Dr Annika Herb
Education Development Lead
Education and Innovation
- Email:annika.herb@newcastle.edu.au
- Phone: (02) 4055 3489
Career Summary
Biography
Annika Herb is the Education Development Lead at the University of Newcastle. Her research focuses on the scholarship of teaching and learning, academic development, and young adult literature. She is an Associate Editor of IJYAL, and co-editor of Storying Plants in Australian Children’s and Young Adult Literature (Springer, 2023). Annika has previously worked as an academic in English, Creative Writing, and the Humanities, and as a learning designer.
Qualifications
- Doctor of Philosophy, University of Newcastle
- Bachelor of Arts, University of Newcastle
- Bachelor of Arts (Honours), University of Newcastle
Keywords
- Scholarship of teaching and learning
- children's literature
- gender and sexuality
- queer literature
- young adult literature
Fields of Research
| Code | Description | Percentage |
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| 470531 | Young adult literature | 60 |
| 399999 | Other education not elsewhere classified | 40 |
Publications
For publications that are currently unpublished or in-press, details are shown in italics.
Book (1 outputs)
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| 2023 |
Storying Plants in Australian Children's and Young Adult Literature, Springer Nature Switzerland (2023)
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Chapter (4 outputs)
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| 2025 |
Betts D, Herb A, 'Queer theory and social work research', Handbook of Research Methods in Social Work, Edward Elgar Publishing, Cheltenham, UK 107-117 (2025)
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| 2024 |
Ford J, Herb A, 'The Quiet Violence of Denying Queerness in the Novel and Film, The Miseducation of Cameron Post', Gay Conversion Practices in Memoir, Film and Fiction: Stories of Repentance and Defiance 211-236 (2024)
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| 2023 |
Herb A, '"Then Something Started Growing in the Emptiness": Revisiting the Lost Child in the Bush in Australian Colonial and Postcolonial Fiction', Storying Plants in Australian Children's and Young Adult Literature. Roots and Winged Seeds, Palgrave Macmillan, Cham, Switzerland 247-270 (2023) [B1]
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Journal article (10 outputs)
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| 2025 |
Betts D, Herb A, 'Exploring the role of pets in social work research: Enhancing qualitative methodologies through the researcher-participant-pet dynamic', Aotearoa New Zealand Social Work, 37 83-95 (2025) [C1]
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| 2024 |
Herb A, '‘Everywhere’s Burning’: Realising Climate Change and Activism Through Bushfires in Australian Young Adult Literature', The International Journal of Young Adult Literature, 5 1-26
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| 2023 |
Herb A, Betts D, 'Judging a book by its cover: Examining reader reception of peritexts in Queer Young Adult literature', The International Journal of Young Adult Literature, 4 1-32 (2023) [C1]
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| 2023 |
Betts D, Herb A, 'Queer Connections and Fostering Inclusion: Reflections on Qualitative Focus Group Design', International Journal of Qualitative Methods, 22 (2023) [C1]
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| 2022 |
Herb A, Betts D, 'Queering the Book Club: Empathy Development Through Young Adult Literature in Australian Discussion Groups', Children's Literature in Education: an international quarterly, (2022) [C1]
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| 2021 |
Herb A, '(Para)normalizing rape culture possession as rape in young adult paranormal romance', Girlhood Studies, 14 68-84 (2021) [C1] Contemporary Young Adult literature is a favored genre for exploring sexual assault, yet rarely interrogates the social structures underpinning rape culture. In its representation... [more] Contemporary Young Adult literature is a favored genre for exploring sexual assault, yet rarely interrogates the social structures underpinning rape culture. In its representation of heterosexual relationships, Young Adult paranormal romance offers insight into the processes and structures that uphold rape culture. Genre tropes normalize abusive behavior and gender ideals, demonstrating the explicit and implicit construction of rape culture, culminating in the depiction of supernatural possession analogous to rape. Here, I reflect on power, control, rape culture, and girlhood in a textual analysis of Nina Malkin's Swoon, Becca Fitzpatrick's Hush, Hush, and Sarah Rees Brennan's The Demon's Covenant. A constructive reading reflects implicit cultural discourses presented to the girl reader, who can apply this to her own negotiation of girlhood.
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| 2019 |
Herb A, 'Non-Linear Modes of Narrative in the Disruption of Time and Genre in Ambelin Kwaymullina's 'The Interrogation of Ashala Wolf'', M/C Journal, 22 (2019) [C1]
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| 2017 |
Herb A, Collins-Gearing B, Huijser H, 'Of windows and mirrors Ambelin Kwaymullina's the tribe series, transformative fan cultures and aboriginal epistemologies', Westerly, 62 110-124 (2017) [C1]
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Collins-Gearing BM, Herb A, Huijser H, 'Of Windows and Mirrors', WESTERLY, 62 110-124 (2017) [C1]
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Conference (2 outputs)
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Herb A, Betts D, 'Seeing the Self: Examining reader experience of queer representations, identity, authenticity and OwnVoices in Young Adult Literature', Online (2022)
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| 2021 |
Lloyd C, Herb A, Kilmister M, Coleborne C, 'Partnerships and Pedagogy: Transforming the BA Online', International Conference on Higher Education Advances, Online (2021) [E1]
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Grants and Funding
Summary
| Number of grants | 1 |
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| Total funding | $10,000 |
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20211 grants / $10,000
Seeing the Self: Examining reader experience of queer representations in Young Adult Literature$10,000
Funding body: Faculty of Education and Arts, University of Newcastle
| Funding body | Faculty of Education and Arts, University of Newcastle |
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| Project Team | Dr Annika Herb, Dr David Betts, A/Prof Keri Glastonbury |
| Scheme | Strategic Network and Pilot Project Grants Scheme |
| Role | Investigator |
| Funding Start | 2021 |
| Funding Finish | 2021 |
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| Type Of Funding | Internal |
| Category | INTE |
| UON | N |
Research Supervision
Number of supervisions
Current Supervision
| Commenced | Level of Study | Research Title | Program | Supervisor Type |
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| 2022 | PhD | A Creative Exploration of Tertiary Education in SFF for Adolescents and Adults | PhD (English), College of Human and Social Futures, The University of Newcastle | Consultant Supervisor |
Past Supervision
| Year | Level of Study | Research Title | Program | Supervisor Type |
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| 2024 | PhD | Val Silver and the Dragon's Secret: Nonbinary Identity in Australian Middle Grade Fantasy Literature | PhD (English), College of Human and Social Futures, The University of Newcastle | Co-Supervisor |
Dr Annika Herb
Position
Education Development Lead
Education Development
Education and Innovation
Academic Division
Contact Details
| annika.herb@newcastle.edu.au | |
| Phone | (02) 4055 3489 |
Office
| Room | LC126 |
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| Building | Language Centre |
| Location | Callaghan University Drive Callaghan, NSW 2308 Australia |