
Dr Julia Coffey
Senior Lecturer
School of Humanities and Social Science (Sociology and Anthropology)
- Email:julia.coffey@newcastle.edu.au
- Phone:02 4348 4081
Julia Coffey is advancing our sociological understanding of body image and health
Body image is a persistent and intensifying concern for young people and new approaches are urgently needed to address this significant health and well-being issue. By listening to young people's ways of tackling problems, Dr Julia Coffey is advancing our sociological understanding of body image and health.
Julia’s research highlights the importance of the body in young people’s lives. Young people’s body image is formed against the backdrop of increasingly intense social and cultural pressures regarding bodily appearance. Julia explains that sociological approaches are important in addressing the social dimensions of the issue, with key factors of consumer culture, development of new lifestyles, and an emphasis on crafting a fit, beautiful body as vital for understanding the heightened significance of the body in western societies such as Australia.
Julia, a member of the Newcastle Youth Studies Group, has contributed significantly to the sociology of youth and health by advancing our understanding of how young bodies are produced in relation to socio-cultural contexts. These issues are the focus of her recently published books, Body Work: Youth, Gender and Health in Routledge’s Youth and Young Adulthood Series, and Learning Bodies: The Body in Youth and Childhood Studies, co-edited with University of Birmingham’s Shelley Budgeon and University of Melbourne’s Helen Cahill.
Her empirical studies engage cutting-edge concepts and perspectives on the body, gender and identity to understand the body as actively produced through affective relations, rather than a passive object upon which social and cultural meanings are inscribed.
Through her research she aims to uncover how young people negotiate their identities and the world to find ways of supporting their health and wellbeing.
"I believe that young people are experts in their own issues and wellbeing," Julia said.
"I am trying to change the perspective that people often have of young people. They have a lot of knowledge and expertise around how to address the problems they face, and this research can inform policy that will make a real difference to their health."
Julia has applied her expertise to issues relating to youth, the body and gender to inform understandings of steroid use, cosmetic surgery, exercise and diet, health, and appearance pressure for young women and men.
Her 2012 PhD at the University of Melbourne explored ‘body work’ practices in young people – how they change their appearance in ways ranging from diet and exercise to surgery and taking steroids in order to influence how they are perceived in the world. These themes are the focus of her book, Body Work: Youth, Gender and Health (Routledge, 2016).
“While their body work ranged from the mundane to the extreme, what was common in both genders was that young people felt these practices were important in order to maintain their identity – and that stopping them would entail a loss of self,” Julia explained.
"Body image is one of the top three concerns of young people in Australia, for both young women and men. But people negotiate body image at a range of different levels.
“By understanding how bodies are thought of and lived by young people, we can better understand the pressures that are leading to this increasing anxiety, in both genders, about the body."
Her post-doctoral work has involved a range of research projects related to the health and wellbeing of young people, including the Learning Partnerships Project, an education project using high school students to role play issues around help seeking to train student teachers and doctors. The project has been highly successful in promoting student wellbeing in Melbourne and it’s hoped it will be developed into a national resource.
In addition, Julia has worked on a UNESCO curriculum and training program that targets key populations vulnerable to HIV in South Asia and the Pacific by training young people to deliver information to their own groups.
In 2015, Julia was awarded the University of Newcastle Vice Chancellor’s Early Career Researcher of the Year, and Research Excellence and Innovation Awards. She was also awarded an International Visiting Fellowship to host Professor Jessica Ringrose, from University College London, UK.
This Fellowship is a significant collaboration with an internationally renowned researcher in gender and education including young people’s digital sexual cultures, which encompasses issues such as ‘sexting’ and cyberbullying. Ringrose is a member of the Institute of Education, London; the world’s leading centre for education and applied social sciences, which currently ranked number one for education worldwide. In collaboration with Helen Cahill and researchers from the Youth Research Centre, University of Melbourne, Julia and Ringrose are working to refine new participatory arts-based research methods for investigating young people’s perceptions of the influences on their gender identity, body image and body work practices.
“Poor body image is debilitating and can significantly impact on an individual’s capacity to participate fully in society,” Julia said.
“My research will be useful in producing strategies to promote the wellbeing and full engagement of Australian youth in society – in education as well as employment.”
Julia Coffey is advancing our sociological understanding of body image and health
Julia Coffey is advancing our sociological understanding of body image and health.
Career Summary
Biography
Julia Coffey is a Senior Lecturer in sociology in the School of Humanities and Social Sciences at University of Newcastle, Australia. She is currently co-convenor of the TASA Sociology of Youth thematic group. Her research is in the field of health sociology, with a focus on youth, the body, and gender. Julia has also worked on areas related to health and youth in education and development. Julia has published on young people’s body work practices and identity, health and the body, and pedagogy. She is especially interested in the ways body work practices are shaped by health and gender ideals and theories of the body.
Julia is currently working on a project titled: ‘Youth, transitions and bodies’, which aims to advance sociological understandings of body image and health in young people’s transitions from education to employment in rural and urban contexts.
