eisenhuth is a journalist and a lecturer in journalism who has continued to combine active involvement in journalism with teaching since taking up work as an academic and is keen to forge…	Adjunct Fellow, School of Communication
	Fabinyi, Michael Michael Fabinyi uses theories and methods from the social sciences to understand the social, political and cultural aspects of marine resource use and management. He completed his PhD at the…	Professor, School of Communication
	Falconer, Delia Delia Falconer is the author of three books: two novels and one work of creative nonfiction. Her first novel, the bestselling The Service of Clouds, was shortlisted for major literary awards…	Senior Lecturer, Creative Writing Program
	Feng, Chongyi Dr Feng Chongyi is Associate Professor in China Studies, University of Technology, Sydney and adjunct Professor of History, Nankai University, Tianjin. He is China’s first holder of PhD in…	Associate Professor, Social and Political Sciences Program
	Ferris, Gregory Dr Gregory Ferris is a media ‘construct-ant’ who works across a variety of media environments, including interactive media, installation, virtual reality and traditional moving image. He’s worked…	Senior Lecturer, Media Arts & Production Program
	Fish, Laura	Visiting Scholar, School of Communication
	Fiske, Lucy Lucy Fiske is a Senior Lecturer in Social and Political Sciences at UTS. She was previously a Chancellor’s Postdoctoral Fellow in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Cosmopolitan Civil Societies…	Head of Discipline, Social and Political Sciences, School of Communication
	Ford, Heather Associate Professor Heather Ford is Head of Discipline for Digital and Social Media in the School of Communications at UTS. She has a background working for global technology corporations and non-…	Associate Professor, Digital and Social Media
	Foster, Meg	Chancellor's Research Fellow, School of Communication
	Frankham, Bettina Dr. Bettina Frankham is a practice led researcher in digital media. She has a background of industry experience that spans multiple forms of media including television, radio and web production. As a…	Senior Lecturer, Media Arts & Production Program
	Freyne, Catherine	Senior Research Assistant, Social and Political Sciences Program
	Funder, Anna Anna Funder is one of Australia’s most acclaimed and awarded writers. Her novel All That I Am won the Miles Franklin Prize, the West Australian Premier’s Prize, the West Australian Premier’s People’s…	Lecturer, Creative Writing Program
	Gawne, Mark Mark works as a sociologist at the University of Technology Sydney and is the director for work-integrated learning in the Faculty of Arts and Social Science, UTS. His current research is focused…	Education Focused Lecturer, Social and Political Sciences Program
	Gidney, Matthew Matt Gidney is a filmmaker, animator, engineer and academic with an international career in high-end computer graphics, animation, visual effects and the arts. His current research focuses on aspects…	Senior Lecturer, Media Arts & Production Program
	Giuffre, Liz Dr Liz Giuffre is a Senior Lecturer in Communication for the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. In addition to this she works regularly in the national independent arts press as a journalist and…	Senior Lecturer, Music & Sound Design Program
	Goodman, James James Goodman conducts research into global politics, socio-cultural change and climate justice. He is an Associate Professor in Social and Political Sciences at the Faculty of Arts and Social…	Professor, Social and Political Sciences Program
	Gough, Atticus	Production Assistant, Media Arts & Production Program
	Grant, Patrick Dr. Pat Grant brings his experience a writer, illustrator and designer to his teaching and research in Animation and Visual Communication at UTS. He is an internationally recognised author of two…	Lecturer, Media Arts & Production Program
	Gregory, Anne	Visiting Professor, School of Communication
	Harvey, Justin	Lecturer, Media Arts & Production Program
	Hayward, Philip	Adjunct Professor, School of Communication
	Heenan, Tash	Research Assistant, School of Communication
	Henninger, Maureen Dr Maureen Henninger is currently a Senior Lecturer in Information and Knowledge Management at the University of Technology, Sydney. She holds degrees from the University of Sydney (BA), the…	Visiting Fellow, School of Communication
	Hill, Jessica	Industry Fellow, School of Communication
	Ho, Christina Christina Ho is Associate Professor, Social and Political Sciences, within the Communications program, based in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. Christina researches migration, cultural…	Associate Professor, Social and Political Sciences Program
	Holborow, Bel	Research Animator, Media Arts & Production Program
	Humphrys, Elizabeth Elizabeth is a political economist based in the School of Communication, FASS, and the UTS Student Ombud (2019-2021). Her research examines work and workers in the context of economic crisis and…	Head of Discipline, Social and Political Sciences, School of Communication
	Hung-Baesecke, Flora	Senior Lecturer, Public Communication Program
	Irving, Siobhan	Education Focused Lecturer, School of Communication
