Rebecca Bennett Email and Phone Number

I am a teaching and research academic in the Kulbardi Aboriginal Centre at Murdoch University.My research focuses predominantly on projects focused on Social Justice and/or Higher Education, with a supplementary focus on the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL), Technology Enhanced Learning (TEL) and popular culture . Current projects include: developing a model for investigating racial micro-aggressions amongst Indigenous youth (ARC supported); understanding correlations between university support functions and Indigenous student progression (NCSEHE supported) and developing a model of effective allyship in Indigenous people in Higher Education contexts.

I worked as a Lecturer in Academic Language and Literacy (Level B) in the Centre for University Teaching and Learning at Murdoch University for 5 years. My role in the Centre was to support learning and teaching excellence across the university through innovative curriculum design and Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) research.My SoTL research is focused on effective eLearning, intercultural communication and academic acculturation. I have had a number of peer-reviewed journal articles accepted for publication on digital pedagogy, academic identity, cross-cultural communication and queer/international student intersections. In terms of eLearning, I am experimenting with social media, gamification and modular release in online course design. I am also co-editing a book exploring the rise and fall of the university MOOC. In my face-to-face teaching, I apply principles of intercultural communication theory in the design, development and coordination of courses for international postgraduate students to help them manage the transition into Australian academic culture. My teaching in cross-cultural contexts resulted in an unsolicited nomination for the Vice Chancellors Award for Teaching Excellence in 2013.

In my role as a Research Associate, I was involved in two longitudinal research projects: one on effective co-regulation in learning and the other on intercultural interactions amongst first year students. For both projects, I participated in the design, data collection and analysis phases. This work resulted in a publication in The Journal for Studies in International Education.

My tutoring and lecturing experience at Murdoch University included the following:For the School of Media, Communication and Culture:Introduction to Gender and Cultural Studies (UG) Introduction to the Creative Industries (UG)Food for Thought Foundation Unit (UG)Television and Video Cultures (UG) Technocultures (UG)Introduction to Digital Media (UG) Media, Culture and Power (UG)For the School of Education:Cultural Diversity in Learning and Working (PG)For the Student Learning Centre:OnTrack Equity Enabling Program (pre-uni)Introduction to University Learning (UG)

My lecturing and tutoring experience at Curtin included the following units:For the School of Arts:In-between Cultures and the Popular Media (UG)Research and Research Presentation (UG)

I taught the Diploma level version of the undergraduate unit, In-Between Cultures and the Popular Media