College of Humanities, Arts & Social Sciences
Thursday 18th December 2025 - 5:00pm

Live stream

Ceremony details

Program

Officers, College Vice-Presidents and Executive Deans

Graduates

PHD students

University Medals

Digital Ceremony Booklet

Program

Entry of Academic Procession
The Chancellor, Deputy Chancellors, Vice-Chancellor, Deputy Vice-Chancellors, members of the University Council and staff of the University will enter in academic procession.

Indigenous Opening

Australian National Anthem

Opening of Proceedings

Presentation of Graduates

Closing of Proceedings

Departure of Academic Procession

The Chancellor, Deputy Chancellors, Vice-Chancellor, Deputy Vice-Chancellors, members of the University Council and staff of the University will exit in academic procession.

Officers of the University

Chancellor
Mr John Hood

Deputy Chancellors
Ms Leanne Liddle

President and Vice-Chancellor
Professor Colin J Stirling

Senior Deputy Vice-Chancellor
Professor Romy Lawson

Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research)
Professor Ray Chan

Vice-President (Corporate Services)
Mr Jonathan Pheasant

General Counsel & University Secretary
Mr Marc Davies

College Vice-President and Executive Deans

Business, Government and Law
Professor Michael Gilding

Education, Psychology and Social Work
Professor Deborah West

Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences (Interim)
Professor Romy Lawson