Recent research projects have investigated: Youth health issues, such as ‘Learning Partnerships’ which explored young people’s willingness to seek help for sexual health, mental health and substance issues; and ‘NewGen Asia’ which targets a leadership and advocacy course to young people from key populations at higher risk of HIV exposure in Asia.
Research ExpertiseMain areas of research expertise are feminist sociology, gender, youth, health, and the body. I have worked on a range of research projects including youth mental health and wellbeing, body image and identity, health inequalities, and health pedagogy in education. My PhD in Sociology was completed and awarded in 2012. I completed my doctoral study under Professor Johanna Wyn at the Melbourne Graduate School of Education, University of Melbourne. My thesis title was: ‘Exploring Body Work Practices: Bodies, Affect and Becoming’, and used qualitative interviewing methods. Health was a major emphasis in the interpretation of data and the research findings, as discourses of health were central to young women’s and men’s body work practices, and how they understood the benefits and risks. Key research projects: ‘Learning Partnerships’ (2012-2013), Youth Research Centre, University of Melbourne Funded by the CASS Foundation, researching the impact of the ‘Learning Partnerships’ curriculum which involves collaborations between school students and tertiary students of Medicine and Education, and investigating the impact of the program on adolescent help- seeking through collecting interview and survey data. Chief investigator: Helen Cahill ‘NewGen Asia’ (2012-2013), Youth Research Centre, University of Melbourne In collaboration with UNESCO, UNICEF and YouthLEAD, researching the impact of the ‘NewGen Asia’, a leadership course designed specifically to equip young people from key populations at higher risk of HIV exposure in Asia with knowledge and skills in communication, advocacy and leadership.The course employs conceptually driven, participatory pedagogical approaches to youth health initiatives. This is very applied, high impact work which contributes directly to policy. Chief investigator: Helen Cahill ‘Drug Education in Victorian Schools’ (2009-2013) Australian Research Council Linkage Grant with partner organisations Edith Cowan University in Western Australia, the University of Melbourne, Oxford Brookes University (UK) and the Victorian Department of Education and Early Childhood Development. Chief investigator: Helen Cahill (University of Melbourne), Richard Midford (Charles Darwin University) Role: Research officer, 2012-2013.
Teaching Expertise
Between 2009 – 2013 I taught in four Sociology courses in the School of Social and Political Science, two Masters of Education courses in the Melbourne Graduate School of Education, and one Breadth course (all at the University of Melbourne). o Sociology of Youth (2012, 2013) o Leading Educational Ideas (2013, 2014); o Reading Educational Research (2013); o Ethics, Gender and the Family (2013, 2014); o Social Science Research Methods (2010); o Sociology of the Body (2009) I have delivered guest lectures on health and body image, identity, gender and sexuality, in sociology, education and health courses.
Collaborations
Julia is a co-director of the Newcastle Youth Studies Network.
Qualifications
- Doctor of Philosophy, University of Melbourne
- Bachelor of Arts (Honours), Monash University
Keywords
- Gender
- Health
- Identity
- Methodology
- Sociology
- The body
- Youth
Professional Experience
UON Appointment
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Senior Lecturer | University of Newcastle School of Humanities and Social Science Australia |
Senior Lecturer | University of Newcastle School of Humanities and Social Science Australia |
Academic appointment
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1/7/2011 - 1/6/2014 | Research fellow | The University of Melbourne Youth Research Centre, Melbourne Graduate School of Education Australia |
Awards
Recipient
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2014 |
Dr Julia Coffey University of Melbourne |
Research Award
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2015 |
Vice Chancellor's Early Career Researcher of the Year 2015 The University of Newcastle |
Publications
For publications that are currently unpublished or in-press, details are shown in italics.
