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 current research explores 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.
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.
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
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
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)
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
Connecting First Nations Women Artists (Tropical North QLD)
(2024) Investing in Queensland Women
(2023) Queensland Ballet Company
Creating out loud: Developing sustainable peer-mentoring to rebuild the arts post COVID-19
(2021–2022) Advance Queensland Industry Research Fellowships
Value Perceptions of Queensland's Arts and Culture Sector: A Study of Sector Sustainability
Doctor Philosophy
The Affective Dimension of Academic Writing at University
Doctor Philosophy
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
‘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
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)
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
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
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.
Religious Identity in Discourse
Power, Kate (2023). Religious Identity in Discourse. The Routledge Handbook of Language and Religion. (pp. 372-389) London: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781003301271-30
Power, Kate (2021). Institutions. Analysing Religious Discourse. (pp. 126-143) edited by Pihlaja, Stephen. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press.
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
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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
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
‘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
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)
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
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.
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
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
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
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
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
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.
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.
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.
Power, Kate and Crosthwaite, Peter (2021). Communicating COVID DownUnder. Language of COVID-19 conference, Sussex, United Kingdom, 22–23 October 2021.
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.
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.
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.
Cultural sustainability: Applying arts sector conceptualizations
Power, Kate (2021). Cultural sustainability: Applying arts sector conceptualizations . EGOS2021, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 8-10 July 2021.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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
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
Connecting First Nations Women Artists (Tropical North QLD)
(2024) Investing in Queensland Women
(2023) Queensland Ballet Company
Creating out loud: Developing sustainable peer-mentoring to rebuild the arts post COVID-19
(2021–2022) Advance Queensland Industry Research Fellowships
(2019) UQ Early Career Researcher
Value Perceptions of Queensland's Arts and Culture Sector: A Study of Sector Sustainability
Doctor Philosophy — Principal Advisor
Other advisors:
The Affective Dimension of Academic Writing at University
Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor
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