
Ms Rachel Morley
Academic Course Advisor Honours (Communication Arts),
Communications (SoHCA)
LECTURER,
Communications (SoHCA)
Personal
Qualifications
- MA University of Western Sydney
UWS Organisational Unit (School / Division)
- Communications (SoHCA)
- Communications (SoHCA)
Contact
| Email: | R.Morley@uws.edu.au |
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| Extension: | 5517 |
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| Location: | BB.G.49 Penrith (Werrington South) |
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Biography
Rachel Morley is a Lecturer in Communications and Writing in the School of Humanities and Communication Arts, and a member of the Writing and Society Research Centre. Her research interests and areas of expertise include: literary and creative practice (with a particular interest in biography and autobiography); new media writing technologies; postgraduate pedagogy and academic literacies; theory and practice in qualitative research (including ethnographies of writing and representation); the politics and ethics of archival research; and social and cultural representations of surrogate motherhood. Rachel also has experience working with online archival databases (see the ARC-funded 'The Visual Mediation of a Complex Narrative: TGH Strehlow's Journey to Horseshoe Bend' database). She is Assistant Editor and Postgraduate Editor of Global Media Journal - Australian Edition. She also co-hosts the TVS literary arts show Shelf Life on TVS (channel 44).
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Publications
Chapters in Books
- Cohen, H., Morley, R., Dallow, P. and Kaufmann, L. (2010), 'Database Narratives: Conceptualising Digital Heitage Databases in Remote Aboriginal Communities', Information Visualization, IEEE computer society, Conference Publishing Services (CPS) 9780769541655.
- Morley, R. (2007), 'From Demidenko to Darville: Scenes from a Literary Carnivale', Metafiction and Metahistory in Contemporary Women's Writing, Palgrave Macmillan 9780230005044.
- Morley, R. (2007), 'Between the Sheets with Michael Field: Conversations in Auto/Bio/Graphy', Michael Field and Their World, Rivendale Press 1904201083.
- Morley, R. (2005), 'A Stitch in Time: An Experiment in Collaboration', Lesbian Academic Couples, Harrington Park Press 9781560236184.
Journal Articles
- Morley, R. (2012), 'Fighting Feeling: Re-thinking Biographical Praxis', Life Writing, 19.
- Morley, R. (2012), 'Fighting feeling : re-thinking biographical praxis', Life Writing, 19.
- Morley, R. (2011), 'Writing Intimate Lives: Mediations in Biographical Praxis', Literature Compass, 10.
- Morley, R. (2009), 'The Trial of Katharine Harris Bradley and Edith Emma Cooper: Poets and Lovers', Michaelian, .
- Morley, R. (2005), ''A New Sketch of Edith Cooper'', Notes and Queries, 2.
- Morley, R. (2005), 'A stitch in time: An experiment in collaboration', Journal of Lesbian Studies, 12.
- Morley, R. (2004), 'Constructing the self, composing the other: Auto/fixation and the case of Michael Field', Colloquy, .
- Morley, R. (2003), ''Boxed In: Muscling in on Masculine Identities'', Journal of Australian Studies, 8.
Research
Current Projects
| Title: | Digital Archives, Datadiversity and Discoverability: The Strehlow Collection as Knowledge Resource for Remote Indigenous Communities |
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| Years: | 2012-01-24 - 2015-01-23 |
| ID: | P00019985 |
| UWS Researchers: | Hart Cohen, Rachel Morley and Juan Francisco Salazar |
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Supervision
Ms Morley is available to co-supervise doctoral projects
Current Supervision
| Title: | Graving another Testament: A Critical Discourse Analysis of the Sydney Anglicans Under Peter Jensen 2001- 2010 |
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| Title: | Innovation and the Use of Combined Sub-Genres in Contemporary Creative Non-fiction |
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| Title: | The Red Sun Trail |
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Previous Supervision
| Title: | Amergein and Burilda: A Story Told on Film |
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| Field of Research: | COMMUNICATION AND MEDIA STUDIES NEC |
| Thesis: | Amergein and Burilda: A Story Told on Film |