	Janson-Moore, John	MediaLab Technical Officer, Video, ADMIN Media Lab
	Jethani, Suneel	Senior Lecturer, Digital and Social Media
	Johns, Amelia Amelia Johns is a Senior Lecturer in Digital and Social Media. Her work spans the fields of digital media and digital citizenship studies, with a focus on young people’s negotiation of racism and…	Associate Professor, Digital and Social Media
	Jones, Hayden	Equipment Store Officer, ADMIN Media Lab
	Joseph, Sue Sue Joseph (PhD) has been a journalist for more than thirty-five years, completing a cadetship at ACP before travelling to Europe in the early '80s. Based in London, she was stringer for several…	Visiting Fellow, School of Communication
	Joyce, Michelle	Administrative Assistant, Social and Political Sciences Program
	Juergens, Maria	Education Focused Academic, Media Arts & Production Program
	Jung, Kyungja Kyungja's academic interests are experientially grounded in and inspired by her involvement in women's activism in Australia and Korea. Drawing on feminist theory(s) of intersectionality of…	Associate Professor, Social and Political Sciences Program
	Kearney, Christine Christine is currently a senior journalist and editor at The Guardian SBS and ABC, delivering international stories for digital/online, radio and television. Previous to that she spent ten years as a…	Senior Lecturer, Journalism Program
	Kenning, Gail Dr Gail Kenning is and artist, researcher and educator. She is Research Associate at University of Technology Sydney in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Faculty of Engineering and IT and…	Visiting Fellow, School of Communication
	Keogh, Brent Brent Keogh is a Lecturer in Communication at UTS, and currently convenes 54092 Culture: Plugged and Unplugged, 58301 Communications Practice Project and teaches in 5409 Audio Production. He…	Lecturer, Music & Sound Design Program
	Khamis, Susie Dr Susie Khamis is Senior Lecturer in Public Communication. Her doctoral thesis ‘Bushells and the Cultural Logic of Branding’ won the Sydney Harbour Foreshore Heritage Prize in 2007, and in 2011 she…	Engagement and Internationalisation Coordinator, School of Communication
	Kim, Soojin Dr Soojin Kim is a lecturer at the School of Communication. Her research areas are public behaviour, public sentiment, and public relations strategies in diverse contexts. Before joining UTS, she…	Senior Lecturer, Public Communication Program
	Kimberley, Andrew	Research Animator, Media Arts & Production Program
	Klafas, Cato	MediaLab Technical Officer, Video, ADMIN Media Lab
	Koskie, Tim	Research Assistant, Digital and Social Media
	Krikowa, Natalie Dr. Natalie Krikowa is a media scholar and practice-led researcher at the University of Technology Sydney. She holds a Doctor of Creative Arts in media and cultural studies, a Masters of Creative…	Senior Lecturer, Digital and Social Media
	Lam, Dawn	Education Focused Academic, Media Arts & Production Program
	Landers, Rachel Professor Rachel Landers is a filmmaker with a PhD in history. Her films have screened all over the world and won a number of prestigious awards. In 2011/12 she received the NSW Premier’s History…	Professor, Media Arts & Production Program
	Laurie, Timothy Dr Timothy Laurie is a Lecturer in the School of Communication in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. His core research interests include cultural theory, studies in popular culture, and gender…	Senior Lecturer, Music & Sound Design Program
	Lawlor, William	MediaLab Coordinator, Sound, ADMIN Media Lab
	Leahy, Gillian Having completed an honours Anthropology Degree at Sydney University in 1973, Gillian Leahy studied at the Australian Film, Television and Radio School. She worked as a clapper loader on four feature…	Adjunct Associate Professor, School of Communication
	Leimbach, Tania Tania Leimbach’s doctoral thesis Sustainability and the material imagination, is an interdisciplinary inquiry into Australian cultural institutions with a focus on modes of public engagement,…	Visiting Fellow, School of Communication
	Levy, Leilana	Research Assistant, Social and Political Sciences Program
	Lewis, Melany	Administration Team Leader, ADMIN Communication School
	Lin, Amy	Research Assistant, Social and Political Sciences Program
	Macnamara, Jim Jim Macnamara is a Distinguished Professor in the School of Communication at the University of Technlogy Sydney (UTS). He is currently serving as Deputy Dean of the UTS Faculty of Science (until 30…	Distinguished Professor, School of Communication Professor, School of Communication
	Macris, Anthony Anthony Macris is Associate Professor of Creative Writing at UTS. For over twenty years he has taught creative writing and literary theory at a range of institutions, including Johns Hopkins…	Adjunct Professor, School of Communication
	Marshall, Jonathan Jonathan Paul Marshall is currently a Future Fellow at UTS, working on a project entitled "Society and Climate Change: Social analysis of a disruptive technology". This project explores…	Lecturer, Public Communication Program
	McCauley, Keely	Teaching and Learning Support Team Leader, ADMIN Communication School
	McCowan, Andrew	Education Focused Lecturer, Public Communication Program
