Dr Kate Power
Dr

Kate Power

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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

Communication and media studies Discourse and pragmatics Gender studies Language, Communication and Culture Linguistics Organisational, interpersonal and intercultural communication Philosophy and Religious Studies Religion, society and culture Religious studies Sociolinguistics

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

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Religion / spirituality / nonreligion

  • 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.

Search Professor Kate Power’s works on UQ eSpace

62 works between 2001 and 2025
All (62) Journal Article (14) Book Chapter (9) Conference Publication (32) Book (2) Other Outputs (5)

61 - 62 of 62 works

2007

Conference Publication

Faith, doubt and disbelief in rural Canada: a critical discourse analysis of religious and multicultural interdiscursivity

Power, Kate (2007). Faith, doubt and disbelief in rural Canada: a critical discourse analysis of religious and multicultural interdiscursivity. Theory, Faith, Culture:An International Interdisciplinary Conference, Centre for Critical and Cultural Theory, Cardiff, Wales, 4-6 July 2007.

Faith, doubt and disbelief in rural Canada: a critical discourse analysis of religious and multicultural interdiscursivity

2001

Conference Publication

Talking religious identity

Power, Kate (2001). Talking religious identity. Innovative Methods in the Study of Religion conference, co-hosted by AHRC/ESRC’s “Religion and Society” and NORFACE “Re-emergence of Religion as a Social Force in Europe?” research programs, London, United Kingdom, 29-30 March 2010.

Talking religious identity

Past funding

  • 2024
    Connecting First Nations Women Artists (Tropical North QLD)
    Investing in Queensland Women
    Open grant
  • 2023
    Race to Well
    Queensland Ballet Company
    Open grant
  • 2021 - 2022
    Creating out loud: Developing sustainable peer-mentoring to rebuild the arts post COVID-19
    Advance Queensland Industry Research Fellowships
    Open grant
  • 2019
    Gender equality and the UN Sustainable Development Goals: A discourse historical analysis of 'development' discourses in The Pacific
    UQ Early Career Researcher
    Open grant

Availability

Dr Kate Power is:
Available for supervision

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Available projects

Supervision history

Current supervision

Enquiries

Contact Dr Kate Power directly for media enquiries about:

  • critical discourse analysis
  • cultural sustainability
  • media representations of women

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