Medicine and Public Health
Professor Jonathan Craig

Nursing and Health Sciences
Professor Tracy Humphrey

Science and Engineering (Interim)
Professor Ray Chan

PHD Students

College of Humanities, Arts & Social Sciences

Name	Supervisors	Thesis	Citation
Julian Calcagno	Principal Supervisor: Associate Professor Erin Sebo Associate Supervisor: James Kane	By thesis entitled: Honour and Shame in Early Medieval English Legal Systems	This thesis looks at how justice ideally functioned in early medieval England by focusing on ideas of honour and shame. Julian argues that while honour remained important, over time, shame became central to the administration of punishment. Kings bridged traditional, honour-based justice with Christian ideas about shame, guilt, remorse, and redemption. While there has been much scholarship on honour, shame has yet to be explored in the same way. Julian’s thesis aims to fill that gap.
Irma Cela	Principal Supervisor: Jeffrey Gil Associate Supervisor: Mirella Wyra Adjunct Supervisor: Peter Mickan	By thesis entitled: Analysing English language textbooks and Teacher's Views in Italy: Meaning-making perspectives	Italy has recently implemented educational reforms to improve English language teaching (ELT) in line with European standards, adopting the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR). Using a Systemic Functional Linguistics (SFL) and genre-based framework, this thesis analyses genre, register, discourse, and lexicogrammar to evaluate alignment with CEFR aims in Italian middle schools. A mixed-methods design combined textbook analysis (the Twenty-One series) with teacher surveys (n=111) and interviews (n=5). Findings reveal an overemphasis on grammar and vocabulary taught in isolation, limited authentic discourse, and teacher reliance on school-selected textbooks. Teachers reported a primary focus on exam preparation, while time pressures and rigid curricula restricted the use of supplementary resources. Based on these findings, the thesis recommends adopting an approach that contextualises language use through SFL and genre theory. These recommendations can effectively support the communicative goals of the CEFR, bridging the gap between curriculum policy and classroom practice.
Francis Darko	Principal Supervisor: Professor Susanne Schech Associate Supervisor: Udoy Saikia	By thesis entitled: Internal migration and multidimensional wellbeing: A contextual study of northern Ghanaian youth migration to Sunyani	In Ghana, many young people migrate from rural northern areas to southern urban centres, hoping for a better life. However, it is unclear whether and how this truly improves their overall quality of life. This thesis examined the multidimensional wellbeing impacts of migration on young people moving within Ghana. Using surveys and personal stories, the thesis reveals that while many migrants earn more, they still struggle with health, education, housing, and feeling part of their new community. Most rely on ethnic networks for support, which helps them feel connected but also keeps them isolated. Applying an innovative wellbeing framework adapted to Ghana’s context, this study goes beyond financial considerations to understand what truly matters for a good life. It offers new insights into the social and cultural challenges of internal migration and calls for more inclusive urban policies that support young migrants in building not just livelihoods but fulfilling lives.
Iriana Freitas De Jesus Ximenes	Principal Supervisor: Professor Udoy Saikia Associate Supervisor: Susanne Schech	By thesis entitled: Reintegration of returnee migrants: Temporary labour migration and the development nexus for Timor-Leste	The reintegration of international labour migrant returnees has been challenging for a country like Timor-Leste. The government has been grappling with the challenge on economic development strategy that can offer sustainable livelihoods to its people. Temporary Labour Migration Programs (TLMPs) are the way to mitigate unemployment and, at the same time, foster economic development through remittances. However, while the TLMPs prepare Timorese workers for work abroad, they do not adequately prepare them to return and reintegrate into Timorese society. This thesis examines the reintegration of returnee migrants from the Australian Seasonal Worker Program (SWP) and South Korea's Employment Permit System (EPS). Based on the findings the most significant challenge for Timorese returnees is economic reintegration due to the sluggish job market and limited support for small business upstarts. Socio-cultural issues and the lack of reintegration support from governments involved in both programs contribute to the poor economic reintegration outcomes.
