Most academic staff in Australia are employed casually and on teaching-focused contracts, with little opportunity for research or advancement. This paper presents findings from a project undertaken at an Australian university and its pathway institution investigating casual academics’ experiences as peripheral members of the academy. Survey data from 59 casual academics and 13 follow-up interviews revealed several themes, including experiences of exclusion, lack of recognition and unpaid work...

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Raewyn Connell Award for Leadership in Sexuality, Gender and Queer Educational Research.

Challenging masculinities

Racism and sexism are discriminatory behaviours that are prevalent throughout society, and both have a negative impact on individuals. Further, the intersectionality of racism and sexism has a prof...

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We want to understand how student trauma shows up in university spaces. And we also want to know how institutions might respond.

Alternative and superior approaches are available and necessary - these recognise racism may be experienced differently by different groups.

Though there is a significant, international body of literature on the experiences of queer university students, comparatively little is written about the higher education pathways of queer students, ...

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The Attorney General has asked the Law Reform Commission to review the Anti-Discrimination Act 1977 (NSW).

This comprehensive resource equips emerging and experienced sexuality educators with contemporary frameworks for trauma-informed, equitable, and anti-oppressive education. It provides foundational principles for development and delivery, emphasizing inclusivity, accessibility, and intersectionality. Editors Malone, Gilbert, Dukes, and Fonte curate chapters by leading voices on topics such as historical perspectives, values, emotional intelligence, professional humility, reproductive justice, neu

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Just published online! A special collection for Critical Studies in Education titled "The political life of education online" edited by myself, Keith Heggart and Dr Sheena MacRae. https://l...

Both in Australia and globally there is a turn towards a more critical and nuanced appraisal of the emotional experiences of teachers

This paper discusses contradictory imperatives in contemporary Australian pedagogy – the notions of ‘controversy’ and ‘diversity’ as they relate the subjects of genders and sexualities. It is a com...

Millions have been gripped by a story of toxic masculinity in children that’s been called a ‘wake-up call’. But is it a moral panic, and how should we respond?

What ‘Adolescence’ gets right about the harassment of female authority figures.

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There is a body of international literature demonstrating queer young people’s dissatisfaction with their school-based sexuality education. Seeking relevant information and social support, queer yo...

Challenging the myths about LGBTQ+ kids and bullying: what it means to protect queer kids in schools Conversations around LGBTQ+ kids in school have become d...

There must be intellectual resistance to polarisation but women and minority academics are mostly carrying this work on gender alone.