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DrThor Kerr

Senior Lecturer

School of Media, Creative Arts and Social Inquiry

Orcid identifier0000-0002-7101-1204
  • Senior Lecturer
    School of Media, Creative Arts and Social Inquiry

BIOGRAPHY AND RESEARCH IMPACT

Hi, I have been seconded part-time for three years to an Associate Professor position as Dean ASEAN, Global, leading Curtin University's engagements in Southeast Asia.

 

Meanwhile, I continue to hold a teaching and research position in the School of Media, Creative Arts and Social Inquiry, where I am the Director International. My research expertise is in media, telecommunications and cultural studies through which I further understandings about communities and infrastructure.

 

Current and recent leadership roles include:

  • ACICIS National Reference Group, Australian Consortium for ‘In-Country’ Indonesian Studies (May 2024 – May 2029)
  • Western Australia Regional Representative for the Cultural Studies Association of Australasia (CSAA) from July 2024
  • Co-chair of the Western Australia East Java University Consortium (WAEJUC) (Jan 2024 – Jan 2026)
  • Organizing Committee of the 25th Biennial ASAA Conference 2024 in Perth, Western Australia
  • Guest Editor for Continuum: Journal of Media & Cultural Studies (Q1 journal) 2023
  • Steering Committee for the Cultural Studies Association of Australasia Conference 2022
  • Honorary Senior Fellow, School of Historical & Philosophical Studies, The University of Melbourne (Dec 2020 – Mar 2022)
  • Academic Board of Curtin University (2019 – 2021)
  • Visting Fellow, Universitas Airlangga (2019)
  • Scientific Committee of the International Conference on Urban Studies (2017 – 2019)

LANGUAGES

  • Indonesian
    Can read, write, speak and understand

ROLE

  • Staff

SUPERVISOR LEVEL

  • Level 1 (Primary Supervisor): The lead academic responsible for overseeing the candidate's research and progress.

FIELDS OF RESEARCH

  • 3605 - Screen and digital media
  • 4302 - Heritage, archive and museum studies
  • 4406 - Human geography
  • 4701 - Communication and media studies
  • 4702 - Cultural studies

DEPARTMENT

  • School of Media, Creative Arts and Social Inquiry