Women's Studies - Research and Supervision Expertise
Staff in the Centre for Women's Studies and Gender Research have a broad range of research and supervision interests. Throughout their candidature, postgraduate students are encouraged to present conference papers, to develop academic networks, and to travel to master classes within Australia and overseas. Many of our students publish articles during their candidature and Centre staff are keen to assist with the development of student publications, in conjunction with thesis supervision. The Centre facilitates peer groups to assist students with writing and research and there is a strong focus on mentoring and professional development as students work towards the completion of their theses. Centre excellence in supervision has been recognised in recent nominations and awards.
In 2009, Dr JaneMaree Maher was nominated for the Vice Chancellor’s Excellence in Supervision Award.
In 2007, Associate Professor Maryanne Dever was highly commended in the Monash Postgraduate Supervisor of the Year Awards.
In 2001, Dr JaneMaree Maher was awarded the Faculty of Arts Excellence in Supervision (Early Career Researcher)
Dr Steven Angelides (Centre for Women's Studies & Gender Research/Sociology)
Steven's research interests are focused on the history and theory of genders and sexualities. He has particular interests in poststructuralism and deconstruction; feminist and queer theories; and psychoanalytic theories of gender, sexuality and subjectivity. His current research focuses on historical and contemporary constructions of child sexuality and sexual abuse.
Dr Janine Burke (Centre for Women's Studies and Gender Research / ECPS)
Janine's research interests encompass modernist visual and literary studies, Australian art, women and art, psychoanalysis, and theories of collaboration and creativity.
Dr Jane Carey (Centre for Women's Studies and Gender Research / CAIS)
Jane's research interestes include colonialism and post-colonial theory; history of science; constructions of race, gender, and whiteness; exhibition history and transnational histories.
Associate Professor Maryanne Dever (Centre for Women's Studies and Gender Research)
Maryanne's research interests encompass feminist literary and cultural studies and applied social research. In the area of literary studies, she focuses on critical engagements with literary archives and on Australian women's writing of the 1930s and 1940s. She also researches on questions of gender and higher education.
Dr Suzanne Fraser (Centre for Women's Studies and Gender Research)
Suzanne's research interests centre on the relationships between ideas of the body, gender, intoxication and compulsion, and bodily modification and enhancement. Her most recent research has used the work of Karen Barad, Judith Butler and John Law to examine political aspects of health and disease, including illicit drug use and Hepatitis C prevention.
Dr JaneMaree Maher (Centre for Women's Studies and Gender Research)
JaneMaree's research interests are focused on work/family balance, women's mothering and employment, and pregnancy and birth. Her recent work on mothering has been published in the Journal of Sociology and Australian Feminist Studies.
For further details of research projects and areas, refer to individual staff pages.