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ARC Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Lecturer, JMRC Research Seminar Coordinator Journalism and Media Research Centre BAComm (Hons) (University of Technology, Sydney), PhD (UNSW) Current study: MEd, Adult Education (University of Technology, Sydney) OverviewKath’s research and professional practice focuses on sexuality in media and popular culture. Her research interests include sexual health, sexual ethics, sex education, and mediated sex cultures. In 2008 Kath Albury, and her JMRC colleague Clifton Evers were members of the Advisory Group for the NSW Health Department’s ‘Get Tested-Play Safe’ state-wide safer sex/STI testing campaign. In 2008, Kath was commissioned to write the ‘Media and Sexuality' module, for an international short course on Critical Sexuality Theory and Research Methodologies, which was funded by the Ford Foundation and developed by the Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society (ARCSHS) in conjunction with the International Association for the Study of Sexuality, Culture and Society (IASSCS). The course modules are available for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons licence at http://www.sexualitystudies.net/short-course. Since 1996 Kath has worked with the fabulous Vanessa Wagner (Tobin Saunders) as sexual health educator/entertainer/facilitator, in the guise of her alter ego 'Nurse Nancy’. She has facilitated forums for organisations including the AIDS Treatment Project Australia, and National Association of People with AIDS. In 2004-2005 Kath was a member of the 'Playing By the Rules' project, commissioned by the National Rugby League. As Research Co-ordinator, Kath was responsible for researching, devising and delivering educational workshops for professional Rugby League players. The project won a NSW Premier's Violence Against Women Prevention Award in 2005. In 2007-2009 Kath worked with the NRL and NSW Rape Crisis to develop, deliver and evaluate workshops for the Toyota Cup Under 20s Induction Camps. Her postdoctoral fellowship (ARC LPnumber) a collaboration between UNSW, the National Rugby League and the NSW Rape Crisis Centre, expands and extends this work. Kath is an experienced media commentator, and has appeared on a range television and radio programs since 1998, including Hack (ABC Triple J), Life Matters (ABC Radio National), Sunrise (Seven Network) and Today (Nine Network). She has written opinion articles and features for publications including The Sydney Morning Herald, The Australian, and New Matilda. She was a founding member of 'The Brains Trust' on ABC TV's The Einstein Factor, and was television reviewer for ABC Radio National's The Deep End from 2004-2005. She has also been employed as a lecturer and course co-ordinator in Media and Communications, and Gender and Cultural Studies at the University of Sydney. Research SummaryARC Linkage Grant 2006-2008 'Safer Sex Beliefs and Practices in Multi-Partner Heterosexuals' Research Partnership with the Family Planning Association of NSW Co-Chief Investigator with Clifton Evers and Catharine Lumby (University of NSW) ARC Discovery Grant 2006 –2011 'The Well-Rounded Person: The role of sport in shaping Physical, Emotional and Social Development' Co-Chief Investigator with Catharine Lumby, Jenny O'Dea and Elspeth Probyn (University of Sydney) ARC Discovery Grant 2001-03 'Understanding Pornography in Australia' Co-Chief Investigator with Catharine Lumby and Alan McKee (Queensland University of Technology) TeachingKath co-ordinated the core subject ‘Understanding Contemporary Media’ for the Masters in Journalism and Communication in Semester 1, 2010. She is currently co-supervising two PhD projects at the JMRC, and is joint supervisor for a Doctor of Creative Arts in the School of English, Media and Performing Arts. PublicationsBooks
