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ProfessorEmma Kowal

Associate Head Of School, Research

Faculty of Arts and Education/School of Humanities and Social Sciences

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  • Associate Head Of School, Research
    Faculty of Arts and Education/School of Humanities and Social Sciences
  • +61 3 924 45058 (Work)
  • Melbourne Burwood Campus, 221 Burwood Highway, Burwood, Victoria 3125

TEACHING EXPERTISE

I am interested in supervising students in the following areas:

* Medical anthropology
* Science and technology studies
* Australian racial politics, especially Indigeneity and Whiteness
* Settler colonialism and postcolonialism, racism and anti-racism

TEACHING ACTIVITIES

  • EXTERNAL SUPERVISION
    Indigenous families with Machado Joseph Disease and biotechnology
    23 Sep 2019 - 21 Sep 2026
    Libby Massey, James Cook University
  • EXTERNAL SUPERVISION
    Insights from a multidisciplinary approach to Indigenous microbiome research
    9 Sep 2018 - 21 Dec 2021
    Matilda Handsley-Davis, University of Adelaide
  • EXTERNAL SUPERVISION
    Antiracism programs, policy and practice: the case for organisational change
    13 Sep 2010 - 19 Sep 2016
    Brigid Trennery, Western Sydney University
  • CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    "Good citizens" for public health: Building capacity to hope at a Lao Nursing School
    Amelie Fuller - School of Humanities and Social Sciences
  • CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Exploring the health impacts of the purity culture movement among cisgender women
    Noelle Elizabeth SIMPSON - School of Humanities and Social Sciences
  • CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Design for Thermal comfort at the climate extreme.
    Glen Rodgers - School of Architecture and Built Environment
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Making a mission space: Milingimbi Methodist Mission, 1923-1943
    Bronwyn Shepherd - School of Humanities and Social Sciences - 2021
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Hair samples from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in museum collections
    Anne Faithfull - School of Humanities and Social Sciences - 2021
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Ambivalent Motions: Eritreans Working Pursuits and Intercultural Connections in Melbourne
    Jehonathan Ben - School of Humanities and Social Sciences - 2020
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    News Manufactories on WeChat: The Word Business, Censorship, and Pseudo-Journalism
    Fan Yang - School of Communication and Creative Arts - 2022
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Pollinators, Plants and Place: Exploring Multispecies Flourishing in the Urban Environment
    Tyler King - School of Humanities and Social Sciences - 2025