Doctor Joanne Cummings
CASUAL ACADEMIC,
Dean's Unit - School of Nursing and Midwifery
RESEARCH ASSISTANT,
Dean's Unit - School of Nursing and Midwifery
Personal
Qualifications
- PhD University of Western Sydney
UWS Organisational Unit (School / Division)
- Dean's Unit - School of Nursing and Midwifery
- Dean's Unit - School of Nursing and Midwifery
Contact
| Email: | J.Cummings@uws.edu.au |
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| Extension: | (02) 4734 3180 |
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| Location: | Off Campus |
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Biography
Joanne Cummings is the Research Officer for the School of Nursing and Midwifery. She supports various research projects in the School. Her role involves project management, preparation of grant applications, reports and publications, preparing and analysing qualitative data using NVivo, as well as quantitative data, using SPSS. Joanne has worked with the School of Nursing and Midwifery since 2008, starting out as a Research Assistant in the Nursing Research Unit at Cumberland Hospital with Jane Cioffi and later moving to work with Lesley Wilkes at the Clinical Nursing Research Unit at Nepean Hospital.
Joanne holds a PhD in Sociology from the University of Western Sydney and graduated in 2007. Her doctoral thesis entitled Sold Out! An Ethnographic Study of Australian Indie Music Festivals utilised ethnographic method and drew on a wide range of current debates around post subculture and neo-tribal theory to analyse a sample of music festivals, participants, promoters and media representations. Joanne has published journal articles and book chapters, taught undergraduate Sociology, Criminology and Cultural Studies at university and presented her research internationally
This information has been contributed by Doctor Cummings.
Publications
Chapters in Books
- Cummings, J., Bennett, A. and Woodward, I. (2011), 'Festival spaces, green sensibilities and youth culture', Festivals and the Cultural Public Sphere, Routledge 0415587301.
Journal Articles
- Dahlen, H., Schmied, V., Tracy, S., Jackson, M., Cummings, J. and Priddis, H. (2011), 'Home birth and the National Australian Maternity Services Review: Too hot to handle?', Women and Birth, 8.
- Cioffi, J., Schmied, V., Dahlen, H., Mills, A., Thornton, C., Duff, M., Cummings, J. and Kolt, G. (2010), 'Physical Activity in Pregnancy: Women's Perceptions, Practices, and Influencing Factors', Journal of Midwifery and Women's Health, 7.
- Cioffi, J., Wilkes, L., Cummings, J., Warne, B. and Harrison, K. (2010), 'Multidisciplinary teams caring for clients with chronic conditions: Experiences of community nurses and allied health professionals', Advances in Contemporary Nursing, 10.
- Cummings, J. (2008), 'Trade mark registered: Sponsorship within the Australian Indie music festival scene', Continuum- journal of cultural and media studies, 11.
- Cummings, J. (2006), 'It's More than a T-Shirt: Neo-tribal Sociality and Linking Images at Australian Indie Music Festivals.', Perfect Beat, 20.
Conference Papers
- Cummings, J. (2005), 'Australian Indie Music Festivals as Scenes', TASA 2005 Conference: Community, Place and Change, University of Tasmania.
