Dr Helen Johnson

Dr Helen Johnson

Honorary Research Fellow
Anthropology 

Email: h.johnson@uq.edu.au

Qualifications:

GCHE (Higher Education), Monash University
BA - Hons (Anthropology) Monash University
Ph.D. (Anthropology) Monash University

Professional activities:

Member - Australian Anthropological Society
Member - Canadian Anthropological Society
Member - Victorian Women's Trust

Background:

Senior Lecturer ( Anthropology), University of Queensland, 2002 - 2011
Lecturer (Anthropology), Monash University, 1996 - 2001
Lecturer (Womens's Studies), Monash University, 1997 - 1998

Research interests:

• Gender and Indigenous Women in New Caledonia
• The Vietnamese Diaspora in New Caledonia
• Globalisation, Social Change and Mixed Heritage
• Gender and Information and Communication Technologies in the Asia Pacific
• Gender, Development and Social Impact Assessment
• Engaging with Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Communities in Australia and Canada
• Gender, Labour and Knowledge Work in Malaysia
• Learning Experiences and Outcomes of Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students at The University

Representative publications:

Johnson, H. (2007) 'Migration, Gender and Security Issues in the Pacific: Complicating Conflict Discourse' in Global Change, Peace and Security Special Issue 19:3 pp.243-258.

Johnson, H. (2007) 'Women and Knowledge Work in the Asia-Pacific: Complicating Technological Empowerment' in Knowledge Workers in the Information Society, Vincent Mosco (Ed), USA: Rowman and Littlefield Publishers, Inc.

Johnson, H. (2006) 'Their Eyes Were Watching Savages: European Cultural Stereotypes and Pacific Peoples’ Responses' in International Journal of the Arts in Society 1:1, pp.37–44. Runner-up Best Conference Paper Award.

Johnson, H.  (2005) 'A Fugitive Moment of Grace: Migrant Social Identities and the Power of Life Story' in Hecate 31:1 pp.85–103.

Johnson, H. (2005) 'Questioning Conflict Management in the South Pacific' presented at Georgia Political Science Association conference 10-12 November, Savannah, Georgia, USA, 2005 Winner of James D, McBrayer Jnr. Best Conference Paper Award, 2006.

Johnson, H. (2004) 'Investigating the Dilemmas of Ethical Social Research' in Journal of International Women’s Studies 6:1 pp.41–53.

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