Aaron Humphrey

Dr Aaron Humphrey

Lecturer

School of Humanities

Faculty of Arts, Business, Law and Economics

Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD - email supervisor to discuss availability.

Dr Aaron Humphrey is a researcher at the University of Adelaide and teaches in the department of media. His research combines critical analysis with creative practice to investigate the relationships between images and texts, and between media and society. He was recently awarded the Dean’s Commendation for Thesis Excellence for his doctoral dissertation about comics and pedagogy.
His academic writing has been published in Media International Australia, Composition Studies, Digital Humanities Quarterly, The Comics Grid and The Conversation. As a cartoonist, his comics are currently used in digital rhetoric courses and for postgraduate medical education. As a filmmaker, his short films have screened in festivals in Australasia and North America.
His current research projects include the use of comics and “graphic medicine” for medical education, visual discourse about asylum seekers within Australia and the historical development of emoji.
He is a member of the J.M. Coetzee Centre for Creative Practice and co-founder and co-organiser of ‘Inkers and Thinkers,’ Australasia’s annual academic conference devoted to comics and graphic narratives.

  • Appointments
    Date Position Institution name
    2018 - ongoing Lecturer University of Adelaide
    2013 - 2017 Course Coordinator, Lecturer and Tutor (sessional) University of Adelaide

  • Awards and Achievements
    Date Type Title Institution Name Country Amount
    2016 Award Best Online Comics Studies Scholarship award - United States -
    2016 Award Three Minute Thesis Finalist Faculty of Arts, University of Adelaide Australia -
    2016 Award Dean’s Commendation for Doctoral Thesis Excellence University of Adelaide - -
    2015 Achievement J.M. Coetzee Centre for Creative Practice Collaborative Arts Grant J.M. Coetzee Centre for Creative Practice Australia $500
    2014 Achievement J.M. Coetzee Centre for Creative Practice Collaborative Arts Grant J.M. Coetzee Centre for Creative Practice Australia $500
    2014 Scholarship ThIncLab Research Commercialisation Accelerator Program Entrepreneurship, Commercialisation and Innovation Centre, University of Adelaide - -
    2014 Achievement Mackay Hospital Foundation Grant Mackay Hospital Foundation Australia $5000
    2012 Scholarship Australian Postgraduate Award - Australia $75,894

  • Language Competencies
    Language Competency
    English Can read, write, speak, understand spoken and peer review
    Spanish; Castilian Can read, write, speak and understand spoken

  • Education
    Date Institution name Country Title
    2016 University of Adelaide Australia PhD
    2005 Chapman University United States BA

  • Current Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)
    Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name
    2024 Principal Supervisor Resurrecting the Past: A Study of Lost Media Recovery or Recreation Master of Philosophy Master Part Time Mr Paul Shayne Monopoli
    2023 Co-Supervisor Household Experiences of Reducing Waste: Moving Towards Circular Economy Futures Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Part Time Mrs Marisol Da Silva
    2022 Co-Supervisor English in K-pop: A multilevel analysis of K-pop and the strategic use of English in the face of Western pop culture hegemony Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Miss Megan Sarah Moon
    2021 Co-Supervisor A Critical Analysis of Class Struggle in Video Games: Investigating the Extent to Which Popular Media Depictions of Class Challenge Empire Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Sebastian Alexander Morrison

  • Past Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)
    Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name
    2020 - 2023 Co-Supervisor “Killing those foul witches”: the witch in fantasy medievalist computer role-play games Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Miss Tess Alana Watterson Dunbar
    2019 - 2022 Co-Supervisor Design Cultures in Conflict: An Analysis of User Experience Design Standards in Social Media Smartphone Apps Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Part Time Dr Sami Dannaoui
    2018 - 2022 Principal Supervisor Mediated Meaning: The Representation of Mental Health on Social Media Platforms Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mrs Anne Nattembo

  • Industry Partnerships
    Date Engagement Type Partner Name
    2016 - ongoing Consultant Research Skill Development for Curriculum Design and Assessment, University of Adelaide
  • Position: Lecturer
  • Phone: 83131400
  • Email: aaron.humphrey@adelaide.edu.au
  • Campus: North Terrace
  • Building: Napier, floor 9
  • Org Unit: School of Humanities
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