Teaching Strengths
Dr Bronwyn Lovell
Lecturer
School of Humanities
College of Creative Arts, Design and Humanities
Dr Bronwyn Lovell teaches across creative writing, professional writing, literature, screen studies, and cultural studies courses at UniSA. She has a Doctorate in Creative Writing from Flinders University, a Master of Letters in Creative Writing from the University of Sydney, a Bachelor of Arts with First Class Honours in Cinema Studies from the University of Melbourne, and an Executive Certificate in Space Studies from UniSA in partnership with the International Space University.
Bronwyn's research explores the roles of women in science fiction space narratives, as well as non-fictional gender discrimination in the space industry. She was commissioned by the Australian Space Agency to write poetry about diversity and inclusion in the space workforce. Her essays have been published by Science Fiction Film and Television, The Journal of Feminist Scholarship, the National Gallery of Victoria, and The Conversation.
Bronwyn's poetry has appeared in Borderless: A transnational anthology of feminist poetry, Best Australian Poems, Meanjin, Southerly, Strange Horizons and Cordite. She has won the Val Vallis Award and been shortlisted for the Speculate Prize, Dorothy Hewett Award, Judith Wright Poetry Prize, Newcastle Poetry Prize, Bridport Prize, and Montreal International Poetry Prize. Her debut poetry collection, In Bed with Animals, is published by Recent Work Press and her science-fiction verse novel, Between Worlds, is forthcoming from University of Western Australia Publishing.
Bronwyn has worked as an editor and writer on children's books for Penguin in the UK and lifestyle magazines in Sydney. She has been an arts administrator for non-profits Writers Victoria and Australian Poetry at Melbourne's Wheeler Centre for Books and Ideas, and has taught English literacy in remote Aboriginal communities across Cape York and Arnhem Land. She is passionate about the power of stories, social activism, and education.
In Bed with Animals [poetry collection] Recent Work Press
Between Worlds [verse novel] University of Western Australia Publishing
'Science fiction's women problem', in S Meekings & M Moore (eds), Creative Writing Scholars on the Publishing Trade, Routledge, UK, ch. 6, pp. 68-83.
'Sex and the stars: the enduring structure of gender discrimination in the space industry', Journal of Feminist Scholarship, vol. 18, no. 18, pp. 61-77.
'Cosmic careers and dead children: women working in space in Aliens, Gravity, Extant and the Cloverfield Paradox', Science Fiction Film and Television, vol. 12, no. 1, pp. 73-102.
'Out of breath: timely issues and old gender tropes in Seth Larney's 2067', Metro, no. 208, pp. 30-35.
| Date | Institution name | Country | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flinders University | Australia | PhD | |
| University of Sydney | Australia | MLitt | |
| University of Melbourne | Australia | BA Hons I |
| Year | Citation |
|---|---|
| 2021 | Lovell, B. (2021). Science fiction's women problem. In S. Meekings, & M. Moore (Eds.), Source details - Title: Creative Writing Scholars on the Publishing Trade (pp. 68-83). UK: Routledge. DOI |
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