Dr Rosemary Williamson
Lecturer, School of Arts
Qualifications
BA (Hons) UQ, GradCertArts (Creative Writing) QUT, PhD UNE
Contact
| Email: | rwilli27@une.edu.au |
| Room: | Arts (E11) LG14 |
| Phone: | 02 6773 2774 (or +61 2 6773 2774 overseas) |
| Fax: | 02 6773 2623 |
Rose Williamson became a full-time member of staff in the School of Arts in 2011. She has a bachelors degree (with first class honours) in music from University of Queensland, a graduate certificate in creative writing from QUT, and a doctorate from UNE for her thesis ‘Crafting the Creative Life: The Rhetorical Dimensions of Selected Australian Quilters' Magazines 1988–2005’. Rose also has extensive experience in professional writing, editing and publishing.
Affiliations
Arts New England, A UNE Centre for Research and Innovation in the Arts
Member, WRaIN (Water Research and Innovation Network), UNE
Australian Association of Writing Programs
Areas of Teaching
Writing (academic, creative, professional), rhetoric, rhetorical criticism, literacy skills.
Research interests
Rhetoric in the public sphere
The pedagogy of writing
Rhetoric and magazine writing
Writing about domestic craft (especially quilt-making)
Special-interest magazine publishing in Australia
Selected publications
'Breeding Them Tough North of the Border: Resilience and Heroism as Rhetorical Responses to the 2011 Queensland Floods'. Social Alternatives 31.3 (2012)
'Proteus as Writer: The role of the (Academic) Writing Class in Preparing Australian Graduates for Careers in Creative Arts'. TEXT: The Journal of Writing and Writing Courses, Special Issue 12 (October 2011).
‘What’s in a Name? Discipline Nomenclature as Rhetorical Construct’. Proceedings of the Australasian Association of Writing Programs conference, ‘Strange Bedfellows or Perfect Partners: The Role of Literary Studies in Creative Writing Programs’, 2010.
‘Buying the Creative Life: The Rhetorical Function of Australian Quilters’ Magazines as Advocates of Choice’. Proceedings of the Australian; New Zealand Communication Association conference, ‘Media, Democracy & Change’, 2010.
‘Obsession, Guilt, Subterfuge and Penury: The Rhetoric of Addiction and the Construction of Creative Identity in Australian Quilters’ Magazines’. The International Journal of Humanities 5.11 (2008): 163-70.
‘The Case of the Writer, the Academic and the Magazine’. TEXT: The Journal of the Australian Association of Writing Programs 12.1 (April 2008).
(with DL Brien and J Webb) ‘Modelling Best Practice in Supervision of Research Higher Degrees in Writing’. Proceedings of the Australian Association of Writing Programs conference, ‘Creativity and Uncertainty,’ 2008.
(with D Williamson) ‘Writing Pedagogy and Arts Honours’. Proceedings of the Australian Association of Writing Programs conference, ‘Creativity and Uncertainty’, 2008.
(with DL Brien and L Rutherford) ‘Hearth and Hotmail: The Domestic Sphere as Commodity and Community in Cyberspace’. M/C – Media and Culture 10.4 (August 2007).
(with DL Brien) ‘Rescue from the Deep End: The Case for Postgraduate Awards in Teaching Writing’. Proceedings of the Australian Association of Writing programs conference, ‘…and is…’, 2007.