Book (3 outputs)
Chapter (16 outputs)
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2020 |
Coffey J, Cahill H, 'Embodying gender in the everyday: exploring space, scrutiny and safety', Ageing, the Body and the Gender Regime, Routledge, London 1-23 (2020) [B1]
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2019 | Coffey J, Kanai A, 'Gender and Sexualities', Public Sociology: An introduction to Australian society, Allen & Unwin, Crows Nest 265-265 (2019) [B1] | |||||||
2019 | Coffey J, 'Young People's Health', Second Opinion: An Introduction to Health Sociology, Oxford University Press, Docklands 228-250 (2019) | |||||||
2017 |
Coffey J, 'Aestheticized bodies', Routledge Handbook of Physical Cultural Studies, Routledge, Oxon, UK 218-227 (2017) [B1]
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2017 |
Cahill H, Coffey J, 'Repositioning, embodiment and the experimental space: Refiguring student-teacher partnerships in teacher education', A Companion to Research in Teacher Education 209-222 (2017)
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2017 |
Coffey JE, Landstedt E, 'The social context of youth mental health', Routledge Handbook of Youth and Young Adulthood, Routledge, London and New York 346-355 (2017) [B1]
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2016 |
Coffey J, 'Youth, health and morality: Body work and health assemblages', Neoliberalism, austerity, and the moral economies of young people's health and well-being, Palgrave Macmillan, London 69-86 (2016) [B1]
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2016 | Coffey JE, ''She was becoming too healthy and it was just becoming dangerous': Body work and assemblages of health', Learning Bodies: The Body in Youth and Childhood Studies, Springer, Singapore 191-203 (2016) [B1] | |||||||
2016 |
Coffey JE, Ringrose J, 'Boobs and Barbie: Feministposthuman perspectives on gender, bodies and practice', Practice Theory and Education: Diffractive readings in professional practice, Routledge, London and New York 175-192 (2016) [B1]
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2016 | Coffey JE, Budgeon S, Cahill H, 'Introduction: The Body in Youth and Childhood Studies', Learning Bodies: The Body in Youth and Childhood Studies, Springer, Singapore 1-22 (2016) [B1] | |||||||
2016 | Budgeon S, Cahill H, Coffey JE, 'Conclusion: Towards Embodied Theories, Methodologies and Pedagogies', Learning Bodies: The Body in Youth and Childhood Studies, Springer, Singapore 259-267 (2016) [B1] | |||||||
2016 | Coffey JE, Budgeon S, Cahill H, 'Introduction: The Body in Youth and Childhood Studies', Learning Bodies: The Body in Youth and Childhood Studies, Springer, Singapore 1-22 (2016) [B1] | |||||||
2015 |
Coffey JE, Watson J, 'Bodies: Corporeality and Embodiment in Childhood and Youth Studies', Handbook of Children and Youth Studies, Springer, New York 185-200 (2015) [B1]
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2015 |
Stokes H, Aaltonen S, Coffey JE, 'Young People, Identity, Class, and the Family', Handbook of Children and Youth Studies, Springer, New York 259-278 (2015) [B1]
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2015 |
Cahill H, Coffey JE, Beadle S, 'Performative Pedagogy: Poststructural Theory as a Tool to Engage in Identity Work Within a Youth-Led HIV Prevention Program', Handbook of Children and Youth Studies, Springer, New York 301-314 (2015) [B1]
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Journal article (32 outputs)
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2021 |
Threadgold S, Farrugia D, Coffey J, 'Affective labour and class distinction in the night-time economy', The Sociological Review, Online early 1-16 (2021)
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2020 |
Pollock ER, Young MD, Lubans DR, Barnes AT, Eather N, Coffey JE, et al., 'Impact of a Father Daughter Physical Activity Intervention: An Exploration of Fathers Experiences', Journal of Child and Family Studies, 29 3609-3620 (2020) [C1] Most family-based physical activity interventions have been modestly successful and failed to engage fathers. Also, program impact on family functioning and psychosocial outcomes ... [more] Most family-based physical activity interventions have been modestly successful and failed to engage fathers. Also, program impact on family functioning and psychosocial outcomes are rarely measured. We explored the impact of an innovative father¿daughter physical activity program on family functioning and psychosocial outcomes for girls using qualitative methods. Of the 115 fathers who participated in the ¿Dads And Daughters Exercising and Empowered¿ (DADEE) pilot study, a random sample (stratified by baseline physical activity status) of 23 fathers (mean (SD) age: 41.4 (4.8) years) participated in semi-structured telephone interviews. Audio recordings were transcribed and analyzed by an independent researcher using a mixed inductive and deductive thematic approach. Seven themes were identified highlighting improvements in: (i) daughters¿ social-emotional well-being, (ii) father involvement and engagement with their daughter, (iii) fathers¿ parenting skills, (iv) the father¿daughter relationship, (v) co-parenting, (vi) family relationship dynamics, and (vii) knowledge and understanding of gender stereotypes and gender bias. A number of strategies were also identified as to how the program improved these outcomes. Engaging fathers and daughters in physical activity programs may have substantive benefits for daughters¿ mental health as well as broader outcomes for fathers and families. Enhancing fathers¿ and daughters¿ knowledge and skills through evidence-based strategies may be a useful approach to optimize the well-being of families.
