Teaching

I lecture in the School of Communication & Arts at Edith Cowan University. I have lectured full-time since 2006, and was a sessional from 1999-2005.

Units

At the moment I teach and coordinate:

• GDT3101 Game Culture (wrote, lecturer & tutor)
• GDT3104 Game Studies (wrote, lecturer & tutor)
• CMM1109 Cyberculture Studies (re-wrote, lecturer, & tutor)
• CCA1103 Creativity: History, Theory and Practice (co-wrote, tutor and lecture)
• CCA5102 Literature Review (postgrad seminar)

In previous years I have contributed to the following units:

• GDT2102 Writing for Games (wrote, lectured & tutored)
• CMM1101 Reading Media Texts (tutored & guest lectured)
• CMM1102 Introduction to Media and Communication (tutored)
• CMM1112 Media in Social Context (tutored & guest lectured)
• CMM1108 Digital Media (tutored)
• CMM2112 Cultural Matrix (lectured & tutored)
• CMM3111 Australian TV (tutored)
• CMM1103 Effective Communication (tutored)
• CMM1104 Writing for the Media (tutored)

Supervision

Current projects:

• PhD (co-supervisor): Judith Elund - Avatars and Identity in Second Life
• Masters: Eva Tudori - The Culture of the Australian Game Industry
• Masters of Professional Communication: Arvin Chandra - Indonesian Sci-Fi Fandom
• Masters of Professional Communication: Lukas Cardaso - Alternate Reality Gaming

Previous projects:

• Master of Innovative Technology: Vithya - 3D Surround Sound Installation for Indian Adolescents: Stories of Ganesha (completed 2009)
• Master of Professional Communication: Nanpaskorn Lumpakorn - Teaching Children Colour (completed 2007)
• Masters: Cindy Zhang - Chinese Folk Tales (completed 2006)
• Masters: Gary Pangilini - Filipino Community Website" (completed 2007)

Academic Integrity

Since 2006/2 I have been the Academic Integrity Officer for the School, acting as proxy for the Head of School regarding cases of plagiarism and other academic misconduct.