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Assoc Prof Jon Austin


Name : Assoc Prof Jon Austin
Position : Associate Director (Research)
Section : Centre for Australian Indigenous Knowledges
Office : TA217
Location : Toowoomba Campus
Phone : +61 7 4631 2341
Extension : 2341
E-mail :
Qualifications : DipT, BEd DDIAE
MEd Deakin
PhD USQ


Home Page : http://web.me.com/austinjon
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Research Interests
race and ethnicity issues
critical social theory
whiteness
autoethnography
emerging qualitative research methodologies
postcolonialism
identity

Recent Research Outcomes
Three most recent :
Books & Chapters:

Austin, J. (2008) The Unbeatable Whiteness of the iPod in D.E. Wittkower (ed) iPod & Philosophy: iCon of a Generation, Open Court, Chicago.

Austin, J & Hickey A.(eds) (2007) Educating for Healthy Communities, Pearson, Frenchs Forest.

Hickey, A. & Austin, J. (2006) (Re)Presenting Education, Pearson, Frenchs Forest

Austin, J.(ed) (2005) Culture and Identity, 2nd edition, Pearson, Frenchs Forest

Journal articles:
see: http://eprints.usq.edu.au/view/people/Austin=3AJon=3A=3A.html
Most notable :
yet to come

Currently Teaching Courses/Programs
PRI 1142 Identity & Culture
EDU 2151 Issues & Images in Education
EDU8222 Critical Pedagogy
SOC 1001 Peace & Conflict

Teaching Experience
Tertiary : 21 years
Other : 13 years