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Dr Kate Power

Senior Lecturer

School of Business
Faculty of Business, Economics and Law
k.power@business.uq.edu.au
+61 7 334 69989

Overview

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.

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.

Qualifications

  • Doctor of Philosophy, Lancaster University

Publications

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Grants

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Supervision

  • 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

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Available Projects

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Publications

Featured Publications

Book

Book Chapter

  • Institutions

    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

  • 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

  • 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.

  • 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.

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PhD and MPhil Supervision

Current Supervision

Possible Research Projects

Note for students: The possible research projects listed on this page may not be comprehensive or up to date. Always feel free to contact the staff for more information, and also with your own research ideas.

This staff member is a UQ Expert for media in the following fields:

cultural sustainability, media representations of women, critical discourse analysis

They are happy to lend their expertise to your articles or broadcasts and share their research discoveries and insights with the community via media channels.

For additional assistance with story ideas, general advice and information or help with seeking further experts, please email the UQ Media Team or telephone (07) 3365 1120.

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ResearcherID: N-5944-2018

ORCID: 0000-0002-6886-699X

Scopus ID: 56765466800

Google Scholar ID: EGbbcWQAAAAJ

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