Projects per year
Personal profile
Biography
Dr. Denise Chapman is a counternarrative storyteller, spoken word poet, and critical autoethnographer who lectures in children’s literature and early literacy at Monash University. She’s served as a literacy specialist focused on critical media literacy in Australia, Fiji, and the United States. Denise uses oral stories, children’s literature, poetry, and digital images as counternarrative windows for social change and liberation.
She is currently exploring the lack of diverse transmedia stories for children and how teachers and parents see its impact on children’s imagined possibilities.
When she’s not spending her time collecting children's picturebooks and oral folktales, Denise enjoys creating visual poetry and obsessing over Sci-Fi pop culture media.
Denise has been a repeat guest on ABC Radio National, was runner-up at Poetryspective’s 2019 Retro Slam, and has also presented her artistic work at The Wheeler Centre, Melbourne’s Emerging Writers Festival, University of Melbourne’s Digital Studio, Melbourne Spoken Word & Poetry Festival, RMIT’s Present Tense non/FictionLab, 3CR, and the Community Reading Room’s Black Tourmaline.
In 2016, Denise received Monash University’s Faculty of Education Dean’s Award Citation for Outstanding Contribution to Student Learning. She also served as a Deputy College Head for Monash University’s Aquila College for non-residential students from 2017-2019 and has also served as a student advisor for Monash University Education students in the Early Childhood/Primary course.
Her most recent publication entitled “The Crooked Room: Intersectional tap dancing, Academic Performing, and Negotiating Black, woman, Immigrant” is a critical poetic autoethnography that shares her wayfinding experience as an African American woman academic working in a White-privileged Australian university, trying to survive systems of oppression unacknowledged by those within the university space.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Research area keywords
- Media literacy
- Early Childhood Education
- Critical race studies
- Technology use
- Culturally responsive digital learning spaces
- Inclusive Education
Network
Projects
- 2 Finished
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Monash-Hastings Literacy Partnership Project
Chapman, D., Ortlieb, E. & Rennie, J.
15/08/14 → 31/12/15
Project: Research
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Review and Evaluation of the Inquiry into Implementation Project
Duhn, I., Agbenyega, J., Bone, J., Chapman, D., Fleer, M., Quiñones, G. & Veresov, N.
22/10/13 → 30/06/14
Project: Research
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Inclusion begins at home: gender equity as an imperative first step towards a truly inclusive academy
Allen, K-A., Grove, C., Butler-Henderson, K., Reupert, A., Longmuir, F., Finefter-Rosenbluh, I., Berger, E., Heffernan, A., Freeman, N. C., Kewalramani, S., Krebs, S., D'Souza, L., Mackie, G., Chapman, D. & Fleer, M., 2023, Research for Inclusive Quality Education: Leveraging Belonging, Inclusion, and Equity. Boyle, C. & Allen, K-A. (eds.). 1st ed. Singapore Singapore: Springer, p. 289-306 18 p. (Sustainable Development Goals Series).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (Book) › Research › peer-review
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Intercultural dialogue: inclusive practices
Friesem, Y., Goggin, G., Ellis, K., Lawrence, L., Nagashima, Y., Chapman, D., de Melo, G. O. A., Pandit, S., Beltrán-Grimm, S. & Beckett, C., 2023, The Routledge Handbook of Media Education Futures Post-Pandemic. Friesem, Y., Raman, U., Kanižaj, I. & Choi, G. Y. (eds.). 1st ed. Abingdon UK: Routledge, p. 83-88 6 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (Book) › Other › peer-review
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Who belongs in schools? How the education system fails racially marginalised students
Yared, H., Grové, C. & Chapman, D., 2023, Research for Inclusive Quality Education: Leveraging Belonging, Inclusion, and Equity. Boyle, C. & Allen, K-A. (eds.). 1st ed. Singapore Singapore: Springer, p. 163-179 17 p. (Sustainable Development Goals Series).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (Book) › Research › peer-review
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Zooming while black: creating a black aesthetic and counter hegemonic discourse in a digital age
Chapman, D. & de Melo, G. O. A., 2023, The Routledge Handbook of Media Education Futures Post-Pandemic. Friesem, Y., Raman, U., Kanižaj, I. & Choi, G. Y. (eds.). 1st ed. Abingdon UK: Routledge, p. 37-45 9 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (Book) › Research › peer-review
1 Citation (Scopus) -
Media Education in English Language Arts
Hobbs, R., Chapman, D., Doerr-Stevens, C. M., French, S. D., Lynch, T. L., Medina, C., Morrell, E., Sloan, C., Stringfellow, L. & Ziemke, K., 9 Apr 2022, USA : National Council of Teachers of English.Research output: Other contribution › Other
Open Access
Prizes
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Dean's Award for Teaching Excellence
Chapman, Denise (Recipient), 2015
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Poetryspective RetroSlam 2nd Place Winner
Chapman, Denise (Recipient), 20 Nov 2019
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Activities
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From Margin to Mainstream: New Narratives in Children’s Literature
Kirsten Hausia (Contributor), Denise Chapman (Contributor), Emele Ugavule (Contributor) & Torika Bolatagici (Contributor)
21 Jan 2021Activity: Community Talks, Presentations, Exhibitions and Events › Public lecture/debate/seminar
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Emerging at any stage
Denise Chapman (Contributor), Gabriel Garcia Ochoa (Contributor) & Sandi Parsons (Contributor)
21 Jun 2020Activity: Community Talks, Presentations, Exhibitions and Events › Public lecture/debate/seminar
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Broadside
Denise Chapman (Speaker)
8 Nov 2019Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Contribution to workshop, seminar, course
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Poetic Mamas: Spoken Word Performance
Denise Chapman (Contributor)
25 Jul 2019Activity: Community Talks, Presentations, Exhibitions and Events › Performance/exhibition
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The Racial Imaginary
Odette Kelada (Contributor), Denise Chapman (Contributor) & Roj Amedi (Contributor)
22 Jun 2019Activity: Community Talks, Presentations, Exhibitions and Events › Performance/exhibition
Press/Media
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The code of silence could develop racial bias in children
Hannah Yared, Christine Grove & Denise Chapman
30/04/21
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Article/Feature
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Kids aren't racist, are they? Code of silence at schools stunts long-term racial literacy
Hannah Yared, Christine Grove & Denise Chapman
21/04/21
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Article/Feature
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Kids aren't racist, are they? Code of silence at schools stunts long-term racial literacy
Hannah Yared, Christine Grove & Denise Chapman
16/04/21
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment
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Assessing gender inequity in academia for International Women’s Day: opinion
Kelly-Ann Allen, Kerryn Butler-Henderson, Andrea Reupert, Fiona Longmuir, Ilana Rosenbluh, Emily Berger, Christine Grove, Amanda Heffernan, Nerelie Freeman, Sarika Kewalramani, Shiri Krebs, Levita D'Souza, Grace Mackie, Denise Chapman & Marilyn Fleer
5/03/21
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Article/Feature
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