Associate ProfessorChristopher Scanlon
Associate Professor
Faculty of Arts and Education/School of Communication and Creative Arts
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- Associate ProfessorFaculty of Arts and Education/School of Communication and Creative Arts
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- Melbourne Burwood Campus, 221 Burwood Highway, Burwood, Victoria 3125
BIO
Chris holds a PhD in Politics from Monash University and is a respected journalist, researcher and academic.
Chris has been published in The Age and Sydney Morning Herald, The Australian, The Courier-Mail, The Canberra Times, Crikey, Business Spectator, The Monthly, Overland and Arena Magazine. Between 1999-2009 he served as both a co-editor and the online editor of the highly regarded Arena Magazine.
He co-author of the bestselling [Raising Girls Who Like Themselves](https://www.penguin.com.au/books/raising-girls-who-like-
themselves-9781760894368) and [Bringing up Boys Who Like Themselves](https://www.penguin.com.au/books/bringing-up-boys-who-like-themselves-9780143778738) both co-written with his wife Kasey Edwards and published by Penguin Random House.
Chris has co-authored The Chess Raven Chronicles, a young adult fantasy fiction series with his wife Kasey Edwards under the pen name Violet Grace. The books in the series are [The Girl Who Fell](https://www.blackincbooks.com.au/books/girl-who-fell) and [The Girl Who
Chose](https://www.blackincbooks.com.au/books/girl-who-chose), published by Black Inc.
In 2013 he received an Office Learning and Teaching National Citation for Outstanding Contribution to Student Learning for his work in developing
[www.upstart.net.au](http://www.upstart.net.au), a magazine for emerging journalists.
Chris has been published in The Age and Sydney Morning Herald, The Australian, The Courier-Mail, The Canberra Times, Crikey, Business Spectator, The Monthly, Overland and Arena Magazine. Between 1999-2009 he served as both a co-editor and the online editor of the highly regarded Arena Magazine.
He co-author of the bestselling [Raising Girls Who Like Themselves](https://www.penguin.com.au/books/raising-girls-who-like-
themselves-9781760894368) and [Bringing up Boys Who Like Themselves](https://www.penguin.com.au/books/bringing-up-boys-who-like-themselves-9780143778738) both co-written with his wife Kasey Edwards and published by Penguin Random House.
Chris has co-authored The Chess Raven Chronicles, a young adult fantasy fiction series with his wife Kasey Edwards under the pen name Violet Grace. The books in the series are [The Girl Who Fell](https://www.blackincbooks.com.au/books/girl-who-fell) and [The Girl Who
Chose](https://www.blackincbooks.com.au/books/girl-who-chose), published by Black Inc.
In 2013 he received an Office Learning and Teaching National Citation for Outstanding Contribution to Student Learning for his work in developing
[www.upstart.net.au](http://www.upstart.net.au), a magazine for emerging journalists.
DEAKIN UNIVERSITY CURRENT APPOINTMENT
- Associate ProfessorDeakin University, School of Communication and Creative Arts
DEGREES
- Doctor of PhilosophyMonash University
FIELDS OF RESEARCH
- Communication and media studies
- Language studies
- Literary studies
- Creative and professional writing
- Curriculum and pedagogy
AVAILABILITY FOR SUPERVISION
- Masters by Research and PhD supervision
AREA/FACULTY
- Faculty of Arts and Education
DEPARTMENT/SCHOOL/INSTITUTE/DISCIPLINE
- School of Communication and Creative Arts