Vito Paolo Cruz Hernandez	Principal Supervisor: Professor Mike Morley Associate Supervisor: Martin Polkinghorne	By thesis entitled: Early human dispersals and occupations of Pleistocene Southeast Asia: A micro-geoarchaeological approach	Using a highly-resolved approach to study sediments and their stratigraphy, this thesis investigated the Ice Age environments of the Mata Menge (Indonesia) and Tam Pà Ling (Laos) sites, where scientists found human fossils and artefacts in the last decade or so dating back to about 700,000–500,000 and 51,000–41,000 years ago. The investigations demonstrate the ground conditions leading to the deposition of the archaeological remains in Mata Menge, and the patterns of human visitation in Tam Pà Ling. This new knowledge improves the little understood evolution of Southeast Asia's indigenous but extinct human species during the Middle Pleistocene and provides an understanding of the spatio-temporal dynamics of our species in the region during the Late Pleistocene. Through its approach, this thesis contributes to informing Pleistocene human dispersals and occupation globally, which has surprisingly seen little use in an important area of human evolutionary studies like Southeast Asia.
Holly Theresa Hershman	Principal Supervisor: Dr Sean Williams Associate Supervisor: Kate Douglas Joint Associate Supervisor: Kylie Cardell	By thesis entitled: Objects in the mirror are closer than they appear:Reflections on an autofictional writing cure	The 21st century has seen growing scholarship in the creative writing for personal development field. This field is yet to explore the therapeutic potential of autofiction, a traditionally French genre that involves fictionalisation of the self by bridging writing about life through facts with fiction. Drawing upon practice-led research, case studies and interviews with authors, this thesis forges a connection between writing autofiction and the narrative therapy process devised by Michael White. This research found that in writing about the self through autofiction, authors are externalizing their narrative. This empowers writers to re-author their identities through fictionalised protagonists that enable them to play with plotting, voice and psychological distance and sharing phantasms. By drawing upon autofiction scholarship and narrative therapy practices, this thesis has confirmed that autofiction facilitates therapeutic inquiry for writers.
Collethy Jaru	Principal Supervisor: Professor Udoy Saikia Associate Supervisor: Gour Dasvarma	By thesis entitled: Using Indigenous Knowledge to enhance food security in the wake of climate change in rural Papua New Guinea.	This thesis explores the potential of Indigenous knowledge systems to enhance food security in the wake of climate change, with a focus on rural communities in Papua New Guinea (PNG). Drawing from ethnographic fieldwork, participatory methods, and critical analysis, the research examines how Indigenous agricultural practices, biodiversity management, and cultural resilience offer sustainable solutions to food insecurity. It highlights the adaptive capacity of Indigenous communities in responding to environmental changes through Indigenous knowledge, skills, tools and technologies (IKSTT) The study also critically engages with the challenges posed by modernisation, resource extraction, and climate-induced disruptions, emphasising the need for culturally sensitive, decolonised approaches to policymaking. The findings advocate for integrating Indigenous knowledge (IK) with scientific frameworks to create hybrid models of resilience. By centring Indigenous voices, this research contributes to global discourses on food security, climate adaptation, and the recognition of Indigenous epistemologies in sustainable development.
Lachlan Salt	Principal Supervisor: Dr Nicholas Godfrey Associate Supervisor: Julia Erhart	By thesis entitled: The Digital Title Sequence: Television Title Sequences in the 2010s	The thesis examines the industry, aesthetics and reception of American prestige television title sequences made by two motion graphic design studios, Elastic and Imaginary Forces, from 2010–2019. The title sequences made by these two companies during these years constituted a discrete cycle of television title sequences that were industrially and aesthetically distinct from previous cycles and forms of television title sequence design. The discrete title sequence cycle is called the digital title sequence. The thesis argues that the digital television title sequence cycle is a significant aesthetic and industrial shift and thus sheds light on the industrial, aesthetic, and discursive construction of prestige television in the 2010s.
