Jo Mignone is the Program Director for the Bachelor of Digital Media at UniSA Online, as well as an awarded academic, artist and illustrator in the Bachelor of Design (Illustration and Animation) at the University of South Australia. Jo's main teaching focus is coordinating and teaching illustration, drawing and creative artefact production processes. She has won teaching awards, including a recent fellowship and grants for her teaching of drawing and illustration and regularly exhibits her work internationally. Jo is a research degree supervisor and her research examines expanded illustration practice and pedagogy, publishing both creative artefacts and traditional research outputs.
About me
Jo Mignone is the Program Director for the Bachelor of Digital Media at UniSA Online, as well as an awarded academic, artist and illustrator in the Bachelor of Design (Illustration and Animation) at the University of South Australia. Jo's main teaching focus is coordinating and teaching illustration, drawing and creative artefact production processes. She has won teaching awards, including a recent fellowship and grants for her teaching of drawing and illustration and regularly exhibits her work internationally. Jo is a research degree supervisor and her research examines expanded illustration practice and pedagogy, publishing both creative artefacts and traditional research outputs.
About me
Jo is a designated University of South Australia member of the Design Institute of Australia, advising on higher education.
About me
Master of Art (Design) University of South Australia
Bachelor of Design (Illustration) University of South Australia
Current: Global Arts and Health Alliance $36 000 grant, ‘Supporting Neurodiverse Comics Creators’ research team member
Pulling, BW, Braithwaite, FA, Mignone, J, Butler, DS, Caneiro, J, Lipp, O V & Stanton, TR 2024, 'People with painful knee osteoarthritis hold negative implicit attitudes towards activity', Pain, vol. 165, no. 9, pp. 2024-2034.
Colton, J, Mignone, J & Newport-Peace, D 2022, 'Nodes of tension: negotiating epistemic fluency in interdisciplinary co-teaching', The Australian Educational Researcher, vol. 49, no. 3, pp. 511-527.
Seeking vision: an exhibition of international illustration academicsThe 16th International Conference on Design Principles and Practices, Online; 'Seeking Vision: An... Read more
Research
Research outputs for the last seven years are shown below. Some long-standing staff members may have older outputs included. To see earlier years visit ORCID or Scopus
Open access indicates that an output is open access.
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| 2024 |
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| 2020 |
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| 2019 |
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| 2024 |
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117
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Pulling, B. W., Braithwaite, F. A., Mignone, J., Butler, D. S., Caneiro, J. P., Lipp, O. V., & Stanton, T. R. 2022, ‘KneeIAT: People with Painful Knee Osteoarthritis Implicitly Believe that Movement is Dangerous’, in IASP 2022 World Congress on Pain, Toronto, Canada.
Colton, J., Mignone, J., Newport-Peace, D., 2022, 'Negotiating the 'Nodes of Tension' in Interdisciplinary Co-teaching', in Australian Association for Research in Education conference, Adelaide, Australia
Research
Current: Global Arts and Health Alliance $36 000 grant, ‘Supporting Neurodiverse Comics Creators’ research team member
Pulling, BW, Braithwaite, FA, Mignone, J, Butler, DS, Caneiro, J, Lipp, O V & Stanton, TR 2024, 'People with painful knee osteoarthritis hold negative implicit attitudes towards activity', Pain, vol. 165, no. 9, pp. 2024-2034.
Colton, J, Mignone, J & Newport-Peace, D 2022, 'Nodes of tension: negotiating epistemic fluency in interdisciplinary co-teaching', The Australian Educational Researcher, vol. 49, no. 3, pp. 511-527.
Seeking vision: an exhibition of international illustration academicsThe 16th International Conference on Design Principles and Practices, Online; 'Seeking Vision: An exhibition of International Academics', at 'Back to Life: Seeking Vision in Purpose in Principles and Practices', The 16th International Conference on Design Principles and Practices. New South Wales, Australia 19-21 January 2022
2019 - 2021 International Finalist, Lethbridge 20000 Small Scale Art Award.
2018 International Finalist, Mumedi Mexican Museum of Design poster exhibition. Her work was selected from over 30,000 participants to be an international finalist, exploring communication values in poster design.
