Alison Ross

I am a graduate of the philosophy programs at Macquarie University (BA Hons.) and the University of Sydney (Ph.D). I have held academic posts in Philosophy at the University of Sydney (1997) and the Australian National University (1998-2000). 

I work mainly in the field of applied aesthetics. My current research program is a conceptual investigation of images and image theory. I am also in the early stages of a project looking at signalling protocols in nature, which uses an aesthetic approach for the study of animal patterns and colours. A number of representative recent publications can be found on my academia site: https://monash.academia.edu/AlisonRoss

I am interested in supervising graduate projects in political philosophy and aesthetics, as well as in the critical theory tradition. A number of my former graduate students hold academic positions and two have won the Mollie Holman medal for excellence in doctoral research (2009, 2017). One of my former Masters students has won the Vice-Chancellor's award for Masters Thesis Excellence.