Alan McKee, Kath Albury and Catharine Lumby. The Porn Report. Kath Albury. Yes Means Yes: getting explicit about heterosex. St Leonards: Allen & Unwin. 2002 Book ChaptersKath Albury and Catharine Lumby. ‘Sport, Sex and Politics.’ in The Media and Communications in Australia (3rd edition) , edited by Stuart Cunningham and Graeme Turner, St Leonards: Allen & Unwin, 2010 Kath Albury. 'Pornography.' in Perspectives in Human Sexuality, edited by Gail Hawkes and John Scott, Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 2004 Kath Albury. 'The Ethics of Porn on the Net.' in Remote Control: New Media, New Ethics, edited by Catharine Lumby and Elspeth Probyn. Melbourne: Cambridge University Press, 2003 Peer-Reviewed Articles in Academic JournalsCatharine Lumby and Kath Albury. ‘Too much? Too young? The sexualisation of children debate in Australia’. Media International Australia No 135, May (2010). Special issue on ‘Children, Young People, Sexuality and the Media’., edited by Kath Albury and Catharine Lumby. McKee, Alan Albury, Kath, Dunne, Michael, Grieshaber, Sue, Hartley, John, Lumby, Catharine and Mathews, Ben. 'Healthy Sexual Development: A Multidisciplinary Framework for Research ', International Journal of Sexual Health, 22: 1 (2010): 14 – 19 Kath Albury. ‘Reading Porn Reparatively’, Sexualities, 12 (2009): 647-653 Catharine Lumby and Kath Albury. 'Homer versus Homer: Digital media, literacy and child protection'. Media International Australia, incorporating Culture and Policy, No 128, August 2008 Kath Albury. 'Full-body-mega-kundalinigasm: sacred sex and sexual politics' Continuum: Journal of Media and Cultural Studies, 15 (2) 2001 Kath Albury. 'Spaceship Triple J: making the national youth network' Media International Australia (incorporating Culture and Policy) No 91, May 1999
Kath Albury. 'Instant Sexpert: academic expertise and media experiences' Kath Albury. 'Spanking stories: reading and writing bad female heterosex' Continuum: Journal of Media and Cultural Studies 12(1) April 1998
Kath Albury. 'Homie-Erotica': Heterosexual Female Desire in The Picture' Peer-Reviewed Papers in Conference ProceedingsAustralian and New Zealand Communication Association Conference: Media, Democracy and Change, Old Parliament House, 7-9 July 2010. (in press, submitted 20 May 2010).IntroductionsKath Albury and Catharine Lumby, Introduction: ‘Children, young people, sexuality and the media’ ‘Children, Young People, Sexuality and the Media’ Media International Australia, No 135, May 2010Editing of Peer-reviewed journalsKath Albury and Catharine Lumby, ‘Children, Young People, Sexuality and the Media’ Special issue of Media International Australia, No 135, May 2010Reports and SubmissionsSubmission of Professor Catharine Lumby, Director of the Journalism and Media Research Centre and Dr Kath Albury, ARC Postdoctoral Fellow, Journalism and Media Research Centre, UNSW to the The Senate Standing Committee on Environment, Communication and the Arts Inquiry into the sexualisation of children in the contemporary media environment (April 23rd, 2008) http://jmrc.arts.unsw.edu.au/jmrc-public-reports-and-submissions/sexualisation-of-children/ Catharine Lumby, Wendy McCarthy, Kath Albury. Playing By the Rules: On and Off the Field. Sydney: University of Sydney, National Rugby League, 2004 ReviewKath Albury. 'Girls Like You' by Paul Sheehan. Sydney Morning Herald. 15 August 2006.Feature
Kath Albury. 'Swinging subcultures'. HIV Australia. Vol 5 No 4 July 2007. Kath Albury. 'Go and get Real'. New Matilda. Issue 78 February 2006 http://www.newmatilda.com Kath Albury. 'Porno-chic, Fembots and Girly-girls'. New Matilda. Issue 62 November 2005 http://www.newmatilda.com Kath Albury. 'The trouble with sex'. Sydney Morning Herald. 24-25 April 2004 Kath Albury. 'Porn again'. The Big Issue Australia. No 197 23 Feb 2004 Kath Albury. 'Public Sex'. HIV AustraliaVol 12 No 4 July 2003
Kath Albury. 'NVE and community standards: whose community are we talking about?' Adult Industry Review, Vol 2, No 3, 1999. OpinionKath Albury. ‘Mothers provide role models for pleasure’. Sydney Morning Herald. 25 June 2008.http://www.smh.com.au/news/opinion/mothers-provide-role-models-for-pleasure/2008/06/25/1214073338069.html Kath Albury. 'Ethics of porn are in the eye of the beholder'. Sydney Morning Herald. 28 May 2007.http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2007/05/27/1180205070043.html Kath Albury. 'Blanket censorship stifles access to help' The Australian. 20 August 2004 Kath Albury. 'Sexing the memoir'. The Australian. 19 May 2003.
Kath Albury. 'Curious teens need to be informed about sex, not controlled'. Affiliations and MembershipsKath has been a member of the NSW Health Ministerial Advisory Committee on HIV/AIDS and STIs, Health Promotion Sub Committee since 2004. She is a Professional member of the Australian Society of Sex Educators, Researchers and Therapists (ASSERT NSW). |