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
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 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.
2021
Book Chapter
Institutions
Power, Kate (2021). Institutions. Analysing Religious Discourse. (pp. 126-143) edited by Pihlaja, Stephen. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press.
2021
Book Chapter
Transgender identities in writing classes
Power, Kate (2021). Transgender identities in writing classes. Linguistic perspectives on sexuality in education: representations, constructions and negotiations. (pp. 183-219) edited by Łukasz Pakuła. Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-64030-9_7
2020
Other Outputs
Supporting trans people: 3 simple things teachers and researchers can do
Power, Kate (2020, 11 13). Supporting trans people: 3 simple things teachers and researchers can do The Conversation
2020
Conference Publication
Company, career and culture: conceptualizations of 'sustainability' across the Australian performing arts sector
Power, Kate (2020). Company, career and culture: conceptualizations of 'sustainability' across the Australian performing arts sector. 36th EGOS Colloquium, Hamburg, Germany, 30 June - 4 July 2020.
2020
Conference Publication
Towards critically appreciative activist research: designing organizational discourse for ‘positive’ change
Power, Kate (2020). Towards critically appreciative activist research: designing organizational discourse for ‘positive’ change. 14th International Conference on Organizational Discourse “Interstices, Intervals and Interrogations”, Vrije, Amsterdam (online), 8 - 10 July 2020.
2019
Conference Publication
'Sustainability' in the performing arts: mapping Australian arts management using appreciative inquiry and positive discourse analysis
Power, Kate (2019). 'Sustainability' in the performing arts: mapping Australian arts management using appreciative inquiry and positive discourse analysis. i-Mean 6, Wellington, New Zealand, 15-17 April 2019.
2019
Book Chapter
Conclusion
Power, Kate, Ali, Tanweer and Lebdušková, Eva (2019). Conclusion. Discourse analysis and austerity: critical studies from economics and linguistics. (pp. 332-340) edited by Kate Power, Tanweer Ali and Eva Lebdušková. Abingdon, Oxon, United Kingdom: Taylor and Francis. doi: 10.4324/9781315208190-23
2019
Book
Discourse analysis and austerity: critical studies from economics and linguistics
Kate Power, Tanweer Ali and Eva Lebdušková eds. (2019). Discourse analysis and austerity: critical studies from economics and linguistics. Abingdon, Oxon, United Kingdom: Taylor and Francis. doi: 10.4324/9781315208190
2019
Book Chapter
Introduction: Interdisciplinary* approaches to austerity discourses: a case study in why and how economists and discourse analysts should work together
Power, Kate, Ali, Tanweer and Lebdušková, Eva (2019). Introduction: Interdisciplinary* approaches to austerity discourses: a case study in why and how economists and discourse analysts should work together. Discourse analysis and austerity: critical studies from economics and linguistics. (pp. 1-14) edited by Kate Power, Tanweer Ali and Eva Lebdušková. Abingdon, Oxon, United Kingdom : Routledge.
2019
Book
Discourse Analysis and Austerity: Critical Studies from Economics and Linguistics
Kate Power, Tanweer Ali and Eva Lebudskova eds. (2019). Discourse Analysis and Austerity: Critical Studies from Economics and Linguistics. London & New York: Routledge.
2018
Conference Publication
Women in business media: a critical discourse analysis of representations of women in Forbes, Fortune and Bloomberg Businessweek, 2015-2017
Power, Kate (2018). Women in business media: a critical discourse analysis of representations of women in Forbes, Fortune and Bloomberg Businessweek, 2015-2017. Critical Approaches to Discourse Analysis Across the Disciplines , Aalborg, Denmark, 4-6 July 2018.
2017
Conference Publication
Discourses of austerity: reporting on interdisciplinary collaboration between linguists and economists
Power, Kate and Ali, Tanweer (2017). Discourses of austerity: reporting on interdisciplinary collaboration between linguists and economists. 18th World Congress of Applied Linguistics (AILA), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 23-27 July 2017.
2017
Conference Publication
Scholarly and practical orientations in education research articles: a genre-based study
Hornstein, Olivia, Power, Kate and van Enk, Anneke (2017). Scholarly and practical orientations in education research articles: a genre-based study. Conference on College Composition and Communication, Portland, OR, United States, 15-18 March 2017.
2016
Journal Article
Book review: Christopher Hart and Piotr Cap (eds), Contemporary Critical Discourse Studies
Power, Kate (2016). Book review: Christopher Hart and Piotr Cap (eds), Contemporary Critical Discourse Studies. Discourse and Society, 27 (6), 582-585.
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
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
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Doctor Philosophy
"It's never really about the writing": The affective ecologies of undergraduate academic writing
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Peter Crosthwaite, Dr Beck Wise
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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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