Dr Pam Papadelos
Senior Lecturer
School of Society and Culture
College of Education, Behavioural and Social Sciences
Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD - email supervisor to discuss availability.
Dr Pam Papadelos is a senior lecturer in the Department of Sociology, Criminology & Gender Studies and co-Director of the Fay Gale Centre for Research on Gender. Her teaching and research focus on the ways gender intersects with race, class and sexuality. Her work examines the gendered dimensions of cross-cultural practices for post-war migrants and their descendants and, in particular, engages with current debates in Australia on managing cultural diversity, strengthening social cohesion and widening concepts of national identity. In addition, Pam is interested in the critical evaluation of current models of masculinity.
Pam Papadelos is the co-Director of The Fay Gale Centre for Research on Gender and a member of the Hugo Centre for Migration and Population Research.
Her research interests include:
- Race and Ethnicity (Multiculturalism and Identity)
- Migration Studies
- Masculinity Studies
- Theorising Subjectivity
- Feminist Theory (Poststructuralism)
| Date | Position | Institution name |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 - ongoing | Senior Lecturer | University of Adelaide |
| Date | Type | Title | Institution Name | Country | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Recognition | Commendation for Grant Excellence | University of Adelaide | Australia | - |
| 2017 | Fellowship | Barbara Kidman Fellowship | University of Adelaide | Australia | - |
| 2015 | Teaching Award | Faculty of Arts Excellence in Teaching Award | University of Adelaide | - | - |
| 2015 | Fellowship | ARC Kathleen Fitzpatrick Laureate Mentoring Scheme Fellowships | University of Melbourne | - | - |
| Language | Competency |
|---|---|
| Greek, Modern (1453-) | Can read, write, speak and understand spoken |
| Date | Institution name | Country | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Adelaide | Australia | PhD |
| Year | Citation |
|---|---|
| 2025 | Papadelos, P., & Beasley, C. (2025). What Is Valued and What Counts: Relationality, Gender, and Science Communication in Scientific Societies. Science Communication, 26 pages. Scopus1 |
| 2025 | Bagaporo, J. L. L., & Papadelos, P. (2025). Redefining Breadwinning Among Internally-Displaced Filipino Men in Southern Philippines. Journal of Men S Studies. |
| 2025 | Barclay, K., Moore, V., Papadelos, P., & Black, P. (2025). Australian academic women and promotion since 1975: patriarchal equilibrium?. Women's History Review, 1-26. |
| 2024 | Beasley, C., & Papadelos, P. (2024). What's care go to do with it? Feminism and the uncertain radical potential of care. Thesis Eleven, 183(1), 12-32. Scopus2 WoS2 |
| 2023 | Bagaporo, J. L. L., & Papadelos, P. (2023). “Yes, I’m Doing It”: Conflict-Induced Internally Displaced Filipino Men’s Enactments of Masculinity. Men and Masculinities, 26(4), 523-543. Scopus5 WoS4 |
| 2021 | Papadelos, P., Beasley, C., & Treagus, M. (2021). Social change and masculinities: exploring favourable spaces?. Journal of Sociology, 59(2), 144078332110482. Scopus3 WoS3 |
| 2021 | Papadelos, P. (2021). “Greeks are different to Australians”: understanding identity formation among third-generation Australians of Greek heritage. Ethnic and Racial Studies, 44(11), 1975-1994. Scopus5 WoS4 |
| 2019 | Papadelos, P. (2019). Living between two cultures: reflecting on Greek orthodox mourning practices. Social Identities, 25(2), 254-268. Scopus4 WoS4 |
| 2017 | Eate, P., Beasley, C., Papadelos, P., Treagus, M., & Augoustinos, M. (2017). Schooling the public on boys: the ongoing salience in media representations of the "crisis" in boys' education. Feminist Media Studies, 17(2), 248-263. Scopus12 WoS12 |
| 2017 | Martin, P., & Papadelos, P. (2017). Who stands for the norm?: The place of metonymy in androcentric language. Social Semiotics, 27(1), 39-58. Scopus5 WoS6 |
| 2014 | Papadelos, P., Michell, D., & Eate, P. (2014). 'Bending and morphing': the department of women's studies at the University of Adelaide continues past its twenty year anniversary. Outskirts: Feminisms Along the Edge, 31, 16 pages. |
| 2011 | Papadelos, P. (2011). Out of the Community: establishing 'Women's Studies' as an academic discipline. Australian Feminist Studies, 26(70), 485-500. Scopus1 |
| Year | Citation |
|---|---|
| 2023 | Papadelos, P., & Beasley, C. (Eds.) (2023). Living Legacies of Social Injustice: Power, Time and Social Change. London: Routledge. DOI |
| 2023 | Papadelos, P., & Beasley, C. (Eds.) (2023). Living Legacies of Social Injustice: Power, Time and Social Change. London: Routledge. DOI |
| 2010 | Papadelos, P. (2010). From Revolution to Deconstruction. Peter Lang CH. DOI |
| Year | Citation |
|---|---|
| 2023 | Beasley, C., & Papadelos, P. (2023). Ongoing Legacies of Social Injustice: A Critical Interrogation. In C. Beasley, & P. Papadelos (Eds.), Living Legacies of Social Injustice: Power, Time and Social Change (pp. 1-17). London: Routledge. DOI |
