Projects per year
Personal profile
Biography
lisahunter (PhD, pronoun-it, non-identifying) has researched, taught and published in areas of pedagogy, diversity, movement, health, gender and sexuality, teacher education, physical culture and sport, and qualitative methodologies. Its research, consultations and evaluations have contributed to a broad range of programs and organisations in education, health, and sport and recreation. lisahunter's leadership style is reflected in building and supporting interdisciplinary research collaborations and facilitating the ongoing academic development of others. Strong elements of its work include creating research links with community and service/industry sectors, facilitating academic writing and publication, and accelerating early career academic trajectories. lisahunter has recently been developing experience in Indigenous knowledges and Creative Industries for their efficacy in critical analysis and social transformation.
Research interests
Pedagogy: formal, digital, informal, and public
Social and more-than-human practices and relationships
Sex/es, gender/s and sexuality/ies
Indigenous and ancient knowledges
Planetary health and wellbeing
First Nations - colonial settler relationships
Creative industries esp documentary
Health practices and relationships
Sensory methodologies
Multimodal research dissemination
Physical cultures: Health & Physical Education, sport, outdoor studies, leisure, recreation
Social positioning: exclusion, (mis)recognition, intersectionality
Moving meditation
Surfing history, culture, practices and people
Intersex, queer, lesbian, gender non binary, gender fluid, transgender
LGBTQIA+
Supervision interests
Students wishing to pursue research higher degree topics in any of my research interest areas are welcome to discuss their projects to determine advisory relationships.
Monash teaching commitment
Health Education
Masters supervision
PhD supervision
Consulting
Gender and sexuality policy and workplace practices
Gender and sexuality sports and recreation policy and practice
Middle schooling
Health & Physical Education curriculum, pedagogy and assessment
Workplace social health
Redundancy
Community service
Surf Lifesaving
Helicopter Rescue
Outdoor Education
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
- Sexuality, gender and education
- Health Education
- Indigenous knowledges
- Gender Studies
- Sexuality Education
- Sport, social inclusion, social policy, diversity
- Respect for First Nations
- Movement Education
- Sensory methodologies
- Narrative Inquiry
- Meditation Practices
- Teacher Education
- Embodiment
- Feminist theory
- Queer theory
- Ethnography
- Surf Studies
- Middle Schooling
- Participatory Action Research
- Sensory methods
- Social Justice
- Inclusion
- Surfing
- Narrative theory
- Field theory
- Bodies
- Self and society
- Wellbeing
- Outdoor research
- Documentary and pedagogy
- Critical Theory
- Health and Physical Education
- Digital Story Telling
- Non-indigenous
- Queer
- Bluespace
- Social Change
- Social space
- Participatory Activist Research
- Post-identity
- Reconciliation
- Planetary Health & Wellbeing
- LGBTIQ-inclusive education
- LGBTIQA+
- Colonialism
- equity, diversity and inclusion
- Anti-oppression
- Pedagogy
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Culturally Nourishing Schooling
Lowe, K. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI)), Woods, A. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Amazan , R. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Vass, G. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Fricker, A. (Chief Investigator (CI)) & lisahunter, L. (Chief Investigator (CI))
1/01/25 → 31/12/27
Project: Research
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Research Evaluation: Raising Rarity School Program
Welch, R. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI)), Couper, R. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Reid, A. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Kidman, G. (Chief Investigator (CI)) & lisahunter, L. (Chief Investigator (CI))
Royal Botanic Gardens Board (RBG) (trading as Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria)
15/05/24 → 31/12/24
Project: Research
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2023 Evaluation Framework Proposal
lisahunter, L. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI)) & Jeanes, R. (Chief Investigator (CI))
22/02/23 → 31/01/24
Project: Research
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Impact Assessment of the 2022-2024 Preventing Violence Through Sport: Taking a whole-of-sport approach to engage young people and the broader community grants program
Lambert, K. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI)), Jeanes, R. (Chief Investigator (CI)), O'Connor, J. (Chief Investigator (CI)) & lisahunter, L. (Chief Investigator (CI))
15/12/22 → 29/08/25
Project: Research
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Mitho Miskawawin: Moving well together to enhance Indigenous girls sport and physical activity opportunities
Schaefer, L. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI)), Lassard, S. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Storey, K. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Ferguson, L. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Torrance, B. (Chief Investigator (CI)) & lisahunter, L. (Chief Investigator (CI))
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC)
25/03/22 → 24/03/25
Project: Research
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Exploring the significance of WeChat in Chinese international students’ practice in the Australian higher education field
Meng, X. & Lisahunter, 2025, In: Journal of International Students. 15, 6, p. 39-58 20 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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How is intersectionality being represented by Australian sports organisations? A content analysis
Lambert, K., Young, L., Jeanes, R., Bevan, N., Roy, G., lisahunter, O'Connor, J., Spaaij, R., Turelli, F. & McLachlan, F., 2025, In: Sport, Education and Society. 30, 9, p. 1074-1091 18 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Introduction to Volume 8(1)
Fortin Cornejo, M., Thom, K. & lisahunter, 2025, In: Ethnographic Edge. 8, 1, p. 1-3 3 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial › Other
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Surfing queer lines in public spaces: unlearning cishetnormativity as radical pedagogy
lisahunter, 2025, Waves of Belonging: Indigeneity, Race & Gender in The Surfing Lineup. Heberling, L., Kamper, D. & Ponting, J. (eds.). 1st ed. Seattle WA USA: University of Washington Press, p. 206-227 22 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (Book) › Research › peer-review
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Understanding the impact of WeChat use on Chinese international students’ social and cultural capital in Australia
Meng, X. & lisahunter, 2025, In: International Journal of Higher Education. 14, 4, p. 84-94 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Open AccessFile
Prizes
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Graduate Research Supervision Award
lisahunter (Recipient), 14 Nov 2024
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Vice Chancellor's Excellence Award for Diversity and Inclusion 2021
lisahunter (Recipient), Lambert, K. (Recipient), Jeanes, R. (Recipient), Alfrey, L. (Recipient), O'Connor, J. (Recipient) & Pringle, R. (Recipient), 2021
Prize: Other distinction
Activities
- 1 Consultancy
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Motivation Project (trading as the Women’s Spirit Project) (External organisation)
lisahunter (Contributor), Emerald, E. (Contributor) & Jeanes, R. (Contributor)
Feb 2023 → Feb 2024Activity: Industry, Government and Philanthropy Engagement and Partnerships › Consultancy
Press/Media
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What ‘straight sport’ can learn from the Gay Games
13/11/23
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Article/Feature
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How to decolonise initial teacher education: start with yourself
23/12/22
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Article/Feature
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Menstrual hygiene: Period poverty, and the undermining of gender equality and human rights for school students, Monash Lens, 28 May 2021
Mansfield, R., Francis, N., Batagol, B., Askola, H., Adams, M., Penovic, T. & lisahunter, L. H.
28/05/21
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Article/Feature