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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 disruption and liberation. When she’s not spending her time writing poetry and tweeting, Denise enjoys obsessing over Afrofuturistic / Sci-Fi pop culture media and purchasing children’s picturebooks, Black poetry and folktales.
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.
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.
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.
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., Quinones Goytortua, G. & Veresov, N.
22/10/13 → 30/06/14
Project: Research
Research output
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A cultural-historical study of digital devices supporting peer collaboration in early years learning setting in one Saudi school
Sulaymani, O., Fleer, M. & Chapman, D., 2020, Peer Play and Relationships in Early Childhood: International Research Perspectives. Ridgway, A., Quiñones, G. & Li, L. (eds.). 1st ed. Cham Switzerland: Springer, p. 113-127 15 p. (International Perspectives on Early Childhood Education and Development; vol. 30).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (Book) › Research › peer-review
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How does race play out in schools? A scoping review and thematic analysis of racial issues in Australian schools
Yared, H., Grové, C. & Chapman, D., 2020, In : Social Psychology of Education. 23, p. 1505-1538 34 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review Article › Research › peer-review
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Representation of ethnicity
Cubbage, J., Chapman, D. N. J. & Haywood, A., 2019, The International Encyclopedia of Media Literacy. Hobbs, R., Mihailidis, P., Cappello, G., Ranieri, M. & Thevenin, B. (eds.). 1st ed. Hoboken NJ USA: John Wiley & Sons, 7 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Encyclopaedia / Dictionary Entry › Other › peer-review
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A reciprocal digital relationship between home and school: a case study from Saudi Arabia using cultural–historical theory
Sulaymani, O., Fleer, M. & Chapman, D., 1 Aug 2018, In : International Journal of Early Childhood. 50, 2, p. 227-240 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
3 Citations (Scopus) -
Understanding children’s motives when using iPads in Saudi classrooms: is it for play or for learning?
Sulaymani, O., Fleer, M. & Chapman, D., 2 Oct 2018, In : International Journal of Early Years Education. 26, 4, p. 340-353 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
3 Citations (Scopus)
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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Picturebooks, Poetic Provocations, & Doin’ the Dozens
Denise Chapman (Speaker)
9 Dec 2019Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Contribution to workshop, seminar, course
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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
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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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Broadside
Denise Chapman (Speaker)
8 Nov 2019Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Contribution to workshop, seminar, course