Tania Walker	Principal Supervisor: Dr Sean Williams Associate Supervisor: Lisa Bennett	By thesis entitled: Power and Passion: Reimagining Transgression in Pride and Prejudice	In 'Pride and Prejudice', Elizabeth Bennet’s hopes for happiness and security are threatened when her sister Lydia elopes with the scoundrel Wickham, disgracing her family. Austen’s novel relies on rigid 19th-century conventions, which reimaginings—modern retellings of her story—must replace with culturally relevant contemporary equivalents. Updating Lydia’s transgression raises the question: what do we consider transgressive for women now? To explore this, I analysed 30 contemporary reimaginings, tracking how each modernises Lydia’s breach of social norms and engages with issues such as age, consent, slut-shaming, victim-blaming, and agency. These substitutions translate the past, illuminate new readings of Austen’s novel, and reveal the evolving cultural constraints on women’s behaviour today. This research informed the creation of my own novel, a queer reimagining of 'Pride and Prejudice' set on Australia’s Sunshine Coast in the 1980s—'Power and Passion': a comedy of manners in a country with none.
Jayme-Paige Wearn	Principal Supervisor: Professor Kristin Natalier Associate Supervisor: Monique Mulholland	By thesis entitled: In the wilderness and the lab, one learns to be a woman: the gendered constitution of experience in male-dominated school subjects	Today, girls in STEM and outdoor education spaces continue to be outnumbered and experience practices, perceptions and invisibilities which form barriers to their participation. These barriers emerge from school structures, teaching and subject practices, the curriculum, and their social environment. Despite decades of research and interventional efforts to address unequal levels of participation, little appears to be changing, demonstrating critical gaps in current approaches and research, and the need for a more thorough interrogation of the complexities of this problem. This thesis investigated the way girls navigate their participation in male-dominated subjects through focus groups and semi-structured interviews. The findings demonstrated that girls’ experiences are marked by discomfort and complexities. To foster a greater sense of belonging, the participants identified a need for increased social safety and more meaningful connections to their teachers, peers and learning. This study opens up possibilities for thinking about gender differently in male-dominated subjects.
Callum Williams	Principal Supervisor: Associate Professor Lisa Bennett Associate Supervisor: Sean Williams	By thesis entitled: A New Frontier for Environmental Fiction: Space Junk and Cultural Memory	Space junk represents a growing environmental concern in near-Earth orbit, mirroring climate change on the planet's surface. If humanity is to have any chance progressing into space, the systemic principles exacerbating both astro and terrestrial pollution need to be managed. This means not only looking forward to what the future may hold if we approach space usage from a messy perspective, but also looking back to when the problems started. This thesis comprises a creative novel, 'Dragonflies Echo', and an exegesis, imagining a future where space debris proliferates dangerously alongside humanity’s expansion into the stars. Intersecting the principles of environmental fiction and cultural memory theory, 'Dragonflies Echo' interrogates how reinterpretations of the devastated past can be coloured by societal values of progress and wealth in the present. This novel enters the burgeoning field of space junk fiction, a topic on the rise as concerns beyond our atmosphere continuously expand.
Shaun Paul Wilson	Principal Supervisor: Associate Professor Claire Henry Associate Supervisor: Nicholas Godfrey	By thesis entitled: Metamodern Affect, Trauma Memory and Slow Cinema in The 51 Paintings Suite	This PhD by Prior Published Work recognises 'The 51 Paintings Suite', a long term practice-based film study about trauma memory, metamodern affect and slow cinema that produced a collection of long-form slow films published between 2012 and 2022. The aim of the study was to consolidate perspectives about trauma memory and slowness through the moving image that led to the discovery of a new way to model metamodern affect in slow films which Wilson terms a ‘structure of reason’. Throughout this research Wilson reflectively aligned metamodern theory to the production of these films that sought to establish new knowledge about trauma memory as slow films in his practice.