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Coffey J, 'Assembling wellbeing: bodies, affects and the 'conditions of possibility' for wellbeing', JOURNAL OF YOUTH STUDIES, (2020)
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2019 | Coffey J, Cahill H, 'What Can Methods Do? Using Drama Methods to Explore the Embodiment of Gender on Campus', MAI: Feminism and Visual Culture, 1 (2019) [C1] | ||||||||||
2019 |
Ravn S, Coffey J, Roberts S, 'The currency of images: risk, value and gendered power dynamics in young men's accounts of sexting', FEMINIST MEDIA STUDIES, 21 315-331 (2019)
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2019 |
Farrugia D, Hanley JE, Sherval M, Askland HH, Askew MG, Coffey JE, Threadgold SR, 'The local politics of rural land use: Place, extraction industries and narratives of contemporary rurality', JOURNAL OF SOCIOLOGY, 55 306-322 (2019) [C1]
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2019 |
Coffey J, 'Creating Distance from Body Issues: Exploring New Materialist Feminist Possibilities for Renegotiating Gendered Embodiment', LEISURE SCIENCES, 41 72-90 (2019) [C1]
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2019 |
Coffey J, 'Ugly feelings: gender, neoliberalism and the affective relations of body concerns', JOURNAL OF GENDER STUDIES, 29 636-650 (2019) [C1]
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2018 |
Sherval M, Askland H, Askew M, Hanley J, Farrugia D, Threadgold SR, Coffey J, 'Farmers as modern-day stewards and the rise of new rural citizenship in the battle over land use', Local Environment: the international journal of justice and sustainability, 23 100-116 (2018) [C1]
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2018 |
Threadgold SR, Farrugia D, Askland H, Askew M, Hanley J, Sherval M, Coffey J, 'Affect, risk and local politics of knowledge: changing land use in Narrabri, NSW', Environmental Sociology, 4 393-404 (2018) [C1]
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2018 |
Threadgold SR, Farrugia D, Coffey J, 'Young subjectivities and affective labour in the service economy', Journal of Youth Studies, 21 272-287 (2018) [C1]
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2018 |
Coffey J, Threadgold SR, Farrugia D, Sherval M, Hanley J, Askew M, Askland H, ' If you lose your youth, you lose your heart and your future : Affective figures of youth in community tensions surrounding a proposed Coal Seam Gas project', Sociologica Ruralis, 58 665-683 (2018) [C1]
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2018 |
Coffey JE, Farrugia DM, Adkins L, Threadgold SR, 'Gender, Sexuality, and Risk in the Practice of Affective Labour for Young Women in Bar Work', SOCIOLOGICAL RESEARCH ONLINE, 23 728-743 (2018) [C1]
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2017 |
Landstedt E, Coffey J, Wyn J, Cuervo H, Woodman D, 'The Complex Relationship between Mental Health and Social Conditions in the Lives of Young Australians Mixing Work and Study', Young, 25 339-358 (2017) [C1] Poor mental health in youth has been consistently shown to be rising over the past 20 years. While it is well established that mental health status is associated with social condi... [more] Poor mental health in youth has been consistently shown to be rising over the past 20 years. While it is well established that mental health status is associated with social conditions, population-level perspectives make it difficult to identify the complex ways social and structural conditions impact on mental health. Based on longitudinal (mixed method) data, this exploratory longitudinal study aims to study how the life circumstances of education, work and financial situation are related to mental health in young Australians (aged 20¿22). Findings show that the combination of study, work and financial hardship can be regarded as a stressor contributing to poor mental health, particularly if experienced over several years, and that those in the middle socio-economic bracket have the worst mental health outcomes. This research has implications for welfare policies and the responsibilities of educational institutions for the welfare of young people.
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Crofts J, Coffey J, 'Young women s negotiations of gender, the body and the labour market in a post-feminist context', Journal of Gender Studies, 26 502-516 (2017) [C1] This article explores the ways the body and femininity is understood and negotiated in relation to employment. This article draws on interview data from an Australian study which ... [more] This article explores the ways the body and femininity is understood and negotiated in relation to employment. This article draws on interview data from an Australian study which aimed to explore what it meant to be a ¿young woman¿ in neoliberal late modernity, and in relation to the paradoxes of post-feminism. Though there has been an unprecedented rise in youth post-secondary school participation in Australia and elsewhere, girls¿ and young women¿s increased investment and participation in education has not provided the same gains as for their male counterparts. All interview participants described being aware of gender inequalities and gender discrimination in the workplace, including the glass ceiling, the gender pay gap, and demands and pressures on women to balance career and motherhood, however many did not associate these issues with ¿feminism¿. We explore the dynamics of notions of equality, difference and the body in participants¿ discussions of work and their anticipation of motherhood and the logics by which gender inequalities are sustained.
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2016 |
Coffey J, ' What can I do next? : Cosmetic Surgery, Femininities and Affect', Women: A Cultural Review, 27 79-95 (2016) [C1]
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2016 |
Ravn S, Coffey J, ' Steroids, it s so much an identity thing! perceptions of steroid use, risk and masculine body image', Journal of Youth Studies, 19 87-102 (2016) [C1] This paper explores how taste and distaste, body image and masculinity play into young people¿s perceptions of risk related to steroid use. Data are drawn from a qualitative study... [more] This paper explores how taste and distaste, body image and masculinity play into young people¿s perceptions of risk related to steroid use. Data are drawn from a qualitative study on risk-taking among 52 Danish youths enrolled in high school or vocational training. A number of ¿risky¿ practices such as drug use, fights, speeding, etc. were discussed. In contrast to these practices, which were primarily described in relation to ¿physical risks¿, steroid use was understood as part of an ¿identity¿ or ¿lifestyle¿ in a way these other risks were not. Few interviewees had used steroids, and the large majority distanced themselves from the practice. Reasons for not wanting to use steroids were related to (1) perceiving the drug to be part of a broader lifestyle and identity that they are not interested in committing to or embodying and (2) finding the body image, physicality and associations with steroid use ¿fake¿, ¿gross¿ and distasteful. We draw on recent developments in feminist sociological theory related to the gendered body as both a performance and process to understand steroid use as a practice through which the body and self is produced. More than a one-dimensional ¿risky¿ practice, we argue that gendered and embodied identities are crucial to understanding the dynamics of steroid use.
