
Dr Kim Barbour
Senior Lecturer
School of Humanities
Faculty of Arts, Business, Law and Economics
Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD - email supervisor to discuss availability.
Kim Barbour is a qualitative new media scholar. As a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Media, Kim’s work focuses on digital and online media, and storytelling. Kim’s research looks at online persona, the strategic production of identity through digital media, and particularly focuses on the use of social media. Kim’s research often focuses on artists or other creative practitioners.
Kim is the co-founding editor of the Persona Studies journal, an online, open access journal based at Deakin University. She has published chapters in the edited books Media, Margins and Popular Culture (Palgrave), Making Places, Making Publics (Adelaide University Press) and Digital Academics (Routledge), articles in Celebrity Studies, M/C Journal, First Monday, and Platform: Journal of Media and Communication, and her paper ‘Performing Professionalism | Validating Artistness’ won the Grant Noble award for best post-graduate paper at ANZCA 2014. Her co-authored book Persona Studies: An Introduction is to be published in 2019 by Wiley.
Kim's Google Scholar profile is available here: https://scholar.google.com.au/citations?user=4uWj5ukAAAAJ&hl=en
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Kim Barbour is a qualitative new media scholar. As a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Media, Kim’s work focuses on digital and online media, and storytelling. Kim’s research looks at online persona, the strategic production of identity through digital media, and particularly focuses on the use of social media. Kim’s research often focuses on artists or other creative practitioners.
Kim is the co-founding editor of the Persona Studies journal, an online, open access journal based at Deakin University, and co-author of Persona Studies: An Introduction (2020, Wiley Blackwell). She has published articles in Celebrity Studies, M/C Journal, First Monday, and Media International Australia, and her paper ‘Performing Professionalism | Validating Artistness’ won the Grant Noble award for best post-graduate paper at ANZCA 2014.
Current research projects:
- Online activism and intersectional feminism
- Migrant personas
- Scientific personas
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Appointments
Date Position Institution name 2021 - ongoing Director - Gender Equity, Diversity and Inclusion University of Adelaide 2020 - ongoing Senior Lecturer The University of Adelaide 2015 - 2019 Lecturer University of Adelaide 2009 - 2015 Research Assistant Deakin University 2009 - 2015 Sessional Tutor Deakin University -
Awards and Achievements
Date Type Title Institution Name Country Amount 2017 Teaching Award Faculty of Arts Prize for Excellence in Teaching The University of Adelaide Australia $1000 2014 Award Grant Noble Prize for Best Paper submitted by a Postgraduate Student Australian & New Zealand Communication Association - 1000 -
Education
Date Institution name Country Title 2011 - 2014 Deakin University Australia PhD 2006 University of Waikato New Zealand MA 2001 - 2005 The University of Waikato New Zealand Bachelor of Communication Studies, Honours (1st Class) -
Research Interests
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Journals
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Books
Year Citation 2023 Barbour, K. (2023). Women and Persona Performance. Palgrave MacMillan. 2020 Marshall, P. D., Moore, C. W., & Barbour, K. (2020). Persona Studies: An Introduction. NJ; USA: Wiley-Blackwell. 2016 Griffiths, M., & Barbour, K. (Eds.) (2016). Making publics, making places. Adelaide: Unversity of Adelaide Press.
2016 Griffiths, M., & Barbour, K. (Eds.) (2016). Making publics, making places. Adelaide: Unversity of Adelaide Press.
2016 Griffiths, M., & Barbour, K. (Eds.) (2016). Making publics, making places. Adelaide: Unversity of Adelaide Press.
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Book Chapters
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Conference Papers
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Conference Items
Year Citation 2018 Barbour, K., Ankeny, R., Plewa, C., & Conduit, J. (2018). Engaging the public: scientific persona performance in online, public-facing biographical statements. Poster session presented at the meeting of Scientific Persona in Cultural Encounters (SPICE) Conference. Stockholm, Sweden. -
Theses
Year Citation 2014 Barbour, K. (2014). Finding the edge: online persona creation by fringe artists. (PhD Thesis, Deakin University). 2006 Barbour, K. (2006). Constructing artistic integrity : an exploratory study. (Master's Thesis, The University of Waikato). -
Working Paper
2019/2020 - Summer Research Scholarship project - student Jacob Tyler
2019 - Special Studies Leave - supported research for first half of 2019 to complete funding application and work on book manuscript
2017/2018 - Summer Research Scholarship project - successfully completed by Maria Positano
2017 - AnglicareSA video project - supporting University of Adelaide production students to gain paid professional work experience creating promotional material for the Acorn Parent-Infant Attachment Groups program, run by AnglicareSA. The video project was funded by a grant from The Community and Philanthropy Partnerships Week.
