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I am a Lecturer in Cultural Studies and English in the School of Creative Industries at UniSA. My research fields encompass literary and cultural studies.
My interest in explaining how communication occurs in the contexts where language cannot capture all we want to say has lead me to focus on applying aesthetic theory, post-colonial trauma theory, affect theory and theories of haptic visuality to textual and visual communication, especially in instances where language is inadequate to communicate meaning.
My interdisciplinary international training has prepared me for a variety of research activities. My work on non-fictional comics and animated documentary films has lead to publications, presentations, research supervision and... Read more
About me
I am a Lecturer in Cultural Studies and English in the School of Creative Industries at UniSA. My research fields encompass literary and cultural studies.
My interest in explaining how communication occurs in the contexts where language cannot capture all we want to say has lead me to focus on applying aesthetic theory, post-colonial trauma theory, affect theory and theories of haptic visuality to textual and visual communication, especially in instances where language is inadequate to communicate meaning.
My interdisciplinary international training has prepared me for a variety of research activities. My work on non-fictional comics and animated documentary films has lead to publications, presentations, research supervision and the design of courses on the use of images to communicate trauma. My work on mobile learning has lead to research projects and teaching tools designed to bridge the gap between the physical and the digital in the design of learning environments. My work on communicating wellbeing and belonging in situations of high cultural and linguistic diversity has lead to successful research collaborations and grant applications.
I am a member of both the ‘Creative People, Products and Places (CP3’) and the ‘Centre for Economic and Cultural Sociology’ research concentrations in the University's 'Transforming Societies' research stream. I am an external examiner and adjunct supervisor in the Department of English Studies at the University of South Africa and I regularly review articles for the Social Identities Journal.
About me
Cultural Studies Association 2016/7
Applied Linguistics Association of Australia 2018/9
About me
Doctor of Philosophy University of South Australia
Master of Arts University of Pretoria
Honours Bachelor of Arts University of South Africa
Bachelor of Arts University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
Certificate in English Language Teaching to Adults University of Cambridge
English Studies lecturer, University of South Africa, 2011- 2012
Reading & writing facilitator, University of South Africa, 2010 - 2011
Research Assistant, Witwatersrand Institute for Social & Economic Research, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg 2009-2010
Learning materials developer, Unit for Distance Education, University of Pretoria, South Africa, 2002 - 2008
Lecturer in English literature & instructional design, Girne American University, North Cyprus, 2007
Research
Research since 2008 is shown below. To see earlier years visit ORCID or Scopus
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Co-authored book
2010. English for Life : Grade 10 Home Language; Authors: Therona Moodley, Jeanne-Marie Viljoen, Felicity Horne, Ian Butler & Megan Howard published by Best Books NB Uitgewers / Publishers, Pretoria and Cape Town.
Co-authored book chapter
2007. The Use of Mobile Phone Technology for Student Support by Johan Hendrikz & Jeanne-Marie Viljoen in ‘An Anthology of “Best Practices” in Teacher Education’ edited by T. K. S. Lakshmi, K. Rama and Johan Hendrikz. Published by The National Assessment & Accreditation Council (NAAC)of India and The Common Wealth Of
Co-authored journal article
Dec 2004. Special Edition of Perspectives in Education Transforming learning through technology: the case of using SMSs to support Distance students in South Africa by JM Viljoen, CS du Preez and A Cook, Vol 23 No 4.
Doctoral thesis
Conferred in 2016 by the School of Communications, International Studies & Languages at the University of South Australia, entitled: Smearing Ash on the Wall: the ineffable, violence and trauma in graphic narratives of war.
Master's thesis
Conferred in 2009 by the Department of Philosophy at the University of Pretoria, entitled: Playing with the Subject: Writing in Greenaway's 'The Pillow Book' & in Kafka's 'The Penal Colony'.
2018/9 External examiner & post-graduate supervisor for the Department of English Studies at the University of South Africa.
2017/8 Collaboration on publication about decolonial interpretations of heroism, with Prof MS May, Department of Industrial & Organisational Psychology, University of South Africa.
External engagement & recognition
Award for Education Innovation for the outstanding contribution made towards education innovation (mobile learning) at the University of Pretoria, 2006.
Recent Honour's theses completions:
Teaching & student supervision
Teaching & student supervision
Supervisions from 2010 shown
| Thesis title | Student status |
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| Female consciousness in Anne Enright’s novels Irish women's identity in contemporary Ireland | Current |
| Notes in the margins: forgotten women poets of the beat generation | Current |
| Of closure and catharsis: Navigating narratives of loss through multi-modal storytelling practice | Current |
| The Small Gods of Online Identity | Current |