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Cahill H, Coffey J, McLean Davies L, Kriewaldt J, Freeman E, Acquaro D, et al., 'Learning with and from: positioning school students as advisors in pre-service teacher education', Teacher Development, 20 295-312 (2016) [C1] This article reports on an innovative pedagogical approach within the Learning Partnerships program in which school students help to ¿teach the teachers¿ within pre-service teache... [more] This article reports on an innovative pedagogical approach within the Learning Partnerships program in which school students help to ¿teach the teachers¿ within pre-service teacher education. Classes of school students join with classes of pre-service teachers to provide input on how teachers can enhance school students¿ engagement and wellbeing. The article draws on data collected from 125 students (aged 13¿16) and 120 pre-service teachers in these workshops. Findings generated from a mixed methods study combining pre-workshop focus groups (n¿=¿Students: 38, Teachers: 33) and post-workshop focus groups (n¿=¿Students: 69, Teachers: 15) and post-workshop surveys (n¿=¿Students: 96; Teachers: 101) demonstrated that the workshops were mutually beneficial for both students and pre-service teachers. Participants found that workshopping together enhanced their belief in the possibility of positive student¿teacher relationships. The pre-service teachers reported greater confidence in communicating with young people about the issues that affect student engagement and wellbeing. The school students reported that they were more willing to use teachers as a source of help. Implications include the need for increased attention to a ¿third space¿ for learning in teacher development which provides opportunity for learning with and from young people about how to foster their engagement and wellbeing.
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2016 |
Cahill H, Coffey J, Smith K, 'Exploring embodied methodologies for transformative practice in early childhood and youth', Journal of Pedagogy, 7 79-92 (2016) [C1]
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2016 |
Bazzi AR, Fergus KB, Stephenson R, Finneran CA, Coffey-Esquivel J, Hidalgo MA, et al., 'A Dyadic Behavioral Intervention to Optimize Same Sex Male Couples' Engagement Across the HIV Care Continuum: Development of and Protocol for an Innovative Couples-based Approach (Partner Steps).', JMIR Res Protoc, 5 e168 (2016)
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2016 |
Landstedt E, Coffey J, Nygren M, 'Mental health in young Australians: a longitudinal study', Journal of Youth Studies, 19 74-86 (2016) [C1]
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2016 |
Coffey J, ''I put pressure on myself to keep that body': 'Health'-related body work, masculinities and embodied identity', Social Theory and Health, 14 169-188 (2016) [C1] This article draws on qualitative interview data exploring men's understandings of their bodies and practices of body work in Australia in the context of increasing 'vis... [more] This article draws on qualitative interview data exploring men's understandings of their bodies and practices of body work in Australia in the context of increasing 'visibility' of men's bodies and increasing attention to young men's body image. For the men discussed in this article, body work practices of eating and exercise in particular relate to their embodiments of masculinity and to their broader understandings of their bodies and 'selves'. While appearance and 'beauty' are typically constructed as feminine concerns and important to women's constructions of identity, these examples show that a concern for the body's appearance is also an important component of current embodiments of masculinity. This article provides an outline of a Deleuze-Guattarian approach to theorising the body through the concepts of affect and assemblage and suggests how this approach can assist in empirical analysis of the complex, contingent and contradictory relationship between the idealisation of health as an 'image' and 'ideal' gendered appearances in young men's gendered and 'health'-related body work practices. This has academic and practical implications for understanding contemporary gender arrangements related to the social and cultural circumstances in which the body is becoming ever more central.
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Cahill H, Coffey J, 'Positioning, participation, and possibility: using post-structural concepts for social change in Asia-Pacific youth HIV prevention', Journal of Youth Studies, 19 533-551 (2016) [C1] This article addresses one of the areas of global concern for Southern youth: HIV rates amongst young people from key communities. In the Asia-Pacific region 95% of all new infect... [more] This article addresses one of the areas of global concern for Southern youth: HIV rates amongst young people from key communities. In the Asia-Pacific region 95% of all new infections occur amongst those under 25. Furthermore, in this region the nature of the epidemic is concentrated, chiefly affecting people from certain sub-groups such as those who inject drugs, sell sex, participate in male-to-male sex and people who are transgender. In this article we discuss an innovative peer-led leadership and advocacy program for youth which uses post-structural theoretical frames and concepts in an effort to steer against the dominant medicalised and individualising storylines which tend to inform approaches to HIV prevention. We draw on examples and data collected from the NewGen Asia Leadership training program to illustrate the ways post-structural concepts can be used to inform program design as well as analysis and critique of the impact of change efforts. Rather than the traditional focus on transmission of knowledge, skills, and attitudes in prevention efforts, we aim to show how the concepts of positioning, platform, and possibility may be mobilised in strategies used to address the challenge of HIV prevention amongst key youth populations.
