Adjunct Lecturer (History, Ancient History) Qualifications PhD (Ancient History), University of Western Australia, 1999 MA (Archaeology), University College London, [date] BA Honours, University of Western Australia, [date] Contact Details Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

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Adjunct Lecturer (Creative Writing, Family History) Qualifications MA (Writing), Edith Cowan University, 2012 BA Honours (Creative Writing), Edith Cowan University, 2007 GradDipEd (English), Edith Cowan University, 1993 BA (Creative Writing), Curtin University, 1991 Diploma of Family History, University of Tasmania, 2019 PhD Candidate, Curtin University Contact Details Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

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Melinda Tognini creative work has been published in anthologies in Australia and the US. Developed from her Master of Arts thesis, her first book, Many Hearts, One Voice: the story of the War Widows’ Guild in Western Australia was published by Fremantle Press in 2015. Her teaching draws on twenty-five years of industry experience and a heart for mentoring other writers and family historians. Outside the classroom, she works part-time for Writing WA, which advocates for and resources the writing community, and is actively involved in other community-based family history and writing organisations. Melinda is currently a PhD candidate at Curtin University, exploring the form and structure of life writing that explores complex social issues.

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Creative writing, family history

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• Australian Society of Authors
• Australasian Association of Writing Programs (AAWP)
• Oral History WA (OHWA)
• Family History WA
• Writing WA

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Adjunct Lecturer (Asian Studies, Sociology) Qualifications PhD (Asian Studies), University of Western Australia, 2015 HDR Preliminary (Asian Studies), University of Western Australia, 2009 BA (French and English), Edith Cowan University, 2005 Contact Details Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

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Although he doesn’t consider himself a linguist, Joshua probably speaks the greatest number of languages on campus. He has always been curious about linguistic and cultural differences, having lived in the Middle East as well as South and East Asia. He studied Hebrew in Israel, and then French and English at Edith Cowan University in Perth. Later, he completed a PhD in Asian Studies at the University of Western Australia, with a focus on Chinese Studies. After doctoral studies, he taught in South Korea at Woosong University, before returning to join the faculty at Sheridan. Currently learning Sanskrit and Tibetan, Joshua brings a wealth of experience to a multitude of HASS units covering history, sociology, religion, and Chinese. His particular area of expertise is the spread and influence of Tibetan Buddhism in Chinese societies – the theme of his recent book. Joshua also organises Sheridan’s biennial Indian Ocean Studies Conference, actively promoting research into these respective languages and religions.

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Sociology, History, Religious Studies, Chinese Studies

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Adjunct Lecturer (Law, Political Science) Qualifications LLB (Honours 1st Class), University of Western Australia, 2003 BA (Honours 1st Class - Politics and International Studies), Murdoch University,1999 PhD (Law) Candidate, Murdoch University Contact Details Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

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Joshua graduated with first class honours in Politics and International Studies from Murdoch University. He later graduated with first class honours in law from the University of Western Australia. He has written extensively about the freedom to communicate about government and political matters implied from the Australian Constitution, including its relationship with executive power and with religious freedom.

Joshua is the editor of The Western Australian Jurist, a journal about legal and political theory.

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Political Science, Business Law

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