Lecturer in Television Studies, University of Salford My research draws on/explores feminist television studies, female authorship, women’s labour in the media industries, comedy, representations of class, and British screen cultures. I am currently writing a book on women in comedy, entitled "Reclaiming Female Authorship in UK Television Comedy" for Edinburgh University Press. I have recently released an article for the European Journal of Cultural Studies on the figure of the 'hun' in British culture: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/13675494221134344.
Research Fellow, Monash University I graduated with a Bachelor of Science with First Class Honours in Environmental Science from The University of Adelaide in 2004. For my Honours, I studied the physiology and behaviour of air-breathing fish. From 2006 to 2007 I worked as a Research Officer in the Inland Water Division at the South Australian Research and Development Institute where I was involved in research that assessed the salinity and water quality tolerances of the eggs, larvae and juveniles of native and exotic fish species that live in the Lower River Murray. From 2007 to 2011 I was a PhD candidate at The University of Queensland where I studied how early-life stages of amphibians respond to increased exposure to ultraviolet-B radiation while simultaneously being threatened by predators, experiencing high environmental temperatures, living with a large number of conspecifics, or breathing in hypoxic water. From 2011 to 2015, I worked as research assistant at The University of Queensland, after which I took up my current position as a postdoctoral research fellow at Monash University where I study how animals manage their energy budgets in a changing world through physiological acclimation and adaptation and through behavioural changes.
PhD in Conservation Science, University of Aberdeen PhD Student. My project focusses on the impacts of agricultural wetland management and predation pressure on the breeding success of wading birds on the Orkney Islands, with specific focus on the effects of the ongoing stoat invasion and eradication scheme. The islands support internationally important densities of breeding waders, and my project aims to advise the development of effective agricultural wetland management to improve breeding wader outcomes. The project is in collaboration with the RSPB, NatureScot, and The Orkney Native Wildlife Project. Before starting my PhD, I graduated in Zoology from The University of St Andrews where I researched nest building behaviour in blue tits, specifically demonstrating how temperature changes influenced the timing of nest building behaviours. During my undergraduate degree I discovered a passion for research and went on to complete an MRes degree at St Andrews. This project focussed on group anti-predator behaviour in flocks of Eurasian oystercatchers on Eden Estuary, demonstrating how oystercatchers transfer departure information between group members and how the group processes departure information to co-ordinate decisions. I am passionate about conserving Scotland’s avian biodiversity and connecting people to nature through bird watching. In my free time I most enjoy being outside with my dog, usually with binoculars in hand. I am also training to be a bird ringer, helping to monitor the survival of important Scottish bird species such as crossbills.
Researcher, Flinders University I completed my PhD in 2022 on the evolution of sociality in Australian native bees. I have a keen interest in the evolution, ecology and biodiversity of insects.
Atlantic Fellow, The University of Melbourne A social change-maker with over 20 years’ proven experience redressing disparity within community development systems using strengths-based approaches across the Pacific and within Indigenous Australia. Collaborator, connector, and networker brokering the right people and partnerships to leverage collective skills for cultural revitalisation and climate change solutions. Unique creative and analytical abilities to identify Indigenous-led opportunities and drive programs that lead to game-changing systemic dismantling and positive community outcomes. Intrapreneur, working to embed innovation and agility within systems and use learnings to grow opportunities. A driver of NGO collaborative community development initiatives in PNG, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, Fiji, Tonga, Cook Islands, Timor Leste, India, Malawi, Queensland and the Northern Territory.
Professor in the School of Journalism and Electronic Media, University of Tennessee A professor at University of Tennessee, Dr. Amber Roessner teaches and studies U.S. media and communication history and its relationship to cultural phenomenon and practices, including the operation of politics, the negotiation of public images and collective memories, and the construction of race, gender, and class.
