RHD Candidate Web Pages
All RHD candidates in the School have the option of having a web page created for them that outlines their contact details, thesis topic, research interests and outcomes to date. RHD candidate pages are updated annually. To have a web page established, please contact the School Web Manager.
Current RHD Candidates
To be directed to a RHD Candidate's website, click on their name either in the below list or on the left hand side menu.
Ancient History and Classical Languages
Phoebe Garrett (PhD) Ancestry and Suetonius' De Vita Caesarum
Reuben Ramsey (PhD) Proleptic Construction in the Prometheus Bound
English and Writing
Emma Joel (PhD) Eatdirtzian Geosophy: A study of cognitive geography and narrative
Morgan Long (PhD) The Anonymous Voice: The Influence of the Fantastic in Nineteenth Century Russian 'Realism' on the Representation of Character in Anglo-American Modernism
Cassandra O'Loughlin (PhD) Ecocritical Theory and the Poetics of Place
Film, Media and Cultural Studies
Joyleen Christensen (PhD) Where in the world is Andy Lau? Putting the 'popular' back into studies of Hong Kong popular entertainment
Dirk Gibb (PHD) "You Can't Be Half a Gangster Anymore, Nuck": The Law, The Underworld And The Vices In Boardwalk Empire and Underbelly: Razor
History
Judith Conway (MPhil) The women’s movement in Newcastle during the 1970s and 1980s through the spectrum of Josephine Conway’s activism
Daniel Fleming (PhD) Living the Dream: The Martin Luther King, Jr. Federal Holiday, 1986-1996
Emma Hamilton (PhD) Exploring Gender and History in the Western Film Genre
Ann Hardy (MPhil) James Fletcher Hospital Heritage Precinct
Jan McLeod (PhD) Transformation, Technology and the Tropics: An examination of the Papuan Campaign through the lens of the Field Ambulance
Troy Saxby (PhD) America's Problem Child: The Activist Life of Pauli Murray
Lucy Shule (PhD) Beyond the Cold War: Challenges to Tanzanian Foreign Policy and Conflict Resolution in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Ken Thornton (PhD) 52 Years in Power: A History of the Electricity Commission of New South Wales / Pacific Power 1950 - 2002
Emma Warren (PhD) 'The Procreation Contract: Elective Childlessness and Citizenship in Twentieth Century Australia and the West
Linguistics
Nasser Alasmari (PhD) Effects of Acculturation factor on Saudi Arabian English Language Learners: A Contextual Comparison Study
Salih Jamaan Alzahrani (PhD) Topics in the Grammar of Zahrani Spoken Arabic
Stephen Logan (PhD) Documentation and Description of Ririo - a Highly Endangered Northwest Solomonic Language
John Olstad (PhD) Topics in a Grammar of Nehan
Ellen Smith (PhD) Documenting Papapana: a highly endangered Northwest Solomonic language
Lana Takau (PhD) A grammar of Matanvat (Nese)
Philosophy, Religion and Theology
Zachariah Duke (PhD) In what ways does the Roman Catholic Church in Australia, seek to accommodate and nurture the faith, moral and spiritual development for individuals with intellectual disabilities?
Ashley John Moyse (PhD) Reading Karl Barth for Bioethics: On the problem of the common morality and the way toward human flourishing
Sociology/Anthropology
Oki Rahadianto Sutopo (PhD) Creative Musicians in Three Indonesian Cities : Making the Transition to Adulthood through Entrepreneurial Activities and Mobility
Asha Lal Tamang (PhD) Experiences of Civil Conflict in Nepal
Social Work
Vicki Cowling (PhD) Support for children and families living with a family member with mental illness
Ruth Gresham (MPhil) The repatriation of Saudi Arabian female graduates
Speech Pathology
Jo Steel (PhD) Speech Pathology assessment of cognitive-communication during post-traumatic amnesia
Rachael Unicomb (PhD) Stuttering and speech sound disorders