Overseeing the Master of Research programme and lecturer in the programme's core units.

Coordinating review processes for incoming and returning papers submitted to the Journal.Communicating with academic colleagues around the world to ensure reviews are returned speedily.Working with the owner society (TASA) and the publishers (SAGE) to improve impact factor.Developing a social media platform for the Journal.

Postdoctoral scholar working on the qualitative data from the Shamatha Project, a longitudinal study on the effects of a three-month intensive meditation training retreat.

Lecturer for Sociology of Religion on;* Religion and Popular Culture* Esotericism and the McDonaldization of Society* New Age and Neo-Pagan Religions* ChristianityTutor for Sociology of Religion (3 tutorial groups)Tutor for Understanding Society (core degree unit - 5 tutorial groups)

Fractional lecturer (part-time) in the Department of Studies in Religion.Unit Coordinator for RLST2626 Witchcraft, Paganism, and the New Age, and RLST1005 Atheism, Fundamentalism, and New Religions.Contributing lecturer to core first year units and Honours programme seminars.Honours student supervision.

- Assisting Associate Professor Carole Cusack with research into a wide range of topics including; pre-Christian English and Irish religious practices, secularism in Australia, Scientology, spirituality in Australian gay bathhouses, and invented and parody religions.- Assisting Professor Iain Gardner with journal article preparation, labelling of ancient text archive photographs.- Responsible for digital conversion and publication to the web of Religion Literature and the Arts conference proceedings volumes 1998-2007.- Editorial assistant responsible for copy editing, digital conversion, and publication to web of Eternal Sunshine of the Academic Mind: Essays on Religion and Film (ed. Chris Hartney), and AASR 2008 Conference Proceedings (eds Kath McPhillips and Jay Johnston).- Assisting Assoc.Prof. Cusack in compiling and submitting ARC Discovery Grant applications.- Reviewing, editing, and compiling required reading handbooks for Department courses.

- Taking up to three classes per week of 15-25 students for 12 weeks- Weekly assessment of students’ participation in tutorials.- Essay marking.- Guest lecturing on religion and tourism for the RLST6932 ‘Pilgrimage in the Great Traditions’ course.- Guest lecturing on ‘Spiritual Tourism’ for RLST2634 ‘Religion, Media and Consumerism’.- Awarded 2008 Excellence in Teaching (Practice) Award.

My thesis looks at the intersection of spirituality and tourism, and the place of travel in modern Western spirituality and secular religious practice. It argues that Western paradigms of travel and leisure result in travel time often being used as the ‘religious’ counterpoint to ‘secular’ life.

- Assisting course coordinator with course preparation.- Facilitating Plenary sessions.- Leading a breakout group to discuss and rehearse techniques in best practice teaching.

Main lecturer and tutor on the history of the world’s major religious traditions, and on world events significantly impacted by religious thought in history.

- Editing and formatting reviews of academic volumes submitted for publication in the Journal.- Maintaining a database of volumes received from publishers, volumes sent to academics, and reviews received.- Coordinating copyright permissions for the Review.- Developing the Review copy to be sent to the publishers.