Kit is a lecturer in Creative Writing and Literature in UniSA Creative and has published research, criticism, pop culture analysis and short fiction in publications such as Senses of Cinema, New Writing, Dementia: The International Journal of Social Research and Practice, Asiatic: IIUM Journal of English Language and Literature, Transformations, Metro, The Australian, The Weekend Australian Review, The Punch, New Matilda and The Conversation, as well as a regular column on pop culture history for a number of years for online magazine PopMatters. Kit’s main interests lie in exploring popular culture and television history.
About me
Kit is a lecturer in Creative Writing and Literature in UniSA Creative and has published research, criticism, pop culture analysis and short fiction in publications such as Senses of Cinema, New Writing, Dementia: The International Journal of Social Research and Practice, Asiatic: IIUM Journal of English Language and Literature, Transformations, Metro, The Australian, The Weekend Australian Review, The Punch, New Matilda and The Conversation, as well as a regular column on pop culture history for a number of years for online magazine PopMatters. Kit’s main interests lie in exploring popular culture and television history.
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
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| 2016 |
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| 2014 |
MacFarlane, K 2014, 'Spirits of affirmation: the Darkside', Metro, no. 180, pp. 100-103. |
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| 2013 |
MacFarlane, K 2013, 'Against unremembering: David King's 'Purge'', Metro, no. 178, pp. 14-16. |
| 2012 |
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| 2012 |
MacFarlane, K 2012, 'The Slap: the heavy hand of a hard-hitting drama', Metro, no. 171, pp. 32-37. |
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MacFarlane, K 2011, 'An idea too many in 'the human resources manager'', Metro, no. 168, pp. 38-40. |
| 2011 |
MacFarlane, K 2011, 'Blame: revenge served warm', Metro, no. 169, pp. 8-12. |
| 2011 |
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| 2020 |
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MacFarlane, K 2025 'University Vice Chancellors don’t want you talking about their millions. Why we need to keep at it', opinion, InDaily, 12 June 2025.
MacFarlane, K 2024, 'The Christmas album that heralded the end of a folk musical era: The Kingston Trio’s The Last Month of the Year', The Conversation, 24 December 2024.
MacFarlane, K 2024, 'Medic at 70: long before Meredith Grey or Doogie Howser, this show shaped the modern medical drama', The Conversation, 13 September 2024.
ABC Radio Melbourne, Evenings, interview segment on Medic at 70, 18 September 2024.
MacFarlane, K 2024 'ICAC report, what ICAC report? University governance failing to learn from the past (and present)', opinion, InDaily, 9 July 2024.
MacFarlane, K 2023, 'Smashing records (and chairs): why pro wrestling is having a moment both in Australia and overseas', The Conversation, 21 September 2023.
MacFarlane, K 2023, 'Richard II by William Shakespeare: why ‘the divine right of kings’ (still) matters', The Conversation, 5 May 2023.
MacFarlane, K 2019, 'What Australia watched on TV on New Year’s Eve, 1959', The Conversation, 31 December 2019.
'Australian TV on New Year's Eve 1959', interview on ABC Radio Melbourne, Statewide Drive, 31 December 2019.
The Poetry and Poetics of Popular Culture online conference organiser and facilitator, hosted by the University of South Australia Poetry and Poetics Centre, 25-26 November 2011.
MacFarlane, K 2011 '"Wrestling with their Ghostly Fathers": The Poetry and Poetics of Professional Wrestling, or, Poetry, Poetics and Piledrivers. Bloom, Bordwell, and Bodyslams.' video essay for The Poetry and Poetics of Popular Culture online conference, 25-26 November 2011.
Recurring column on pop culture history for PopMatters, 2009-2014.
Regular freelance columnist for The Weekend Australian Review and The Australian Higher Education, 2007-2008.
External engagement & recognition
| Organisation | Country |
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| University of South Australia | AUSTRALIA |
Outstanding Student Evaluation Attainment (Undergraduate), 2019: UniSA Division of Education, Arts and Social Sciences.
School Award, Contribution to teaching and learning, 2018: UniSA School of Creative Industries.
High Achievement (UG Teaching) Student Evaluation Attainment Award, 2017: UniSA Division of Education, Arts and Social Sciences.
Teaching Excellence and Leadership Program 2016.
Outstanding Student Evaluation Attainment Award: Undergraduate Teaching, 2016: UniSA Division of Education, Arts and Social Sciences.
High Achievement in Student Evaluation Attainment Award: Undergraduate Teaching, 2015: UniSA Division of Education, Arts and Social Sciences.
Teaching & student supervision
Teaching & student supervision
Supervisions from 2010 shown
| Thesis title | Student status |
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| Contemporary portrayals of addiction on screen towards more socially accountable screen narratives through screenwriting practice | Completed |
| Provoking the muse: exploring creative practice in South Australia | Completed |
| The cultural value of digital games and play | Completed |
| Violets, white feathers and the sisterhood of peace: South Australian women's activism in World War One | Completed |