2017 - Summer Research Scholarship project - successfully completed by Lydia Heise
2016 - Faculty Research Active Grants Scheme (FRAGS) award of $2850
Undergraduate Coursework
Kim Barbour teaches across all levels of the Bachelor of Media program:
2020
- MDIA1002 Key Concepts in Media
- MDIA1002OL Key Concepts in Media Online
- MDIA1017 Image and Brand
- MDIA2336 Digital Storytelling
- MDIA3331 Popular Media: Text, Audience, Industry
- ARTS2004/3007 Arts Masterclass
2019
- MDIA2336 Digital Storytelling
2018
- MDIA1002 Introduction to Media: Digital Revolutions
- MDIA2336 Digital Storytelling
- MDIA3331 Popular Media: Text, Audience, Industry
2017
- MDIA1002 Introduction to Media: Digital Revolutions
- MDIA2336 Digital Storytelling
- MDIA3328 News in the Digital Age
2016
- MDIA1002 Introduction to Media: Digital Revolutions
- MDIA1006 Story/Technology: Writing Techniques
2015
- MDIA1006 Story/Technology: Writing Techniques
Kim's teaching practice aims to make use of the substantial opportunities offered by online learning when matched with appropriate pedagogical approaches, including blended learning and workshop based teaching. In 2017, she was awarded a Faculty of Arts Teaching Prize for her use of Small Group Discovery Experiences and ePortfolios in the classroom for learning and assessment.
Honours Supervisions:
2019
- Caitlin Adams, Thesis title: Transitioning Texts: Exploring Transmedia Stories in Online Spaces
2018-2019
- Aislinn Rossi (part time), Thesis title: Outsiders: Conservative Descriptions of the Mainstream Media
2016
- Amy Nancarrow, Thesis title: Striving for Perfection: Postfeminism, Reality Television, and the Creation of the Postfeminist Ideal in The Real Housewives of Melbourne
- Linh Nguyen, Thesis title: Analysing the authenticity of our social media persona through the selfie
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Current Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)
Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name 2023 Principal Supervisor QUEER and WORLD MADE FLESH: queer representation within contemporary art museums in Australia Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Part Time Miss Brittany Sheree Pfeiffer 2021 Principal Supervisor Capturing simultaneity: International students’ connectedness and identities during the Covid-19
pandemic.Master of Philosophy Master Full Time Ms Thanh Nguyen 2020 Co-Supervisor The Evolution of Romance in Digital Games Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Ms Amy Matilda Brierley 2020 Co-Supervisor Oscar Bait: Exploring Links Between an Academy Awards Institutional Persona and Perceptions of Oscar-Worthiness Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Robert Penn Boucaut 2020 Principal Supervisor Media Mimicry - How fictional videos emulate user-generated content in online stories. Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Miss Caitlin Anne Adams -
Past Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)
Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name 2020 - 2023 Co-Supervisor The Evolution of the Body in Contemporary Art and Digital Media: Asger Carlsen, Julie Rrap, Leah Schrager, Juliana Huxtable Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Part Time Ms Alexandra Mowbray 2017 - 2020 Co-Supervisor Remediation or Replacement: Masthead Stakeholders' Perception of News Digitalisation in Nigeria Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Dr Ayodeji Boluwatife Aiyesimoju 2017 - 2020 Co-Supervisor The Art of Selling Arts: Marketing Culture Using Digital Media at Fringe Arts Festivals Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Dr Amy Elizabeth Nancarrow 2017 - 2019 Co-Supervisor Contested Kingdom: The Role of Online Media in the Relationship between Disney and Fans over Disneyland Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr William McCarthy 2017 - 2021 Co-Supervisor Representations of Women in Pakistani Cinema: Role, Image, and Characterisation Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Ms Nazia Hussain 2016 - 2019 Co-Supervisor Crafting true stories: an interpretation of four Australian journalists' nonfiction writing practices Master of Philosophy Master Part Time Mrs Varunika Sonani Hapuwatte Ruwanpura
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Board Memberships
Date Role Board name Institution name Country 2017 - ongoing Board Member Chair of Ethic and Policy, Executive Board Fame and Persona Research Consortium Australia 2013 - ongoing Member - Australia New Zealand Communication Association Australia -
Committee Memberships
Date Role Committee Institution Country 2018 - ongoing Member Faculty of Arts Research Committee The University of Adelaide Australia 2017 - ongoing Chair School of Humanities Learning and Teaching Committee The University of Adelaide Australia 2017 - ongoing Member Faculty of Arts Teaching and Learning Committee The University of Adelaide Australia -
Memberships
Date Role Membership Country 2014 - ongoing Member Cultural Studies Association of Australasia Australia -
Editorial Boards
Date Role Editorial Board Name Institution Country 2014 - ongoing Editor-In-chief Persona Studies Deakin University Australia
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