I am a gender studies and cultural studies academic published and recognised internationally for pioneering research challenging gendered and colonial dynamics in humanitarian representations, particularly artistic and visual representations of forced migration, refugees/asylum seekers and human trafficking. My work is based on a relational ethics that seeks to understand how thinking based on borders and exclusions prevents us from understanding that openness and vulnerability are crucial to all life, and that we cannot survive without one another. I see working for intersectional gender, racial and disability justice as crucial to this project, and believe that this must involve taking responsibility for the colonial contexts in which I have been formed. Hence I have written (both academically and creatively) on transgenerational responsibility in relation to the Holocaust and the colonial invasion and occupation of Australia. I have a PhD in Gender Studies, and a strong interest in the work of Judith Butler and other feminist theory. I have also completed a Masters in Creative Writing in the area of creative non-fiction. I was awarded the 2022 Stephen Cole the Elder Award for Excellence in HDR Supervision, and I am currently Co-Convenor of the HDR Supervision Community of Practice, where with the help of HDR students I am pioneering research into neurodivergence in HDR experiences. I very occasionally have openings for new HDR students in the fields of feminist theory, de/anti/post-colonial theory and practice, visual studies, disability studies/crip theory, and/or creative writing.