Overview
Background
I’m a researcher and lecturer at The University of Queensland Business School. My expertise is in critically evaluating how people and organisations use language to communicate about themselves and shape the world around them. I’m committed to doing research that promotes justice and equity, and helps government, the media, and industry communicate for the common good.
My recent research has explored sustainability in the arts and culture sector, news reporting on violence against women and girls, and COVID-19 crisis communication.
I’ve recently collaborated with various peak bodies in the Australian arts and culture sector such as Theatre Network Australia, and arts companies of various sizes (e.g., Queensland Ballet and La Boite Theatre) to develop a free peer coaching program known as “Creating out Loud.” This program builds networks of mutual support for artists and arts workers across all levels of the arts and culture sector.
Enriching the arts and culture sector is of high importance to me. In 2021, I was awarded an Advance Queensland Industry Research Fellowship to support arts workers recovering from the COVID-19 pandemic.
To find out how I can help your organisation, email me at k.power@business.uq.edu.au. You can also follow me on LinkedIn.
Availability
- Dr Kate Power is:
- Available for supervision
- Media expert
Fields of research
Qualifications
- Doctor of Philosophy, The University of Lancaster
- Certificate of LOTE, ESL and TESOL Curriculum and Pedagogy, University of Cambridge
- Certificate of Education (Leadership), The University of British Columbia
Research interests
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Sustainability of the arts and culture sector
working with arts organisations and government to promote sustainability in, of, and through the Australian arts and culture sector, and to foster career sustainability for artists and arts managers.
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Gender equity
critically evaluating communication in the media and higher education, to promote gender equity for women in business, female leaders, Pacific Islands women and girls facing gender-based violence, and transgender students.
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Political communication:
analysing how politicians communicate, particularly about COVID-19 and in relation to gender, to help public leaders communicate more effectively about sensitive issues and during crisis situations.
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Religion / spirituality / nonreligion
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Scholarship of Teaching & Learning
Research impacts
My research has supported the arts and culture sector around Australia, by helping forge new connections between artists and arts managers working in a wide range of art forms and at all levels, including major and small-to-medium performing arts companies, festivals, venues, and independent artists.
Works
Search Professor Kate Power’s works on UQ eSpace
Featured
2022
Journal Article
Constructing COVID-19: A corpus-informed analysis of prime ministerial crisis response communication by gender
Power, Kate and Crosthwaite, Peter (2022). Constructing COVID-19: A corpus-informed analysis of prime ministerial crisis response communication by gender. Discourse & Society, 33 (3), 1-27. doi: 10.1177/09579265221076612
Featured
2021
Journal Article
‘Sustainability’ and the performing arts: discourse analytic evidence from Australia
POWER, Kate (2021). ‘Sustainability’ and the performing arts: discourse analytic evidence from Australia. Poetics, 89 101580, 101580. doi: 10.1016/j.poetic.2021.101580
Featured
2019
Journal Article
Women in business media: a critical discourse analysis of representations of women in Forbes, Fortune and Bloomberg Businessweek, 2015-2017
Power, Kate, Rak, Lucy and Kim, Marianne (2019). Women in business media: a critical discourse analysis of representations of women in Forbes, Fortune and Bloomberg Businessweek, 2015-2017. CADAAD Journal, 11 (2).
Featured
2017
Journal Article
What is a research article?: genre variability and data selection in genre research
van Enk, Anneke and Power, Kate (2017). What is a research article?: genre variability and data selection in genre research. Journal of English for Academic Purposes, 29, 1-11. doi: 10.1016/j.jeap.2017.07.002
2024
Other Outputs
‘Caring as much as you do was killing you’. We need to talk about burnout in the arts
Power, Katherine (Kate) (2024, 01 09). ‘Caring as much as you do was killing you’. We need to talk about burnout in the arts The Conversation
2024
Book Chapter
Religious identity in discourse
Power, Kate (2024). Religious identity in discourse. The Routledge handbook of language and religion. (pp. 372-389) edited by Stephen Pihlaja and Helen Ringrow. London, United Kingdom: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781003301271-30
2023
Journal Article
Directives in Covid-19 government guidance: an international comparison
Vincent, Benet, Power, Kate, Crosthwaite, Peter and Gardner, Sheena (2023). Directives in Covid-19 government guidance: an international comparison. Applied Corpus Linguistics, 3 (3) 100063, 10006. doi: 10.1016/j.acorp.2023.100063
2023
Journal Article
Pacific-based newspaper reporting on violence against women and girls
Power, Kate (2023). Pacific-based newspaper reporting on violence against women and girls. Communication Research and Practice, 9 (1), 83-100. doi: 10.1080/22041451.2023.2188696
2023
Other Outputs
Managing cognitive load for EAL – and all – students
Power, Kate (2023, 03 13). Managing cognitive load for EAL – and all – students Times Higher Education
2022
Other Outputs
Please excuse me, is there a place for politeness in Australian politics?