Graduates (in order of appearance) - published as of Dec 2025

College of Humanities, Arts & Social Sciences

Name	Award
Olivia Daw	UP THE HILL PROJECT
Ryan Rowland	UP THE HILL PROJECT
Rebeka Touzeau	UP THE HILL PROJECT
Bridie Rose Greene	DIPLOMA IN ARTS
Himaya Nethmi Udawatta Appuhamilage Dona	ASSOCIATE ARTS
Chloe Jade Anderson	BACHELOR OF ARCHAEOLOGY
Callum Jack Berkinshaw	BACHELOR OF ARCHAEOLOGY
Se'elle Amara Clarkson	BACHELOR OF ARCHAEOLOGY
Elara Tamsin Ferguson-Coyles	BACHELOR OF ARCHAEOLOGY
James Paul Mcgregor	BACHELOR OF ARCHAEOLOGY
Anahita Ebrahimpour	BACHELOR OF ARTS
Nadia Metzger	BACHELOR OF ARTS
Freya Monteith	BACHELOR OF ARTS
Clint Morin	BACHELOR OF ARTS
Emily Catherine Pottinger	BACHELOR OF ARTS
Jessica Louise Allan	BACHELOR OF CREATIVE ARTS (CREATIVE WRITING)
Rachel Rosanna Bauer	BACHELOR OF CREATIVE ARTS (CREATIVE WRITING)
Eden Knill	BACHELOR OF CREATIVE ARTS (CREATIVE WRITING)
Maddison Rose Ann Nyp	BACHELOR OF CREATIVE ARTS (CREATIVE WRITING)
Hayden Thomas	BACHELOR OF CREATIVE ARTS (CREATIVE WRITING)
Caitlin Jumpponen-Clark	BACHELOR OF CREATIVE ARTS (DANCE)
Jack Christopher Costello	BACHELOR OF CREATIVE ARTS (FASHION)
Louise Cufone	BACHELOR OF CREATIVE ARTS (FASHION)
Felice Estrella	BACHELOR OF CREATIVE ARTS (FASHION)
Natarsha Jaffer	BACHELOR OF CREATIVE ARTS (FASHION)
Joanita Nakiyemba	BACHELOR OF CREATIVE ARTS (FASHION)
Miroslawa Tsiavlis	BACHELOR OF CREATIVE ARTS (FASHION)
Yano Vannea	BACHELOR OF CREATIVE ARTS (FASHION)
Jesse Alland	BACHELOR OF CREATIVE ARTS (SCREEN)
John Barrington Masri	BACHELOR OF CREATIVE ARTS (SCREEN)
Joshua Vincent Sleep	BACHELOR OF CREATIVE ARTS (VISUAL ARTS)
Hana Alison Thomson	BACHELOR OF CREATIVE ARTS (VISUAL ARTS)
Alesha Audrey-Jane Brown	BACHELOR OF CREATIVE ARTS (VISUAL EFFECTS AND ENTERTAINMENT DESIGN)
Samuel Eric Burleigh	BACHELOR OF CREATIVE ARTS (VISUAL EFFECTS AND ENTERTAINMENT DESIGN)
Reuben Daniel Chalmers	BACHELOR OF CREATIVE ARTS (VISUAL EFFECTS AND ENTERTAINMENT DESIGN)
Alannah Grace Costanzo	BACHELOR OF CREATIVE ARTS (VISUAL EFFECTS AND ENTERTAINMENT DESIGN)
Natalie Vivian Dewell	BACHELOR OF CREATIVE ARTS (VISUAL EFFECTS AND ENTERTAINMENT DESIGN)
Thomas Andrew Robinson	BACHELOR OF CREATIVE ARTS (VISUAL EFFECTS AND ENTERTAINMENT DESIGN)
Gian Brooke Sharrock	BACHELOR OF CREATIVE ARTS (VISUAL EFFECTS AND ENTERTAINMENT DESIGN)
Arien Murray Van Stralen	BACHELOR OF CREATIVE ARTS (VISUAL EFFECTS AND ENTERTAINMENT DESIGN)
Holly Jill Irvine	BACHELOR OF CREATIVE INDUSTRIES (FILM AND TELEVISION)
Charlotte Osborne	BACHELOR OF CREATIVE INDUSTRIES (FILM AND TELEVISION)
Oscar Ned Betts	BACHELOR OF CREATIVE INDUSTRIES (INTERACTIVE DESIGN)
Yee Wai Natasha Leung	BACHELOR OF CREATIVE INDUSTRIES (INTERACTIVE DESIGN)
Kizzie Mae Martinez	BACHELOR OF CREATIVE INDUSTRIES (INTERACTIVE DESIGN)
Ivana Bogosavljevic	BACHELOR OF CREATIVE INDUSTRIES (WRITING AND PUBLISHING)
Jessica Faye Coomber	BACHELOR OF CREATIVE INDUSTRIES (WRITING AND PUBLISHING)
Amy Ward	BACHELOR OF CREATIVE INDUSTRIES (WRITING AND PUBLISHING)
Jarryd Davis	BACHELOR OF LANGUAGES
Nhat Quynh Nguyen	BACHELOR OF LANGUAGES
James John Tsioumanis	BACHELOR OF LANGUAGES
Steven Skewes	BACHELOR OF LETTERS (ENGLISH)
Lachlan Jock Nancarrow	BACHELOR OF LETTERS (HISTORY) (GRADUATE ENTRY)
Athena Siapantas	BACHELOR OF LETTERS (MODERN GREEK)
Alyssa Reign Orquina Ejan	BACHELOR OF MEDIA AND COMMUNICATION
Vevina Kathleen Morgan	BACHELOR OF MEDIA AND COMMUNICATION
Ritika	BACHELOR OF MEDIA AND COMMUNICATION
Ripudaman Singh Bhati	BACHELOR OF TOURISM AND EVENTS
Ali Caitlin Hodgson	BACHELOR OF TOURISM AND EVENTS
Tegan Nelson	HONOURS DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF ARTS
