Hello! I am an Online Course Facilitator at UniSA Online and a UniSA LGBTIQA+ Ally, please get in touch if you or someone you know could use some support.
My role entails leading the development and delivery of online teaching for UniSA Online students. We work closely with academic units at UniSA to build vibrant and inclusive teaching and learning communities online. As a social work educator and practitioner, I am passionate about nurturing the development of confident practitioners who can work alongside diverse population groups with empathy, compassion, and a critical spirit. I consider myself an enabling educator and I use action research while teaching methods to continuously improve my enabling teaching... Read more
About me
Hello! I am an Online Course Facilitator at UniSA Online and a UniSA LGBTIQA+ Ally, please get in touch if you or someone you know could use some support.
My role entails leading the development and delivery of online teaching for UniSA Online students. We work closely with academic units at UniSA to build vibrant and inclusive teaching and learning communities online. As a social work educator and practitioner, I am passionate about nurturing the development of confident practitioners who can work alongside diverse population groups with empathy, compassion, and a critical spirit. I consider myself an enabling educator and I use action research while teaching methods to continuously improve my enabling teaching practice.
Outside of teaching, I have worked in government and non-government sectors as a policy consultant, community planner, and frontline social worker in youth crisis and case management roles. My work is underpinned by community development approaches to fostering optimal wellbeing across the lifespan. I’m a fierce promoter of inclusive social participation as a critical building block for active citizenship and empowerment, especially the political activation of youth voice. I'm also a heavy metal scholar who applies a strengths and empowerment lens to studying subculture as a positive developmental tool in people's lives. I'm currently researching ways that youth activists use decolonial heavy metal music to dismantle oppressive systems and leverage social change in the Global South.
About me
Associate Member, UniSA Higher Education Research Network
National Association of Enabling Educators Australia
Editorial Advisory Board Member, International Journal of Metal Music Studies
International Society for Metal Music Studies
About me
Doctor of Philosophy University of South Australia
Bachelor of Social Work with Honours University of South Australia
Current Discipline Research:
Youth Activism and Decolonial Metal: Voice of Baceprot and Alien Weaponry as Case Studies
in Defiant Sounds: Heavy Metal Music in the Global South (Editors: Nelson Varas-Díaz, Jeremy Wallach, Esther Clinton, Daniel Nevárez-Araújo)
Past highlights:
Alliance for the Prevention of Interpersonal Violence: Qualitative study of service provision for women and children with domestic violence related trauma
Longitudinal, narrative investigation of early heavy metal identity formations and the role of metal music and culture in shaping the aspirations of metal youth
Participatory community research projects with youth partners in high-poverty neighbourhoods
Qualitative exploration... 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.
| Year | Output |
|---|---|
| 2023 |
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| 2018 |
Open access
15
12
56
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| 2018 |
8
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| 2017 |
10
8
1
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| 2017 |
Open access
2
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| Year | Output |
|---|---|
| 2018 |
8
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| Year | Output |
|---|---|
| 2023 |
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| 2023 |
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| 2016 |
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| Year | Output |
|---|---|
| 2018 |
Open access
15
12
56
|
| 2018 |
Open access
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| 2017 |
10
8
1
|
| 2017 |
Open access
2
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| 2012 |
Open access
5
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| 2010 |
4
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Netfest: Youth Affairs Council of South Australia. Keynote address: Youth-adult partnerships in strategic planning
TAG Research Conference, University of Glasgow. Designing the co-production of strategic youth planning in local government contexts
RASA Gambling Symposium, Adelaide. Youth perspectives: priming gambling ‘careers’ through gaming
Cultural Studies Association of Australia, Adelaide. Buy-ins and Sell-outs: The influence of class and place on black metal fandom in Adelaide
Rowe, P. (in press). Designing inclusive Zoom sessions in online courses to improve student engagement with course content, peers, and teachers. In Jarldorn, M., & Hudson, C. (Eds). Teaching and Learning Ideas for Educators on the Run: A Guide for Social Work and Human Services. Springer.
Research
Current Discipline Research:
Youth Activism and Decolonial Metal: Voice of Baceprot and Alien Weaponry as Case Studies
in Defiant Sounds: Heavy Metal Music in the Global South (Editors: Nelson Varas-Díaz, Jeremy Wallach, Esther Clinton, Daniel Nevárez-Araújo)
Past highlights:
Alliance for the Prevention of Interpersonal Violence: Qualitative study of service provision for women and children with domestic violence related trauma
Longitudinal, narrative investigation of early heavy metal identity formations and the role of metal music and culture in shaping the aspirations of metal youth
Participatory community research projects with youth partners in high-poverty neighbourhoods
Qualitative exploration of the effects of housing tenure on young people's social transitions
Longitudinal, participatory research with secondary school students transitioning to a purpose built 'super' school in Adelaide's northern suburbs
External engagement & recognition
| Organisation | Country |
|---|---|
| University of South Australia | AUSTRALIA |
External engagement & recognition
Adelaide Community Development Collective
2024 AAUT Citation for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning
2023 UniSA Citation for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning
“For sustained leadership in ‘care-full’ teaching approaches that enable students in equity groups to build confidence and enhance learning outcomes in online human service courses”
2022 JUS Teaching and Learning Excellence Award, UniSA
2020 JUS Teaching and Learning Excellence Award, UniSA
2020 Wow the Students Award, UniSA Online
2018 Teaching Excellence Award, Div EASS, UniSA
2022 Honours supervision (MBSW): thesis titled "Exploring youth-led programs designed to support community building strategies in bushfire recovery contexts"
2022 Honours supervision (MHAR): thesis titled "Working with disability: Exploring the working lives of people with disabilities after graduation from university"
Teaching & student supervision
