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Associate ProfessorHelen Young

Associate Professor

Faculty of Arts and Education/School of Communication and Creative Arts/Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation

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  • Associate Professor
    Faculty of Arts and Education/School of Communication and Creative Arts/Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation
  • Melbourne Burwood Campus, 221 Burwood Highway, Burwood, Victoria 3125

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

  • MEDIA APPEARANCE
    Roblox recruitment: Why so many kids are falling into extremism. SBS. (opens in a new tab)⁠
    6 May 2026 - 6 May 2026
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  • MEDIA APPEARANCE
    Radio interview, Panorama
    2 Mar 2016
    2016 Guest Appearance (radio). Panorama. SYN 90.7 FM (Melbourne). 2nd March.
  • MEDIA APPEARANCE
    A mobile life: doing everything everywhere (opens in a new tab)⁠
    20 Aug 2011
    National Times.
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  • MEDIA APPEARANCE
    Why someone online always cares where you are
    7 Oct 2010
    The Canberra Times, p. 19.
  • MEDIA APPEARANCE
    2016 Why Australians Should Care About Hollywood Diversity. The Conversation. 1st March.
  • MEDIA APPEARANCE
    2016 Guest Appearance (TV), Oscars Boycott. ABC Afternoon News. 19th January. ABC24.
  • MEDIA APPEARANCE
    2014 The Academy Awards and Racial Diversity What are the Odds? The Conversation. 3rd March.
  • MEDIA APPEARANCE
    2013 Guest appearance (TV), Racial Representation in Video Games, Good Game. 5th March. ABC 2 TV.
  • MEDIA APPEARANCE
    2013 Quvenzhane Wallis, race and misogyny at the Oscars. The Conversation. 27th February.
  • MEDIA APPEARANCE
    2012 Guest appearance (radio), Common Knowledge. ABC Radio National. 2nd December
  • MEDIA APPEARANCE
    2011 Listen to internet users before setting rules on piracy. Sydney Morning Herald. 1st March.
  • MEDIA APPEARANCE
    2010 Please form an orderly queue. New Matilda 27th October.
  • MEDIA APPEARANCE
    2010 Wikileaks and what it means for the public good. Crikey.com.au 26th October.
  • MEDIA APPEARANCE
    2010 The Real Reason Youre Scared of Boat People. The Punch. 21st October.
  • MEDIA APPEARANCE
    2010 Blaming Technology when Society Goes Wrong is Lazy. The Punch. 18th October.
  • BROADCAST INTERVIEW
    Interviewed on ABC News Radio
    5 May 2024 - 5 May 2024
  • BROADCAST INTERVIEW
    “Video Games and Political Extremism.” 2SER radio, Sydney
    17 Nov 2022 - 17 Nov 2022
  • TEXT INTERVIEW
    Kimmy Yam. “‘Rings of Power’ series reveals another under discussed aspect of representation,” NBC News (opens in a new tab)⁠
    15 Oct 2022
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  • TEXT INTERVIEW
    Angus Dalton, “Is the new Lord of the Rings TV show really ‘Too woke’? The Sydney Morning Herald (opens in a new tab)⁠
    7 Sep 2022
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  • TEXT INTERVIEW
    How Can We Untangle Medieval Studies from White Supremacy? A conversation with Australian scholar Helen Young
    9 Oct 2017
    2017 Perry, David. "How Can We Untangle Medieval Studies from White Supremacy? A conversation with Australian scholar Helen Young." Pacific Stand. 9th October.
  • TEXT INTERVIEW
    We Need to Talk About Cultural Appropriation (quoted in)
    15 Sep 2016
    2016 Quoted in Stephanie Convery, We Need to Talk About Cultural Appropriation. The Guardian. 15th September.
  • AWARDS AND HONOURS
    Faculty of Arts and Education Mid-Career Research Excellence Award, Deakin University
    1 Jan 2023 - 31 Dec 2023
  • AWARDS AND HONOURS
    Race and Popular Fantasy Literature shortlisted for the Mythopoeic Scholarship Award in Myth and Fantasy Studies, Mythopoeic Society
    1 Jan 2019 - 31 Dec 2019
  • AWARDS AND HONOURS
    World Fantasy Award Finalist
    1 Jan 2016
    Short-listed Finalist, Special Award (Non-Professional) (2016), World Fantasy Awards
  • AWARDS AND HONOURS
    Short Listed Finalist, World Fantasy Award
    1 Jan 2016 - 31 Dec 2016