Dr Kerrie Davies
D.ARTS (Literary Journalism)
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Program Director, Masters of Journalism and Communication and PR & Advertising 2021-2024
Convenor and creator of immersive media subjects (UG and PG) and first year journalism incorporating audio and blogging.
Research: new forms of life writing and creative non fiction, and their intersection with new media such as social and virtual reality.听
Creative and Scholarly Research Practice:
Speculative biography to be published by Allen and Unwin in 2025听 and I am the author of experimental hybrid auto / biography听A Wife's Heart (2017), reviewed nationally as 'groundbreaking' .My research has been published in peer reviewed journals such as听 Life Writing,听Literary Journalism Studies, the Australian Journalism Review, and more widely in听the Conversation, as well as forthcoming听 chapters in international publications.
My research has attracted national media impact, and听I have appeared听at the Sydney Writers' Festival; the Brisbane Writers Festival and the National Folk Festival.
I currently supervise thesis projects in literary journalism / creative non fiction and life writing (biography, memoir)..
My teaching and research is underpinned by over a decade's professional practice in national media publications including the Weekend Australian and Vogue Australia.听
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- Publications
- Media
- Grants
- Awards
- Research Activities
- Engagement
- Teaching and Supervision
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Books
Davies, K. 2017. A Wife's Heart.听Brisbane: University of Queensland Press.
Book Chapters
Davies, K & McDonald, M. 2022.听听. J.Bak & B.Reynolds (Eds). The. Routledge Companion to World Literary Journalism. Routledge.
Journal Articles听
Davies, K.. 2022.听听, Life Writing. online first.
Davies, K. 2021听. Celebrity Studies. online first.
Davies, K. 2019.听. Text. online first.
Creative works
Davies, K. 2023.听. 23 June.听The Conversation.
Davies, K. 2020.听 听. 17 January.听听The Conversation.听
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My Research Supervision
PhD Creative Practice (Life writing)
Cathy Perkins:听 Three Scarlet Women: The Lives of Betty Roland, Catherine Duncan and Oriel Gray.
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My Teaching
I currently teach听 Multiplatform Journalism, News Fundamentals and Masters Online Publication Practice.
I'm available to supervise across literary journalism / creative non fiction,听 life writing such as memoir and biography, and other forms of creative writing.