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
2016
Conference Publication
Academic writing in the faculty of arts: genre learning and knowledge transfer
Power, Kate and Rea, Jaclyn (2016). Academic writing in the faculty of arts: genre learning and knowledge transfer. Canadian Association for the Study of Discourse & Writing, Calgary, Canada, 28-30 May 2016.
2016
Conference Publication
What is a research article?
Power, Kate and van Enk, Anneke (2016). What is a research article?. Canadian Association for the Study of Discourse and Writing (CASDW), Calgary, Canada, 28-30 May 2016.
2016
Conference Publication
Transgendered transitions: apprentice academics reflecting on their adoption of scholarly identities via transgender research
Power, Kate (2016). Transgendered transitions: apprentice academics reflecting on their adoption of scholarly identities via transgender research. International Gender & Language Association (IGALA), Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 19-21 May 2016.
2016
Journal Article
"Church trailblazer Rev Pat Storey on Weight Watchers, caffeine and how she named her dog after former New York Mayor": news representations of the first female Anglican Bishop in the UK and Ireland
Power, Kate (2016). "Church trailblazer Rev Pat Storey on Weight Watchers, caffeine and how she named her dog after former New York Mayor": news representations of the first female Anglican Bishop in the UK and Ireland. Irish Journal of Applied Social Studies, 16 (1), 96-114. doi: 10.21427/D78T67
2015
Conference Publication
Religious elections discourse: a critical discourse analysis
Power, Kate (2015). Religious elections discourse: a critical discourse analysis. New Zealand Discourse Conference 5, Auckland, New Zealand, 7-9 December 2015.
2015
Journal Article
Book review: Jodie Clark, Language, Sex and Social Structure: Analyzing Discourses of SexualityClarkJodie, Language, Sex and Social Structure: Analyzing Discourses of Sexuality
Power, Kate (2015). Book review: Jodie Clark, Language, Sex and Social Structure: Analyzing Discourses of SexualityClarkJodie, Language, Sex and Social Structure: Analyzing Discourses of Sexuality. Discourse & Society, 26 (4), 511-513. doi: 10.1177/0957926515591689e
2015
Book Chapter
Charity chicks: a discourse-analysis of religious self-identification by rural Canadian Mormon women
Power, Kate (2015). Charity chicks: a discourse-analysis of religious self-identification by rural Canadian Mormon women. Canadian women shaping diasporic religious identities. (pp. 139-194) edited by Becky R. Lee and Terry Tak-ling Woo. Waterloo, Ontario, Canada: Wilfred Laurier University Press.
2015
Journal Article
Eating words: a discourse historical analysis of the public debate over India’s 2013 National Food Security Act
Kotwal, Ashok and Power, Kate (2015). Eating words: a discourse historical analysis of the public debate over India’s 2013 National Food Security Act. On the Horizon, 23 (3), 174-189. doi: 10.1108/OTH-05-2015-0019
2015
Book Chapter
Religion, power and public self-presentation
Power, Kate (2015). Religion, power and public self-presentation. Shifting visions: gender and discourses. (pp. 49-68) edited by Allyson Jule. Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
2014
Conference Publication
MCA, DHA and PDA: a comparative analysis of one ♀ Bishop’s Public Self-Presentation
Power, Kate (2014). MCA, DHA and PDA: a comparative analysis of one ♀ Bishop’s Public Self-Presentation. Critical Approaches to Discourse Analysis Across the Disciplines (CADAAD), Budapest, Hungary, 1-3 September 2014.
2014
Conference Publication
Moving in, moving out & staying put: discursive constructions of nuanced religious community memberships in rural Canada
Power, Kate (2014). Moving in, moving out & staying put: discursive constructions of nuanced religious community memberships in rural Canada. Sociolinguistics Symposium 20, Jyväskylä, Finland, 15-18 June 2014.
2014
Conference Publication
Bishop Melissa: gender, religion and public self-presentation
Power, Kate (2014). Bishop Melissa: gender, religion and public self-presentation. International Gender and Language Association (IGALA) , Vancouver, Canada, 5-7 June 2014.
2014
Conference Publication
Controversy, convergence and collaboration: projecting socially sanctioned stances
Power, Kate (2014). Controversy, convergence and collaboration: projecting socially sanctioned stances. American Association of Applied Linguistics (AAAL) , Portland, OR, United States, 22-25 March 2014.
2014
Book Chapter
Talking sexuality: religious identity constructions in rural Canada
Power, Kate (2014). Talking sexuality: religious identity constructions in rural Canada. Globalized religion and sexual identity: contexts, contestations, voices. (pp. 62-85) edited by Heather Shipley. Leiden, Germany: Brill. doi: 10.1163/9789004271371_005
2012
Journal Article
Investigating religious “identity”: the promise and problem of discourse analytic methods for religious studies inquiries
Power, Kate (2012). Investigating religious “identity”: the promise and problem of discourse analytic methods for religious studies inquiries. Fieldwork in Religion, 8 (1), 7-26. doi: 10.1558/firn.v8i1.7
2012
Journal Article
Book review: Lesbian discourses: images of a community
Power, Kate (2012). Book review: Lesbian discourses: images of a community. Critical Discourse Studies, 9 (1), 95-97. doi: 10.1080/17405904.2011.637686
2011
Conference Publication
Talking religion – Talking sex
Power, Kate (2011). Talking religion – Talking sex. Association of American Geographers’ (AAG) Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA, United States, 12-16 April 2011.
2010
Conference Publication
Talking religion in rural Canada
Power, Kate (2010). Talking religion in rural Canada. The Changing Face of Christianity conference, co-hosted by the British Sociological Association (Sociology of Religion Study Group) and the University of Edinburgh’s Institute of Geography and School of Divinity (Religious Studies/the Centre for the Study of World Christianity), Edinburgh, Scotland, 6-8 April 2010.
2008
Conference Publication
Stance-taking on multiculturalism in rural Canada
Power, Kate (2008). Stance-taking on multiculturalism in rural Canada. Encounters and Intersections conference, co-hosted by the AHRC/ESRC “Religion and Society” program, the AHRC “Diasporas, Migration and Identities” program, and the ESRC “Identities and Social Action” program, Oxford, United Kingdom, 9-11 July 2008.
2007
Journal Article
Book Review of Ian S. Markham, A Theology of Engagement. Challenges in ContemporaryTheology. Series Editors: Gareth Jones and Lewis Ayres. Malden, MA,Blackwell Publishing, 2003, pp. 264, ISBN 0631236023
Power, Kate (2007). Book Review of Ian S. Markham, A Theology of Engagement. Challenges in ContemporaryTheology. Series Editors: Gareth Jones and Lewis Ayres. Malden, MA,Blackwell Publishing, 2003, pp. 264, ISBN 0631236023. Journal for the Academic Study of Religion, 20 (2), 252.
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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