	McDonald, Lisa	Research Assistant, Social and Political Sciences Program
	Middleweek, Belinda Dr Belinda Middleweek is a Senior Lecturer in Journalism in the School of Communication at UTS. She has worked as a news producer for Australia’s top rating breakfast television programs Sunrise and…	Senior Lecturer, Journalism Program
	Moore, Enya	Research Assistant, Social and Political Sciences Program
	Mwithia, Jesica	Lecturer, School of Communication
	Nash, Margot Margot Nash is a screenwriter and a director with a background as a cinematographer, a film editor and an actor. She holds an MFA from the UNSW. Her research topic was: The research, writing and…	Visiting Fellow, School of Communication
	Newman, Martin	Lecturer, Journalism Program
	Newman, Freya	Centre Manager, Social and Political Sciences Program
	Oleinikova, Olga Dr Olga Oleinikova is a Lecturer and Director of the Ukraine Democracy Initiative in the School of Communication at the University of Technology Sydney, Australia. She is listed among the Top 40…	Senior Lecturer, Social and Political Sciences Program
	Pagett, Catherine	Research Animator, Media Arts & Production Program
	Petersen, Leicia	Research Assistant, Public Communication Program
	Pham, Vivian	Contractor, Journalism Program
	Pietsch, Tamson Tamson Pietsch is Associate Professor in Social & Political Sciences and Director of the Australian Centre for Public History at UTS. Tamson's research focuses on the history of ideas and…	Associate Professor, Social and Political Sciences Program
	Pippos, Andrew	Lecturer, Journalism Program
	Polson, Jacqueline	Education Focused Lecturer, Public Communication Program
	Proano Larco, Gabriela	Administration Team Leader, ADMIN Communication School
	Raja Arif, Raja Sumayyah	Lecturer, School of Communication
	Robinson, Shirleene	Visiting Fellow, School of Communication
	Sarangi, Gopal Krishna	Key Technology Partner, Public Communication Program
	Sazdov, Robert Robert Sazdov is a composer, researcher, music producer, and educator. His compositions and productions have received prizes and awards from various organizations and institutions including: ‘Pierre…	Head of Discipline, Music & Sound Design, Music & Sound Design Program
	Shannon, Barrie	Research Assistant, Music & Sound Design Program
	Sheehan, Annabelle	Education Focused Senior Lecturer, School of Communication
	Sidoti, Francesca	Postdoctoral Research Associate, Digital and Social Media
	Sperring, Samantha	Research Assistant, Social and Political Sciences Program
	Spongberg, Mary Prior to her appointment at UTS Mary Spongberg was Professor of Modern History and Associate Dean of Research in the Faculty of Arts at Macquarie University, where she has been for the last eighteen…	Adjunct Professor, School of Communication
	Stapleton, Andrew	Education Focused Academic, Digital and Social Media
	Stevenson, Ian Ian Stevenson is a specialist in the field of audible design with over twenty years of experience as an audio engineer, producer, artist and educator. He is currently senior lecturer in music and…	Senior Lecturer, Music & Sound Design Program
	Szapiro, Deborah Deborah Szapiro is an award winning creative producer, designer, curator and academic. Deborah teaches in Animation Studio, her teaching and research integrates animation history, theory and practice…	Lecturer, Media Arts & Production Program
	Taghikhah, Firouzeh	Research Assistant, School of Communication
	Tat, Diamond	MediaLab Technical Officer, ADMIN Media Lab
	Taylor, Jemima	Research Support, Public Communication Program
	Taylor, Maureen	Visiting Professor, School of Communication
	Theodosopoulos, Georgia	Administrative Assistant, ADMIN Communication School
	Thomas, Archie Archie Thomas is an award-winning interdisciplinary researcher focused on understanding how discourses, policy frameworks and institutions like schools shape our lives. Archie has collaborated on…	Chancellor's Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Social and Political Sciences Program
	Thornley, Jennifer	Visiting Scholar, School of Communication
	Vasquez-Brown, Rosemary	Research Animator, Media Arts & Production Program
	Vatsikopoulos, Helen Dr Helen Vatsikopoulos is a Walkley Award winning journalist who has worked for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, the Australia Network, and for the Special Broadcasting Service. In a career…	Industry Fellow, School of Communication
	Walker, Jeremy Jeremy Walker is Senior Lecturer in Environment, Culture and Society in the Social and Political Sciences Program of the School of Communications. He holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the…	Senior Lecturer, Social and Political Sciences Program
	Walton, Jessica	Visiting Fellow, School of Communication
	Wang, Haiyan	Key Technology Partner, School of Communication
	Wiffen, Zacchary	MediaLab Technical Officer, Sound, ADMIN Media Lab
	Wilcox, Felicity Felicity Wilcox is an interdisciplinary composer and academic whose output encompasses concert music, film music, songwriting and improvisation, music for theatre, installation, live events, dance…	Senior Lecturer, Music & Sound Design Program
	Worner, James	Research Assistant, Social and Political Sciences Program
	Xiong, kiki	Research Assistant, Public Communication Program