Power, Kate (2022, 02 21). Please excuse me, is there a place for politeness in Australian politics? The Conversation
2021
Conference Publication
Pacific news reporting on gender equality and violence against women and girls
Power, Kate (2021). Pacific news reporting on gender equality and violence against women and girls. NZ Discourse Conference 8, Christchurch, New Zealand, 10-11 December 2021.
2021
Other Outputs
The crisis of a career in culture: why sustaining a livelihood in the arts is so hard
Power, Kate (2021, 12 06). The crisis of a career in culture: why sustaining a livelihood in the arts is so hard The Conversation
2021
Conference Publication
Peer coaching in the arts and culture sector
Power, Kate (2021). Peer coaching in the arts and culture sector. 1st International Music Livelihoods Symposium, Brisbane, Australia, 6-7 December 2021.
2021
Conference Publication
Communicating COVID DownUnder
Power, Kate and Crosthwaite, Peter (2021). Communicating COVID DownUnder. Language of COVID-19 conference, Sussex, United Kingdom, 22–23 October 2021.
2021
Conference Publication
Directives in Covid-19 government guidance: an international comparison
Vincent, Benet and Power, Kate (2021). Directives in Covid-19 government guidance: an international comparison . Language of COVID-19 conference, Sussex, United Kingdom, 22-23 October 2021.
2021
Conference Publication
Directives in government guidance on COVID-19: an international comparison
Vincent, Benet, Gardner, Sheena, Power, Kate, Crosthwaite, Peter and Beauchamp, David (2021). Directives in government guidance on COVID-19: an international comparison. Corpus Linguistics 2021, Limerick, Ireland, 13-16 July 2021.
2021
Conference Publication
Communicating COVID DownUnder: a corpus-informed critical discourse analysis of Prime Ministerial public statements during the pandemic
Power, Kate and Crosthwaite, Peter (2021). Communicating COVID DownUnder: a corpus-informed critical discourse analysis of Prime Ministerial public statements during the pandemic. Corpus Linguistics 2021, Limerick, Ireland, 13-16th July 2021.
2021
Conference Publication
Cultural sustainability: Applying arts sector conceptualizations
Power, Kate (2021). Cultural sustainability: Applying arts sector conceptualizations . EGOS2021, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 8-10 July 2021.
2021
Conference Publication
Communicating COVID DownUnder: a corpus-informed critical discourse analysis of Prime Ministerial public statements during the pandemic
Power, Kate and Crosthwaite, Peter (2021). Communicating COVID DownUnder: a corpus-informed critical discourse analysis of Prime Ministerial public statements during the pandemic. E-Sociolinguistics Symposium 23, Hong Kong, China, 7-10 June 2021.
2021
Conference Publication
Gender equality and violence against women and girls: a critical discourse analysis of Pacific Islands news reporting
Power, Kate (2021). Gender equality and violence against women and girls: a critical discourse analysis of Pacific Islands news reporting. Research for Development Impact (Pre-conference Series), Brisbane, QLD, Australia, 1-2 July 2021.
Funding
Past funding
Supervision
Availability
- Dr Kate Power is:
- Available for supervision
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Available projects
Supervision history
Current supervision
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Doctor Philosophy
Value Perceptions of Queensland's Arts and Culture Sector: A Study of Sector Sustainability
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Monica Chien, Dr Caroline Wilson-Barnao
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Doctor Philosophy
The Affective Dimension of Academic Writing at University
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Peter Crosthwaite, Dr Beck Wise
Media
Enquiries
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- critical discourse analysis
- cultural sustainability
- media representations of women
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