Fiona was appointed to the Media and Communications Department in June 2005 and is the main contact for the postgraduate coursework program. In 2009 she was appointed the Associate Dean for Postgraduate Coursework in the Arts Faculty. A well-known writer and editor, since graduating in English from Oxford University she has worked in publishing, print journalism and universities, and has published six books, 10 book chapters, and numerous journal, magazine and newspaper articles. She is frequently interviewed by the media on subjects relating to sexual politics and health communication. Fiona is currently on the editorial advisory board of Australian Feminist Studies and Outskirts: Feminisms Along the Edge. Her research interests are in the genres of feature writing and creative non-fiction; gender and cultural studies; health communication, and adult uses of human milk; the ethics of advertising; and media and the body — in particular, popular representations of breastfeeding and lactation and their relationship to public health, maternity and sexuality. Fiona is also interested in the relationship between narrative, scholarship and reporting, through the history and practice of literary journalism, within which field she is a continuing to hone her own writing and teaching skills.
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