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Personal profile
Biography
Denise Chapman is a counternarrative storyteller, poet, critical autoethnographer, and academic who lectures in children’s literature and inclusive children’s media at Monash University. She has served as a literacy specialist for diverse communities in Australia, Fiji, Kenya, Singapore, UAE, and the USA. Denise is keen for teachers to see themselves as critical curators and creatives of media that support student belonging.
Denise’s scholarly engagements centre around critical media literacy with a special focus on the impact of representation on imagination and the importance of critical curation and use of children’s literature. She uses oral stories, children’s literature, poetry, and digital images as counternarrative windows for social change and liberation.
Her counter-hegemonic creative work continues the traditions of her Gullah heritage and explores themes of home, immigration, belonging, epistemic injustice, Black motherhood, as well as eco-racism. Denise’s artistic work has been presented at The Wheeler Centre, The State Library Victoria, LaMama Poetica, Thin Red Lines, Radio Laria, The University of Melbourne’s Digital Studio, the RMIT Non/Fiction Lab’s Present Tense, as well as A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum.
Denise was runner-up for Poetryspective’s 2019 Retro Slam and shortlisted for the Queensland Poetry’s 2022 XYZ Prize for Excellence in Spoken Word. Her poetry-film work was featured within the Volume: Bodies of Knowledge exhibition at Brisbane MetroArts (2022) and the Counihan Gallery (2023) as well as at the Making Connection: Mapping Creative Encounters via the virtual space of DotDot Studios (2024).
The combination of Denise’s scholarship and creative work led the way for her to be the 2023 Mem Fox Visiting Research Fellow and a plenary speaker for the 2023 and 2024 Australian Association for the Teaching of English / Australian Literacy Educators’ Association conference. This year Denise was also honoured to be a featured spoken word artist at Labrish, the community program for the season of The Hate Race, a theatrical adaptation of Maxine Beneba Clarke’s bestselling memoir. Denise is excited to have the opportunity to present a collection of her spoken word poems coupled with digital quilts this September at the Furious Flower Poetry Conference VI, which convenes every 10 years for scholars and writers from around the world to explore contemporary trends in Black literature, culture, and thought, and also publish a signature volume of poetry, poetics, and criticism to commemorate each conference.
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
- Languages, literatures and literacies
- Media literacy
- Early Childhood Education
- Technology use
- Culturally responsive digital learning spaces
- Inclusive Education
- Critical race studies
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
Projects
- 2 Finished
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Monash-Hastings Literacy Partnership Project
Chapman, D. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI)), Ortlieb, E. (Chief Investigator (CI)) & Rennie, J. (Chief Investigator (CI))
15/08/14 → 31/12/15
Project: Research
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Review and Evaluation of the Inquiry into Implementation Project
Duhn, I. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI)), Agbenyega, J. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Bone, J. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Chapman, D. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Fleer, M. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Quiñones, G. (Chief Investigator (CI)) & Veresov, N. (Chief Investigator (CI))
22/10/13 → 30/06/14
Project: Research
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Decolonising the curriculum through hospicing and collective re-imagining
Baak, M. & Chapman, D., Apr 2024, In: Curriculum Perspectives. 44, p. 83-86 4 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Other › peer-review
Open AccessFile3 Citations (Scopus) -
Deconstructing Eurocentric narratives in non-fiction literature
Oliveira Andrade de Melo, G. & Chapman, D., 2024, Handbook of Critical Whiteness: Deconstructing Dominant Discourses Across Disciplines. Ravulo, J., Olcoń, K., Dune, T., Workman, A. & Liamputtong, P. (eds.). 1st ed. Singapore Singapore: Springer, Vol. 2. p. 873-890 18 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (Book) › Research › peer-review
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Let's story about storying
Chapman, D., 2024, For the Love of Nature: Ecowriting the World. Share, J. (ed.). 1st ed. New York NY USA: Peter Lang Publishing, p. 57-65 9 p. (Counterpoints: Studies in Criticality; vol. 547).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (Book) › Other › peer-review
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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
1 Citation (Scopus) -
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
Prizes
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Dean's Award for Teaching Excellence
Chapman, D. (Recipient), 2015
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Poetryspective RetroSlam 2nd Place Winner
Chapman, D. (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
Hausia, K. (Contributor), Chapman, D. (Contributor), Ugavule, E. (Contributor) & Bolatagici, T. (Contributor)
21 Jan 2021Activity: Community Talks, Presentations, Exhibitions and Events › Public lecture/debate/seminar
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Emerging at any stage
Chapman, D. (Contributor), Garcia Ochoa, G. (Contributor) & Parsons, S. (Contributor)
21 Jun 2020Activity: Community Talks, Presentations, Exhibitions and Events › Public lecture/debate/seminar
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The Racial Imaginary
Kelada, O. (Contributor), Chapman, D. (Contributor) & Amedi, R. (Contributor)
22 Jun 2019Activity: Community Talks, Presentations, Exhibitions and Events › Performance/exhibition
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Poetic Mamas: Spoken Word Performance
Chapman, D. (Contributor)
25 Jul 2019Activity: Community Talks, Presentations, Exhibitions and Events › Performance/exhibition
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Broadside
Chapman, D. (Speaker)
8 Nov 2019Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Contribution to workshop, seminar, course
Press/Media
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The code of silence could develop racial bias in children
Yared, H., Grove, C. & Chapman, D.
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
Yared, H., Grove, C. & Chapman, D.
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
Yared, H., Grove, C. & Chapman, D.
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
Allen, K.-A., Butler-Henderson, K., Reupert, A., Longmuir, F., Rosenbluh, I., Berger, E., Grove, C., Heffernan, A., Freeman, N., Kewalramani, S., Krebs, S., D'Souza, L., Mackie, G., Chapman, D. & Fleer, M.
5/03/21
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Article/Feature
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