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Employment history

2008–present • SUBEDITOR — ninemsn, Sydney

2005–08 • EDITOR, SUBEDITOR and PUBLISHING EDITOR — LexisNexis, Reed Elsevier, Sydney

2003–05 • REFERENCE LIBRARIAN — University Library, University of New South Wales, Sydney

2001–03 • FACULTY LIAISON LIBRARIAN and INFORMATION LITERACY SPECIALIST — Division of Information Services, Griffith University, Brisbane

2000–01 • REFERENCE LIBRARIAN — Library & Information Service, Curtin University of Technology, Perth

1998–2006 • WEBSITE PRODUCER (casual) — School of Media Communication & Culture, Murdoch University, Perth

Sessional tutoring positions between 1996 and 2003 at Central Queensland University (sociology 1996), the Aboriginal Tutorial Assistance Scheme (1996), Edith Cowan University (media studies 1997), Murdoch University (cultural studies 1997–98), and Griffith University (cultural studies 2003).

Qualifications and scholarships

In progress • Doctor of Philosophy — Murdoch University, Perth

2007 • Certificate of participation: Learn to Sub — Media, Entertainment & Arts Alliance and Walkley Foundation, Sydney

2004 • Certificate of participation: Foundations of University Learning & Teaching — University of New South Wales, Sydney

2004 • Certificate of participation: Magazine Feature Writing — University of Technology, Sydney

2002 • Certificate of participation: The Practices of Copyediting — Griffith University, Brisbane

1999 • Graduate Diploma in Information and Library Studies — Curtin University of Technology, Perth

1998 • Australian Postgraduate Award with Stipend

1997 • Edith Cowan University Postgraduate Research Scholarship

1996 • Bachelor of Arts with First Class Honours — Central Queensland University, Rockhampton

1995 • Bachelor of Arts — Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington

Selected publications and presentations

“1660 Déjà Vu: James Bond and the Restoration of Britain.” Conference paper presented at Pacific Spaces/Global Marketplaces: Cultural Studies in Pacific Contexts. Wellington: Victoria University of Wellington, 1998.

“Are You Ready for Lifestyle Risk?” Risk Management magazine, 19 May 2008, 3. [Available from Risk Management]

“Broadband Envy.” Lawyers Weekly, 7 September 2007, 35.

“Dial ‘M’ for Metonym: Universal Exports, M’s Office Space and Empire.” In The James Bond Phenomenon: A Critical Reader, edited by Christoph Lindner (Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2003), 215-231; First published in National Identities, 2/1 (2000), 35-47 [Available from Taylor & Francis]; Originally conference paper presented at National Identities: History Geography, Image . London: Institute of Contemporary British History, University of London, 1998.

“Dopod Envy.” Lawyers Weekly, 22 June 2007, 23.

“Folklaw” [column]. Lawyers Weekly, August 2007–September 2008.

“Generation Y is not a Mutation.” Human Resources magazine, 27 November 2007, 3. [Available from Human Resources]

“Key Concepts in Cultural Studies.” Lecture presented in 1006FMC: Culture & Society . Brisbane: Griffith University, 2003.

“Labor No Guarantee to Initiate Haneef Inquiry.” Lawyers Weekly, 2 November 2007, 6. [Available from Lawyers Weekly]

“‘Looking for a New England’: James Bond, Little England and the New Europe.” Conference paper presented at Europe: Divided or United? XIIth Biennial Conference of the Australasian Association for European History. Perth: University of Western Australia, 1999.

“Sam de Brito, the Rainmaker?” Cosmopolitan [website], 20 August 2008. [Available from Cosmopolitan]

“‘Spiders in the Dressing Room’: Imagining Sunderland with the Toy Dolls.” Limina, 5 (1999), 109-23. [Available from Limina]

“Spilt Martini: James Bond, Parody and Intertextuality.” Conference paper presented at Cultural Studies Association of Australasia annual conference: Everyday Transformations: The Twenty-First Century Quotidian. Perth: Murdoch University, December 2004.

“‘We Love You Ireland’: Riverdance and Stepping Through Antipodean Memory.” Irish Studies Review , 7/3 (1999), 301-311; Earlier version originally published as “Bored of the Dance: Not in This Irish World.” AQ: Journal of Contemporary Analysis, 71/3 (1999), 10-17. (Co-written with Tara Brabazon)

“Web of Intrigue, or, You Ought to be in Indexes.” Campus Review, 14/42 (2004), 9.

“With Great Power …” Risk Management magazine, 19 May 2008, 16-17. [Available from Risk Management]

“You Ought to be in Indexes, or, Is Australian Cultural Studies Publishing in the Right Pond?” Conference paper presented at Cultural Studies Association of Australasia annual conference: Culture Fix. Sydney: University of Technology, Sydney, November 2005.

FILM REVIEWS

• A Prophet. MovieFix, 11 February 2010.
• Bran Nue Dae. MovieFix, 14 January 2010.
• Departures. MovieFix, 15 October 2009.
• The Escapist. MovieFix, 16 July 2009.
• How to Lose Friends & Alienate People. MovieFix, 23 October 2008.
• Inkheart. MovieFix, 2 April 2009.
• Last Ride. MovieFix, 2 July 2009.
• Mao’s Last Dancer. MovieFix, 1 October 2009.
• Nine. MovieFix, 21 January 2010.
• Noodle. MovieFix, 18 June 2009.
• Paris 36. MovieFix, 30 April 2009.
• Red Cliff. MovieFix, 23 July 2009.
• Van Diemen’s Land. MovieFix, 24 September 2009.