Adele Jamie Victory	HONOURS DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF ARTS
Kim Kirchner	HONOURS DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF CREATIVE ARTS
Hatthakone Inthalath	GRADUATE CERTIFICATE IN TEACHING ENGLISH TO SPEAKERS OF OTHER LANGUAGES (TESOL)
Shiho Mimata	GRADUATE DIPLOMA IN TEACHING ENGLISH TO SPEAKERS OF OTHER LANGUAGES (TESOL)
Thomas Henry Bowden	MASTER OF ARCHAEOLOGY AND HERITAGE MANAGEMENT
William Cowling	MASTER OF ARCHAEOLOGY AND HERITAGE MANAGEMENT
Wui Yan Charlotte Ho	MASTER OF ARCHAEOLOGY AND HERITAGE MANAGEMENT
Sreen Boralessa	MASTER OF ARTS (WOMEN'S AND GENDER STUDIES)
Rojina Dhakal	MASTER OF ARTS (WOMEN'S AND GENDER STUDIES)
Maho Homasi	MASTER OF ARTS (WOMEN'S AND GENDER STUDIES)
Phongsy Panyanouvong	MASTER OF ARTS (WOMEN'S AND GENDER STUDIES)
Rakshya Risal	MASTER OF ARTS (WOMEN'S AND GENDER STUDIES)
Bharani Thillaiarasan	MASTER OF ARTS (WOMEN'S AND GENDER STUDIES)
Ruidie Wan	MASTER OF ARTS (WOMEN'S AND GENDER STUDIES)
Yuka Yamaguchi	MASTER OF ARTS (WOMEN'S AND GENDER STUDIES)
Soe Pyae Aung	MASTER OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT AND SUSTAINABILITY
Anusree Chalakkoth	MASTER OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT AND SUSTAINABILITY
Emily Glew	MASTER OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT AND SUSTAINABILITY
Kripa Krishna Kumar	MASTER OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT AND SUSTAINABILITY
Prashant Dhirubhai Ladumor	MASTER OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT AND SUSTAINABILITY
Sruthi Lekha	MASTER OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT AND SUSTAINABILITY
Ram Mahara	MASTER OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT AND SUSTAINABILITY
Alen Mathew	MASTER OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT AND SUSTAINABILITY
Navaneeth Janil Menon	MASTER OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT AND SUSTAINABILITY
Lawrence Chukwudi Nwabuisi	MASTER OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT AND SUSTAINABILITY
Zeel Naranbhai Parvadiya	MASTER OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT AND SUSTAINABILITY
Margesh Patel	MASTER OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT AND SUSTAINABILITY
Nikhil Raj Pothikkara	MASTER OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT AND SUSTAINABILITY
Gopu Purushotham	MASTER OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT AND SUSTAINABILITY
Erika Paola Orozco Rodriguez	MASTER OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT AND SUSTAINABILITY
Gladys Sayibu	MASTER OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT AND SUSTAINABILITY
Jie Xuan Tan	MASTER OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT AND SUSTAINABILITY
Lucy Russell Byrne	MASTER OF MEDIA AND COMMUNICATION
Xuannan Jin	MASTER OF MEDIA AND COMMUNICATION
Simran Khera	MASTER OF MEDIA AND COMMUNICATION
Harshul Narang	MASTER OF MEDIA AND COMMUNICATION
Md Zinnun Tazim	MASTER OF MEDIA AND COMMUNICATION
Nyo Mee Oo	MASTER OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
Keshalee Ruwanga Chandraguptha Halgahagamage	MASTER OF TEACHING ENGLISH TO SPEAKERS OF OTHER LANGUAGES (TESOL)
Md Sazzad Hossain	MASTER OF TEACHING ENGLISH TO SPEAKERS OF OTHER LANGUAGES (TESOL)
Jayden Leigh Keatley	MASTER OF TEACHING ENGLISH TO SPEAKERS OF OTHER LANGUAGES (TESOL)
Yao Ge	MASTER OF VIRTUAL PRODUCTION
Paul Kiama Irungu	MASTER OF VIRTUAL PRODUCTION
Ananthakrishnan Jayasankar	MASTER OF VIRTUAL PRODUCTION
Dharmesh Kumar Patel	MASTER OF VIRTUAL PRODUCTION
Peng Peng	MASTER OF VIRTUAL PRODUCTION
Haleemah Mohammed Sowid	MASTER OF VIRTUAL PRODUCTION
Xuan Suo	MASTER OF VIRTUAL PRODUCTION
Lurong Zhang	MASTER OF VIRTUAL PRODUCTION