Academic and Administrative Roles

• Associate Professor of Gender Studies
• Honours Coordinator
• School Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Representative

Academic Expertise

• Sociology of gender and sexuality
• Sociology of LGBTIQA+
• Queer and trans theologies and spiritualities
• Qualitative research
• Higher education

Academic Affiliations

Editorial board member:

• Queer and Trans Intersection (University of Wales Press) book series
• Queer Asia (Hong Kong University Press) book series
• QTR: A Journal of Queer and Transgender Studies in Religion (Duke University Press) journal

Academic Value and Mission

• Education, research and engagement for personal and communal empowerment, social transformation and the fostering of thriving communities

I am personally interested in issues of gender, sex and sexuality in Southeast Asia that focus on the following themes:

• Constructions of gendered, sexed and sexual subjects that intersect with diverse configurations of citizenship, law, sociocultural values, ethnicity, language, class, religion, ability and age
• Formations of diverse genders, sexes and sexualities, i.e. ‘LGBTIQA+’ in contexts that manifest hybrids of local epistemologies and transnational flows
• Historical productions of gender diversity
• Grassroots initiatives and activism efforts among communities of diverse genders, sexes and sexualities
• Physical health and wellbeing, and neurodiversity among communities of diverse genders, sexes and sexualities
• 'LGBTIQA+' and workplaces
• Constructions and performances of masculinity among assigned male at birth and assigned female at birth subjects
• Queer and trans spaces
• Queer and trans theorising and theologising

These themes also reflect my supervision interests.

I strive to:

• Apply best practices in education to teaching and learning

• Incorporate technology into content and assessments

• Improve pedagogy and content through student feedback

• Mentor, support and challenge students academically

• Respect diverse learning abilities and styles

• Create safer spaces for all students, including those who identify as LGBTIQA+ and neurodivergent