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Conference (24 outputs)
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2019 | Coffey J, 'Ugly Feelings: Gender, Neoliberalism and the Affective Relations of Body Concerns', University of Melbourne (2019) | ||||
2019 | Coffey J, 'Embodying wellbeing: digital photo-voice and affective images', Griffith University (2019) | ||||
2018 |
Threadgold S, Coffey J, Farrugia D, 'Scenes, bar work and immaterial labour: The reflexive and ironic reproduction of class', Deakin University (2018)
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2014 | Coffey JE, ' She was becoming too healthy and it was just becoming dangerous : Health affects, youth and embodiment', Challenging Identities, Institutions and Communities. Refereed Proceedings of the TASA 2014., University of South Australia (2014) [E1] | ||||
2014 | Coffey JE, 'Images and the virtual: Bodies, embodiment and youth', Interactive Futures: Young People s Mediated Lives in the Asia Pacific and Beyond. Conference Program Booklet, Monash University, Caulfield (2014) [E3] | ||||
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Report (7 outputs)
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2020 |
Threadgold S, Coffey J, Cook J, Farrugia D, Sharp M, Whitton F, Burke P, 'Young Hospitality Workers and the COVID-19 Pandemic: Work, Family Support and Wellbeing', FEDUA, University of Newcastle, 43 (2020)
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Farrugia D, Coffey J, Threadgold S, Sharp M, Whitton F, Gill R, 'Young hospitality workers in their own words: working conditions, labouring practices and experiences of hospitality labour', ARC, 28 (2020)
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2016 |
Askland HH, Askew M, Hanley J, Sherval M, Farrugia D, Threadgold S, Coffey J, 'Local Attitudes to Changing Land Use - Narrabri Shire', NSW Departmment of Primary Industries, 113 (2016)
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Thesis / Dissertation (1 outputs)
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2012 | Coffey JE, Exploring Body Work Practices: Bodies, Affect and Becoming, University of Melbourne (2012) |
Grants and Funding
Summary
Number of grants | 20 |
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Total funding | $565,319 |
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20211 grants / $4,987
2021 Faculty of Education and Arts New Start Grant$4,987
Funding body: Faculty of Education and Arts, University of Newcastle
Funding body | Faculty of Education and Arts, University of Newcastle |
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Scheme | New Staff Grant |
Role | Lead |
Funding Start | 2021 |
Funding Finish | 2021 |
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Type Of Funding | Internal |
Category | INTE |
UON | N |
20204 grants / $103,746
Regional youth in precarious times: Work, wellbeing and debt$70,000
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 David Farrugia (Lead); Dr Julia Cook; A/Prof Kate Senior; Dr Steven Threadgold; Dr Julia Coffey; Dr Kate Davies; Dr David Savage; Prof Helen Cahill (University of Melbourne). |
Scheme | Research Programs Pilot Scheme |
Role | Investigator |
Funding Start | 2020 |
Funding Finish | 2021 |
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Type Of Funding | Internal |
Category | INTE |
UON | N |
Faculty funding for external engagement in 2020 - Centre for 21st Century Humanities$20,000
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 J McIntyre (Director); Dr K Ariotti; A/Prof G Arrighi; Dr H Askland; Dr J Coffey; A/Prof N Cushing; E/Prof H Craig et al |
Scheme | Faculty funding |
Role | Investigator |
Funding Start | 2020 |
Funding Finish | 2020 |
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Type Of Funding | Internal |
Category | INTE |
UON | N |
Newcastle Youth Studies Network$12,353
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 David Farrugia (Lead); Prof Penny Lane; Dr Julia Cook; Dr Steven Threadgold; Dr Julia Coffey |
Scheme | Strategic Network and Pilot Project Grants Scheme |
Role | Investigator |
Funding Start | 2020 |
Funding Finish | 2020 |
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Type Of Funding | Internal |
Category | INTE |
UON | N |
2020 FEDUA 'Finish that Output' scheme funding$1,393
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 Julia Coffey |
Scheme | FEDUA 'Finish that Output' scheme |
Role | Lead |
Funding Start | 2020 |
Funding Finish | 2020 |
GNo | |
Type Of Funding | Internal |
Category | INTE |
UON | N |
20192 grants / $212,363
Young Hospitality Workers and Value Creation in the Service Economy$207,363
Funding body: ARC (Australian Research Council)
Funding body | ARC (Australian Research Council) |