| 2023 | Papadelos, P. (2023). The enduring legacies of migration: Older Greek-born migrants’ experience of ageing in Australia. In C. Beasley, & P. Papadelos (Eds.), Living Legacies of Social Injustice: Power, Time and Social Change (pp. 133-152). London: Routledge. DOI |
| 2023 | Beasley, C., & Papadelos, P. (2023). Re-imagining Legacy (Power-Time) and Social Change. In C. Beasley, & P. Papadelos (Eds.), Living Legacies of Social Injustice: Power, Time and Social Change (pp. 231-241). London: Routledge. DOI |
| 2015 | Papadelos, P. (2015). Reinventing the self in academia: negotiating the intersections of class, race and gender. In D. Michell, J. Wilson, & V. Archer (Eds.), Bread and roses: voices of Australian academics from the working class (1 ed., pp. 49-55). Rotterdam: Sense Publishers. DOI |
| Year | Citation |
|---|---|
| 2011 | Papadelos, P., Goriss-Hunter, A., Wendt, S., & Williams, S. (2011). Special Issue ‘Introduction: Emerging Spaces: New Possibilities in Critical Times. Poster session presented at the meeting of Outskirts:. Adelaide. |
| 2011 | Papadelos, P., Goriss-Hunter, A., Wendt, S., & Williams, S. (2011). Special Issue ‘Introduction: Emerging Spaces: New Possibilities in Critical Times. Poster session presented at the meeting of Outskirts:. Adelaide. |
| 2011 | Papadelos, P., & Williams, S. (2011). Conference Report: Emerging Spaces: New Possibilities in Critical Times. Poster session presented at the meeting of Outskirts. Adelaide. |
| Year | Citation |
|---|---|
| 2024 | Beasley-Hall, P., Papadelos, P., Hewitt, A., Lassaline, C., Umbers, K., & Guzik, M. (2024). Rewarding, but poorly rewarded: Gendered narratives of science communication in the life sciences. DOI |
2024- 0006016545: Tetra Tech International Development Pty Ltd: Design and Delivery of an Australia Awards Short Course: Knowledge Exchange – Gender Equality Law; Hewitt, Anne; Grenfell, Laura Adelaide; Yengin, Duygu; De Sousa Machado, Tiffany Lee; Papadelos, Pam; Espejo Sanchez, Adriana; Jaloshin, Lydia Alexandra; Dang, Trang Huyen. $325,546
Pam teaches in Gender Studies and Sociology.
- Introduction to Sociology
- Gender, Sexuality and Media Representation
- Contemporary Theories in Gender Studies (Capstone)
- Gender, Work & Society
| Date | Role | Research Topic | Program | Degree Type | Student Load | Student Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Co-Supervisor | Fermenting the wave : Generative re-memberings with/in the feminist archive | Doctor of Philosophy | Doctorate | Full Time | Ms Lily Atkinson |
| 2022 | Co-Supervisor | Fermenting the wave : Generative re-memberings with/in the feminist archive | Doctor of Philosophy | Doctorate | Full Time | Ms Lily Atkinson |
| Date | Role | Research Topic | Program | Degree Type | Student Load | Student Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 - 2025 | Co-Supervisor | Embodying Autism: The Importance of Vibrancy and Connection in Autistic Lives | Doctor of Philosophy | Doctorate | Part Time | Mr Cambrey Oliver Payne |
| 2019 - 2021 | Co-Supervisor | Our ‘Ideal’: Reconfigurations of Masculinities among Filipino Men Who Experienced Violent Conflict and Internal Displacement in Southern Philippines | Doctor of Philosophy | Doctorate | Full Time | Ms Jennefer Lyn Lagria Bagaporo |
| 2018 - 2018 | Co-Supervisor | Great Expectations: African-Australian Marriage Migration in an Ethnography of Aspirational Happiness and Everyday Racism | Doctor of Philosophy | Doctorate | Full Time | Dr Henrike Albertine Hoogenraad |
| 2016 - 2019 | Co-Supervisor | Australian Alcohol Advertising, Gender Stereotypes, and Alcohol-Involved Sexual Assault | Master of Philosophy | Master | Full Time | Ms Laurence Cobbaert |
| Date | Role | Committee | Institution | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 - ongoing | Advisory Board Member | TAFE SA Women’s Education Advisory Group (WEAG) | TAFE SA | Australia |
| 2010 - ongoing | Advisory Board Member | South Australian Women's and Gender Studies Annual Public Lecture Committee | University of Adelaide | Australia |
| Date | Office Name | Institution | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 - ongoing | co-Director Fay Gale Centre for Research on Gender | University of Adelaide | Australia |
| 2018 - ongoing | Deputy Director Fay Gale Centre for Research on Gender | University of Adelaide | Australia |
| 2018 - ongoing | Co-Convenor Academic Women's Forum | University of Adelaide | Australia |
| 2016 - 2018 | Co-cordinator, Early Career Researcher network | University of Adelaide | Australia |
| Date | Topic | Presented at | Institution | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 - 2024 | Exploring the Sense of Community and Belonging among South Australian Drag Queens | Virtual | LGBTQ Research Symposium co-hosted by the University of Kansas and the University of Connecticut | United States |
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