Fae has ten years industry experience as a strategic communications professional working for the Department of Health in the UK and in Adelaide and has held similar positions in the disability sector and at a primary health care research facility in Adelaide. Fae has taught public relations, communication and media subjects at Flinders University, Charles Sturt University and at UniSA Online and is currently a lecturer in the Bachelor of Communication and Media (MBCD) and Masters of Communication (DMCO) at UniSA Creative.
Fae is the ECR rep for UniSA Creative's research strategy group and facilitates a writing and well-being group for international HDR candidates and those who have English as a second... Read more
About me
Fae has ten years industry experience as a strategic communications professional working for the Department of Health in the UK and in Adelaide and has held similar positions in the disability sector and at a primary health care research facility in Adelaide. Fae has taught public relations, communication and media subjects at Flinders University, Charles Sturt University and at UniSA Online and is currently a lecturer in the Bachelor of Communication and Media (MBCD) and Masters of Communication (DMCO) at UniSA Creative.
Fae is the ECR rep for UniSA Creative's research strategy group and facilitates a writing and well-being group for international HDR candidates and those who have English as a second language.
Fae's research interests include gender and gaming, the digital care work of mothers and the impact of school's digital pedagogical practices on families. Her PhD research focused on the digital home and utilised theories of mediatisation, domestication of technology and parental mediation to explore changes in the communicative experiences of contemporary mothers.
About me
Doctor of Philosphy University of South Australia
Postgraduate Diploma in Public Communication University of Leeds
Bachelor of Arts (Communication) Honours Charles Sturt University
Bachelor of Arts (Media Studies) Sheffield Hallam University
Fae is continuing her doctoral research into the implications of digital media use for family life, specifically in relation to homework tasks and the digital care work of mothers.
She is also exploring the experiences of gaming mothers and the opportunities and challenges faced by mothers who want to game.
Research
Excludes commercial-in-confidence projects.
Fae provided research assistance to Dr Sally Lewis, UniSA lead for a cross-institutional research project on interdisciplinary work integrated learning, funded by the Australian Technology Network. The project was led by Curtin University and included RMIT and Univeristy of Technology, Sydney.
The findings from this research are available here: Interdisciplinary project-based work-integrated learning: the Australian Good Practice Guide
Research
Research outputs for the last seven years are shown below. To see earlier years visit ORCID, ResearcherID or Scopus
Open access indicates that an output is open access.
| Year | Output |
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| 2016 |
Open access
12
8
1
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| 2014 |
Open access
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| Year | Output |
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| 2020 |
Open access
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Heaselgrave, F 2021, ‘The digital home: exploring the communicative experiences of contemporary mothers', PhD thesis, University of South Australia, UniSA Repository: <https://ap01-a.alma.exlibrisgroup.com/view/delivery/61USOUTHAUS_INST/12232442610001831>.
Heaselgrave, F 2021, 'Writing oneself into the PhD oral defense: preparing a response to examination reports', blog post, Doctoral Writing SIG.
Heaselgrave, F 2019, ‘Digital motherhood in the Australian home: The role of mediatisation in contemporary mothering’, paper presented at the EuroMedia conference, hosted by the International Academic Forum (IAFOR), 12-13 July 2019, Brighton, UK.
Heaselgrave, F 2018, ‘Digital dialogue in civic society: Charting the challenges of social media use in local government communication’, paper presented at the Public Relations Institute of Australia research symposium, 30 October 2018, University of Technology Sydney.
Heaselgrave 2017, '"Study keeps drawing them back to the devices": the role of digital pedagogy in the mediatization of motherhood', paper presented at the annual conference of the Australian & New Zealand Communication Association, Communication Worlds: Access, Voice, Diversity, Engagement, University of Sydney, 4-7 July 2017.
Research
Fae is continuing her doctoral research into the implications of digital media use for family life, specifically in relation to homework tasks and the digital care work of mothers.
She is also exploring the experiences of gaming mothers and the opportunities and challenges faced by mothers who want to game.
External engagement & recognition
| Organisation | Country |
|---|---|
| Charles Sturt University | AUSTRALIA |
| University of South Australia | AUSTRALIA |
External engagement & recognition
| Engagement/recognition | Year |
|---|---|
Graduate Women SA Centenary ScholarshipAustralian Federation of University Women |
2020 |
Teaching & student supervision
