Supervision

I welcome enquiries regarding supervision of Masters (either Master of Research or Master of Philosophy) and Doctoral projects aligned with my research interests, particularly in persona studies, online identity performance, and games studies, and from students from non-traditional academic backgrounds. If applying from outside the Australian tertiary system, please check Adelaide University Graduate Research website for information regarding eligibility and enrolment requirements. Please note that I have no independent funding to support post-graduate students, and I am generally at or near capacity for supervision.

Post-Graduate supervision

Aislinn Rossi, PhD Project: Becoming Neurodivergent: Algorithmic Identity and Historical Discourse, in progress (principal supervisor).

Sean Lin, PhD project: Emergent Narrative in Gaming and Audience Reception, in progress (principal supervisor).

Elmira Nouri, PhD project: Online Feminist Activism in Iran: The Case of MeToo Movement, in progress (principal supervisor).

Caitlin Adams, 2024, PhD Thesis entitled Media Mimicry – How ‘Mimic Vlogs’ Emulate User-Generated Content in Online Stories (Principal supervisor)

Amy Brierley, 2024, PhD Thesis entitled Representations of Optional Romance in AAA Role-playing Games: Love, Lust and Limerence, published as Romance in the Digital Game, Routledge

Robert Boucaut, 2023, PhD Thesis entitled Oscar Bait: Exploring Links Between an Academy Awards Institutional Persona and Perceptions of Oscar-Worthiness, published as Oscar Bait: The Academy Awards & Cultural Prestige, Routledge

Alexandra Mowbray, 2023, PhD Thesis entitled The Evolution of the Body in Contemporary Art and Digital Media: Asger Carlsen, Julie Rrap, Leah Schrager, Juliana Huxtable

Phuong Thanh Nguyen, 2023, Masters Thesis entitled Capturing simultaneity: International students’ connectedness and identity perceptions during the Covid-19 pandemic, awarded a Deans Commendation for excellence (Principal supervisor)

Nazia Hussain, 2021, PhD Thesis entitled Representations of Women in Pakistani Cinema: Role, Image, and Characterisation (embargoed)

Amy Nancarrow, 2020, PhD Thesis entitled The Art of Selling the Arts: Shifting Fringe Arts Strategic Marketing to the Digital Sphere

Ayodeji Aiyesimoju, 2020, PhD Thesis entitled Remediation or Replacement: Masthead Stakeholders’ Perception of News Digitalisation in Nigeria

Varunika Ruwanpura, 2019, MA Thesis entitled Crafting true stories: an interpretation of four Australian journalists’ nonfiction writing practices

Dr William McCarthy, 2019, PhD Thesis entitled Contested Kingdom: The role of online media in the relationship between Disney and fans over Disneyland