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Project Team | Doctor David Farrugia, Associate Professor Steven Threadgold, Doctor Julia Coffey, Professor Lisa Adkins, Professor Lisa Adkins, Professor Rosalind Gill |
Scheme | Discovery Projects |
Role | Investigator |
Funding Start | 2019 |
Funding Finish | 2021 |
GNo | G1800136 |
Type Of Funding | Aust Competitive - Commonwealth |
Category | 1CS |
UON | Y |
Journal of Youth Studies Conference 2019$5,000
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 Steven Threadgold (Lead), Dr David Farrugia, Prof Pam Nilan, Prof Anita Harris (Deakin), Dr Brady Robards (Monash), A/Prof Dan Woodman (Melbourne), Prof Rachel Brookes (University of Surrey, UK) |
Scheme | Strategic Network and Pilot Project Grants Scheme |
Role | Investigator |
Funding Start | 2019 |
Funding Finish | 2019 |
GNo | |
Type Of Funding | Internal |
Category | INTE |
UON | N |
20173 grants / $54,288
2017 Women in Research Fellowship$29,958
Funding body: University of Newcastle
Funding body | University of Newcastle |
---|---|
Project Team | Doctor Julia Coffey |
Scheme | Women in Research Fellowship |
Role | Lead |
Funding Start | 2017 |
Funding Finish | 2019 |
GNo | G1701395 |
Type Of Funding | Internal |
Category | INTE |
UON | Y |
Society, Health and Disability Research Group: New Horizons$15,000
Funding body: University of Newcastle - Faculty of Education and Arts
Funding body | University of Newcastle - Faculty of Education and Arts |
---|---|
Scheme | FEDUA Strategic Networks and Pilot Projects (SNaPP) |
Role | Investigator |
Funding Start | 2017 |
Funding Finish | 2017 |
GNo | |
Type Of Funding | Internal |
Category | INTE |
UON | N |
Exploring the ‘everyday embodiment’ of youth body image $9,330
Funding body: University of Newcastle
Funding body | University of Newcastle |
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Project Team | Doctor Julia Coffey |
Scheme | Ourimbah Strategic Pilot Grant |
Role | Lead |
Funding Start | 2017 |
Funding Finish | 2017 |
GNo | G1701263 |
Type Of Funding | Internal |
Category | INTE |
UON | Y |
20163 grants / $20,792
Young People, Insecurity and Affective Labour: a Study of 'Front of House' Service Labour$13,500
Funding body: University of Newcastle - Faculty of Education and Arts
Funding body | University of Newcastle - Faculty of Education and Arts |
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Project Team | Dr Steven Threadgold; Prof Lisa Adkins; Dr Julia Coffey; Dr David Farrugia |
Scheme | FEDUA Strategic Networks and Pilot Projects Scheme |
Role | Investigator |
Funding Start | 2016 |
Funding Finish | 2016 |
GNo | |
Type Of Funding | Internal |
Category | INTE |
UON | N |
Early Career Researcher of the Year$5,292
Funding body: University of Newcastle
Funding body | University of Newcastle |
---|---|
Project Team | Doctor Julia Coffey |
Scheme | VC's Award for Research and Innovation Excellence |
Role | Lead |
Funding Start | 2016 |
Funding Finish | 2018 |
GNo | G1501460 |
Type Of Funding | Internal |
Category | INTE |
UON | Y |
Research and Innovation Excellence Award$2,000
Funding body: University of Newcastle
Funding body | University of Newcastle |
---|---|
Project Team | Doctor Julia Coffey |
Scheme | VC's Award for Research and Innovation Excellence |
Role | Lead |
Funding Start | 2016 |
Funding Finish | 2016 |
GNo | G1501441 |
Type Of Funding | Internal |
Category | INTE |
UON | Y |
20153 grants / $42,000
Attitudes to Changing Land Use - the Narrabri Shire$25,000
Funding body: NSW Department of Primary Industries
Funding body | NSW Department of Primary Industries |
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Project Team | Doctor Hedda Askland, Doctor David Farrugia, Doctor Meg Sherval, Doctor Julia Coffey, Associate Professor Steven Threadgold, Dr MICHAEL Askew |
Scheme | Research Grant |
Role | Investigator |
Funding Start | 2015 |
Funding Finish | 2015 |
GNo | G1401491 |
Type Of Funding | C2220 - Aust StateTerritoryLocal - Other |
Category | 2220 |
UON | Y |
Newcastle Youth Studies Group - Theoretical Innovations and Challenges in Youth Sociology: One day symposium$15,000
Funding body: University of Newcastle - Faculty of Education and Arts
Funding body | University of Newcastle - Faculty of Education and Arts |
---|---|
Project Team | Associate Professor Steven Threadgold, Professor Pamela Nilan, Doctor Julia Coffey, Doctor David Farrugia, Doctor Hedda Askland |
Scheme | Strategic Networks Grant |
Role | Investigator |
Funding Start | 2015 |
Funding Finish | 2015 |
GNo | G1500904 |
Type Of Funding | Internal |
Category | INTE |
UON | Y |
Journal of Youth Studies Conference, Copenhagen Denmark, 30 March to 1 April 2015$2,000
Funding body: University of Newcastle - Faculty of Education and Arts
Funding body | University of Newcastle - Faculty of Education and Arts |
