Assoc Prof Rosemary (Rose) Williamson
Head, Department of Creative Arts and Communication and Associate Professor, Writing and Rhetoric , Writing (Professional, Creative, Academic) - School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences
Phone: +61 2 6773 2774
Email: rwilli27@une.edu.au
Biography
Rose Williamson is Head of the Department of Creative Arts and Communication in the School of HASS. In her research, Rose specialises in Australian magazine histories, genres and content; political rhetoric and leadership following natural disaster; and memoir. She is currently interested in the ways in which popular genres of writing and communication more generally both reflect and seek to influence Australians’ attitudes towards their natural environment, past and present. Rose’s publications reflect these specialisms as well as an ongoing commitment to best pedagogic practice in the writing classroom. Before completing her PhD and joining the academic staff of UNE, Rose worked in university governance and in the public service, where she gained extensive experience in professional writing and editing. She has also published short stories (fiction and creative non-fiction).
Qualifications
BA (Hons I and University Medal) Qld
GradCertArts (Creative Writing) QUT
PhD UNE
Awards
School of Arts Excellence in Teaching Award 2015, for innovation, leadership or scholarship
UNE commendations for WRIT306/506 Writing for Work: Styles and Contexts and WRIT327/527 Magazines: Culture, Industry and Practices
Teaching Areas
Writing (professional, academic, creative) across various WRIT-coded units offered by the School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences.
- Rhetoric and rhetorical criticism - WRIT326/526 Persuading the Public: Rhetoric in Public Affairs
- Magazines – WRIT327/527 Magazines: Culture, Industry, Practices
- Professional writing – WRIT306/506 Writing for Work: Styles and Contexts
Research Interests
Stories of natural disaster and the natural environment in popular non-fiction publications and in the news media from the nineteenth to twenty-first centuries
Magazine histories, publishing and writing
Australian special-interest magazines
Parliamentary speeches on natural disaster
Stories of natural disaster and the environment in Australian political memoir
Research Grants
2015-16 Fellowship, Australian Prime Ministers Centre, Museum of Australian Democracy (Old Parliament House, Canberra)
2015 University Research Seed Grant (Early Career Researcher) for the project “The Rhetoric of Resilience and Natural Disaster in Australia”
School of Arts conference travel grants (international and domestic), 2011-2019
Research Supervision Experience
PhD, MPhil, masters and undergraduate research projects.
Publications
A list of publications is available at: https://rune.une.edu.au/web/cris/rp/rp58553
Clinical Skills and Experience
Memberships
Honorary faculty member, Humanities Research Centre, Australian National University
Member of
- International Australian Studies Association
- Australasian Association of Writing Programs
Consultancy Interests
Professional writing
