
Ms Bettina Hodgson
Casual Academic
School of Creative Industries
Career Summary
Biography
Bettina Hodgson is a visual communication designer and creative practioner. Her research focuses on visual narrative/story design, transmedia storytelling, transdisciplinary design, creative process and practice. She is interested in how design, creativity and culture interact to make meaning.
Bettina’s work is predominantly practice-based, evolving from her professional practice in the creative industries, print and digital publishing, brand management and creative content development for print – including art, design and children’s picturebook titles – film/motion, web and media projects.
Her current work explores story design for children’s picturebooks, creative learning, work-integrated learning, visual thinking, and writing in pictures/seeing in words. Bettina is currently a PhD research scholar with an RTP scholarship.
Qualifications
- Master of Education in Creative Arts, University of Technology Sydney
- Bachelor of Arts (Communication Studies), University of Newcastle
Keywords
- Art and Design
- Children's Picturebook Design
- Creative Collaboration
- Creative Research
- Design
- Graphic Design
- Interactive Media
- Picturebook Design
- Practice-based Research
- Print and Publication Design
- Professional Writing
- Publishing
- Story Design
- Transmedia Storytelling
- Visual Communication Design
- Visual Methodologies
- Visual Narrative
- Work Integrated Learning
Fields of Research
Code | Description | Percentage |
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190205 | Interactive Media | 20 |
190599 | Visual Arts and Crafts not elsewhere classified | 20 |
120307 | Visual Communication Design (incl. Graphic Design) | 60 |
Professional Experience
UON Appointment
Title | Organisation / Department |
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Casual Academic Lecturer and Course Co-ordinator in Design, Visual Narrative and Transmedia Storytelling |
University of Newcastle School of Creative Industries Australia |
Academic appointment
Dates | Title | Organisation / Department |
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2/7/2019 - 31/12/2020 |
Casual Academic Lecturer and Course Co-ordinator in Design, Visual Narrative and Transmedia Storytelling Industry Placement Co-ordinator for Visual Communication Design program |
Faculty of Education and Arts, The University of Newcastle, Australia School of Creative Industries Australia |
10/6/2014 - 2/7/2019 |
Industry Associate in Design Lecturer and Course Co-ordinator in Design, Visual Narrative and Transmedia Storytelling Industry Placement Co-ordinator for Visual Communication Design program |
Faculty of Education and Arts, The University of Newcastle, Australia School of Creative Industries Australia |
Publications
For publications that are currently unpublished or in-press, details are shown in italics.
Book (6 outputs)
Year | Citation | Altmetrics | Link |
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2014 | Rowles T, Believers ISBN: 978-0-646-91576 See also for details: https://photobookarchive.com/2014/10/02/tobias-rowles-believers/, Tobias Rowles, Sydney (2014) | ||
2011 | Durie J, 100 Gardens, 368 (2011) | ||
2011 | Durie J, Outside, HarperCollins Publishers, Sydney (2011) | ||
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Conference (1 outputs)
Year | Citation | Altmetrics | Link | ||
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2019 |
Brooker C, Catanzaro M, Hodgson B, Kenke R, Morgan C, Sandbach K, 'Not just for show: identity, engagement, and work integrated learning through design graduation exhibitions', https://acuads.com.au/conference/conference-2019/, School of Art and School of Design, RMIT University, and the Victorian College of the Arts, University of Melbourne (2019) [E1]
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Creative Work (2 outputs)
Year | Citation | Altmetrics | Link | ||
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2015 |
Brooker CJ, Cross K, Minichiello M, Roxburgh M, Howells A, Atkins D, et al., Making it Known, Curve Gallery, http://www.making-it-known.com/catalogue/ (2015) [J2]
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2015 |
Brooker C, Cross K, Making It Known (2015) [J2]
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Grants and Funding
Summary
Number of grants | 1 |
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Total funding | $9,000 |
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20191 grants / $9,000
Work Integrated Learning in the Creative Industries$9,000
Funding body: University of Newcastle Centre of Excellence for Equity in Higher Education
Funding body | University of Newcastle Centre of Excellence for Equity in Higher Education |
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Project Team | Dr Caelli Brooker; Dr Janet Fulton; Mrs Andrea Cassin; Ms Bettina Hodgson; Mr Ralphe Kenne; Mr Carl Morgan; Mr Paul Scott; Dr Christina Koutsoukos, Ms Felicity Biggins |
Scheme | tEN Research Investment Scheme |
Role | Investigator |
Funding Start | 2019 |
Funding Finish | 2019 |
GNo | |
Type Of Funding | Internal |
Category | INTE |
UON | N |
Research Supervision
Number of supervisions
Past Supervision
Year | Level of Study | Research Title | Program | Supervisor Type |
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2016 | Honours |
Relieving Stress and Anxiety Transmedia Campaign: a UX design perspective Relieving Stress and Anxiety Transmedia Campaign: a UX design perspective<br /> |
Graphic and Design Studies, School of Creative Industries | University of Newcastle | Sole Supervisor |
News
Humanities workshop kicks off design start-up
July 18, 2017
Ms Bettina Hodgson
Position
Casual Academic
School of Creative Industries
College of Human and Social Futures