DrDonna Frieze

Graduate Academic Skills Advisor, Deakin, Arts and Education (2016 – February 2024)

• Co-writer and developer of two iterations of the Research Framing and Development Unit

(graduate coursework). Sample curricula include:

o Methodology and Methods; Knowledge and Indigenous Knowledge; Conceptual

and Theoretical Frameworks; Literature Reviews; Preparing for Colloquium and

Research Design.

• Sole teacher of the Research Framing and Development Unit since its inception in 2016.

• Team teaching academic skills in workshops and seminars to graduates in Arts and

Education. Sample curricula include:

o Responding to Calls for Papers; Writing Abstracts; Presenting at Conferences;

Academic Writing and Style; Avoiding Plagiarism; Interview Skills for Data

Collection; Managing Your Supervision; Late Phase Survival; Literature Review

Analysis; Avoiding Plagiarism and Achieving Excellence in Referencing; Strategies

for When the Going Gets Tough; Storytelling in the Dissertation; Beyond the PhD;

Time Management and Work Habits.2

HDR Supervision: EEE732, Deakin, (2019 and 2020)

• Teaching supervision skills to academics across the University. Example topics in the Unit

include:

o Supervising the Twenty-First Century Doctorate; Becoming a Supervisor; Building a

Professional Portfolio; Contributing New Knowledge; Effective Supervision; Issues

of Care; Developing an Intellectual Climate; Developing a Doctoral Community;

Managing Candidature and Examination and Beyond.

Other Teaching, Deakin, (2005 – present)

• Various roles including Unit Chair, Unit Co-ordinator, tutor, team teaching and

supervision. Example Units include:

o The Holocaust (for 15 years); International Humanitarian Law; Genocide; Refugees

in Global Politics; The French Revolution; Sport in History; African-American

History and Film Practices.

o Supervised many Honours students and several graduate students.