2023 & 2024 Invited to judge Anime Go! Japan Pop Culture Festival Anime and Manga competition
2022 Invited to judge CIDEA International Design Union award
2021 Awarded a Fellowship by Advance HE for in recognition of attainment of UK Professional Standards Framework her contributions to Higher Education.
2020 Invited to participate in the Adobe Creative Campus Executive Roundtable on Digital Literacy and the Changing Workforce
2020 Invited to review journal article submissions for the Australian Education Researcher journal
2017 - 2019 Invited to review journal article submissions for the International Journal of the Image
External engagement & recognition
| Organisation | Country |
|---|---|
| Curtin University | AUSTRALIA |
| Flinders University | AUSTRALIA |
| Queensland University of Technology | AUSTRALIA |
| University of South Australia | AUSTRALIA |
External engagement & recognition
| Engagement/recognition | Year |
|---|---|
Adventures in Arts and Health Research SymposiumGlobal Arts and Health Alliance |
2024 |
AnimeGo! Japan Pop Culture FestivalJapan Australia Friendship Association (JAFA) |
2024 |
MemberDesign Institute of Australia |
2024 |
AnimeGo! Japan Pop Culture FestivalJapan Australia Friendship Association (JAFA) |
2023 |
Conceptualizing Interdisciplinary Collaboration in Higher Education Through Co-generative Dialogue: Encounters in ‘Nodes of Tension’European Educational Research Association |
2023 |
MemberDesign Institute of Australia |
2023 |
MemberDesign Institute of Australia |
2023 |
Member of jury/judging panelC-IDEA |
2023 |
Conference Presentation - joint authors Pulling, B. W., Braithwaite, F. A., Mignone, J., Butler, D. S., Caneiro, J. P., Lipp, O. V., & Stanton, T. R. (2022, September 19-23). KneeIAT: People with Painful Knee Osteoarthritis Implicitly Believe that Movement is Dangerous. Poster presentation. IASP 2022 World Congress on Pain, Toronto, Canada.World Congress on Pain |
2022 |
Conference Presentation - Negotiating the 'Nodes of Tension' in Interdisciplinary Co-teachingAustralian Association for Research in Education |
2022 |
MemberDesign Institute of Australia |
2022 |
MemberDesign Institute of Australia |
2022 |
Member of jury/judging panelC-IDEA |
2022 |
International Finalist Lethbridge Small Scale Art Award 2021Lethbridge Gallery |
2021 |
MemberDesign Institute of Australia |
2021 |
MemberDesign Institute of Australia |
2021 |
MemberInternational Illustration Research Network |
2021 |
Member of jury/judging panelC-IDEA |
2021 |
FellowHigher Education Academy - Advance HE |
2020 |
International Finalist Lethbridge Small Scale Art Award 2020Lethbridge Gallery |
2020 |
MemberDesign Institute of Australia |
2020 |
MemberDesign Institute of Australia |
2020 |
International Finalist Lethbridge Small Scale Art Award 2019Lethbridge Gallery |
2019 |
MemberIllustrators Association of Australia (IAA) |
2018 |
MemberIllustrators Association of Australia (IAA) |
2017 |
Jo attended Adobe MAX conference in Los Angeles November 2019 to learn latest digital illustration skills and practice
Jo collaborated with Isshoni Creative, creating illustration solutions for the Basket Case range of wine labels. These labels were awarded wine label of the month by national publication Wine Business Monthly (2015).
2021 Awarded fellowship from Advance HE in recognition of impact of teaching in higher education
2018 High Achievement in Student Evaluation Attainment Award within the Division of EASS.
2018 Teaching and Learning Grant awardee for the 'Collaborative Narrative' project to foster interdisciplinary Design Thinking between Illustration and Education students at the University.
2017 High Achievement in Student Evaluation Attainment Award within the Division of EASS.
2009 Supported Teacher Award, awarded for outstanding teaching within the Division of EASS.
Teaching & student supervision
Teaching & student supervision
Supervisions from 2010 shown
| Thesis title | Student status |
|---|---|
| An investigation into the use of augmented environmental graphic design to help improve employee wellbeing within the healthcare workplace | Completed |