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Project Team | Doctor Julia Coffey |
Scheme | Travel Grant |
Role | Lead |
Funding Start | 2015 |
Funding Finish | 2015 |
GNo | G1500188 |
Type Of Funding | Internal |
Category | INTE |
UON | Y |
20143 grants / $67,343
Violence Prevention and Respectful Relationships Education in Early Childhood$31,893
Funding body: University of Melbourne
Funding body | University of Melbourne |
---|---|
Project Team | Dr Kylie Smith |
Scheme | Melbourne Social Equity Institute Interdisciplinary Seed Fund |
Role | Investigator |
Funding Start | 2014 |
Funding Finish | 2015 |
GNo | |
Type Of Funding | Internal |
Category | INTE |
UON | N |
Youth, transitions and bodies$20,450
Funding body: University of Melbourne
Funding body | University of Melbourne |
---|---|
Project Team | Julia Coffey |
Scheme | Early Career Research Grant |
Role | Lead |
Funding Start | 2014 |
Funding Finish | 2015 |
GNo | |
Type Of Funding | Internal |
Category | INTE |
UON | N |
Network for Youth Research Outside the Northern Metropole$15,000
Funding body: University of Newcastle - Faculty of Education and Arts
Funding body | University of Newcastle - Faculty of Education and Arts |
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Project Team | Professor Pamela Nilan, Associate Professor Steven Threadgold, Conjoint Professor Andy Furlong, Doctor David Farrugia, Doctor Julia Coffey, Doctor Hedda Askland, Doctor Lena Rodriguez |
Scheme | Strategic Networks Grant |
Role | Investigator |
Funding Start | 2014 |
Funding Finish | 2014 |
GNo | G1400957 |
Type Of Funding | Internal |
Category | INTE |
UON | Y |
20121 grants / $59,800
The Learning Partnerships Program$59,800
Funding body: The Cass Foundation
Funding body | The Cass Foundation |
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Project Team | Associate Professor Helen Cahill |
Scheme | Pilot funding |
Role | Investigator |
Funding Start | 2012 |
Funding Finish | 2013 |
GNo | |
Type Of Funding | External |
Category | EXTE |
UON | N |
Research Supervision
Number of supervisions
Current Supervision
Commenced | Level of Study | Research Title | Program | Supervisor Type |
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2020 | PhD | Women Entrepreneurs in Enterprise Culture: Women’s Work-life Experiences of Entrepreneurship in the Newcastle and Hunter Region | PhD (Sociology & Anthropology), College of Human and Social Futures, The University of Newcastle | Co-Supervisor |
2018 | PhD | Investigating the Role of Technology in Young People’s Lives and Wellbeing | PhD (Sociology & Anthropology), College of Human and Social Futures, The University of Newcastle | Principal Supervisor |
2017 | PhD | Becoming and being a young father in Pemenang, Lombok, east Indonesia | PhD (Sociology & Anthropology), College of Human and Social Futures, The University of Newcastle | Co-Supervisor |
2017 | PhD | Embedding the DADEE (Dads And Daughters Exercising and Empowered) Program in Local Communities: Sustainability Through Innovative Partnerships | PhD (Education), College of Human and Social Futures, The University of Newcastle | Co-Supervisor |
2017 | PhD | Affect at Altitude: Embodied Practices and Digital Technology in Backcountry Skiing and Snowboarding | PhD (Sociology & Anthropology), College of Human and Social Futures, The University of Newcastle | Co-Supervisor |
2016 | PhD | Queer Women on Social Media: Creating New Narratives to Resist Hegemonic Expectations of Feminine Beauty | PhD (Sociology & Anthropology), College of Human and Social Futures, The University of Newcastle | Co-Supervisor |
News
New research reveals the challenging experiences of young hospitality workers
October 5, 2020
New research reveals unequal impact of the pandemic on young people
August 20, 2020
New book Youth Sociology helps understand youth pressures of today
July 6, 2020
Listening across difference in feminist digital spaces
March 12, 2020
Women In Research Fellowships awarded
October 27, 2017
Mentor program supports Early Career Researchers
October 6, 2017
UON Central Coast research boosted with strategic grants
August 22, 2017
Research Directions 2016
July 7, 2016
New study on young people's health and self-image
October 30, 2014
Body image an increasing concern for young men
July 24, 2014
Muscle mania: young men aren’t alone with body image concerns
July 11, 2014
Dr Julia Coffey
Position
Senior Lecturer
Newcastle Youth Studies Group
School of Humanities and Social Science
College of Human and Social Futures
Focus area
Sociology and Anthropology
Contact Details
julia.coffey@newcastle.edu.au | |
Phone | 02 4348 4081 |
Fax | 02 4384 4075 |
Office
Room | HO1.12. |
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Building | Humanities Building |
Location | Ourimbah 10 Chittaway Road Ourimbah, NSW 2258 Australia |