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Dr Danielle Brady

Honorary Senior Lecturer

Staff Member Details
Email: d.brady@ecu.edu.au
ORCID iD: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6508-6197

Danielle an Honorary Senior Lecturer at the School of Arts and Humanities.

Professional associations

  • Australia and New Zealand Environmental History Network (Member)
  • Association for the Study of Literature, Environment & Culture, Australia and New Zealand (Member)
  • Australia and New Zealand Communications Association (Member)

Awards and recognition

University and National teaching awards

  • 2007 - ECU Vice-Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching
  • 2007 - Australian Learning and Teaching Council Citation Award

Other

  • Assessor for the Australian Research Council

Research areas and interests

  • Cultural value of the environment
  • Communication technology and community
  • Environmental humanities

Qualifications

  • Master of Arts (Science and Technology Studies), Deakin University, 2000.
  • Doctor of Philosophy, The University of Queensland, 1992.
  • Bachelor of Science (First Class Honours), Murdoch University, 1986.

Research Outputs

2022

Journal Articles

  • Brady, D., Bradby, K., Butler, G., Gaynor, A. (2022). Community-led land management: historical perspectives, future prospects. Australasian Journal of Environmental Management, 29(2), 218-233. https://doi.org/10.1080/14486563.2022.2077848.

2020

Book Chapters

  • Brady, D. (2020). Saying no to Roe 8. Eco-activism and social work : New directions in leadership and group work (74-88). Routledge.

Journal Articles

  • Pietracatella, R., Brady, D. (2020). A New Development in Front Group Strategy: The Social Aspects Public Relations Organization (SAPRO). Frontiers in Communication, 5(2020), Article Number: 24. https://doi.org/10.3389/fcomm.2020.00024.

2019

Book Chapters

  • Brady, D., Gaynor, A. (2019). European history of the Greater Brixton Street Conservation Area and surrounds. A jewel in the crown of a global biodiversity hotspot (419-430). Kwongan Foundation and WA Naturalists Society.

Journal Articles

2018

Journal Articles

  • Brady, D., Ferguson, N., Adams, M. (2018). Usability of MyFireWatch for non-expert users measured by eyetracking. The Australian Journal of Emergency Management, 33(4), 28-34.
  • Brady, D., Murray, J. (2018). Reimagining the cultural significance of wetlands: From Perth’s lost swamps to the Beeliar Wetlands. Coolabah, 24 & 25(na), 292-307.

2017

Conference Publications

  • Barwood, D., Brady, D., Jones, A., Strickland, M., Blane, S. (2017). Creating an understanding of the UV Index amongst pre-service teachers. Proceedings of the 30th ACHPER International Conference: Participation in an active and healthy life: Valuing the participant voice (46-53). Australian Council for Health, Physical Education and Recreation.

2016

Journal Articles

  • Pietracatella, R., Brady, D. (2016). Drink wisely Australians, but keep drinking: does the alcohol industry in Australia frame the discourse on alcohol to maintain hegemony?. Media International Australia, 160(1), 53-66. https://doi.org/10.1177/1329878X16651136.
  • Haimes, P., Medley, S., Brady, D., Baba, T. (2016). Exploring community attitudes towards sharing of bushfire information online. Journal of Disaster Research, 11(3), 552-558. https://doi.org/10.20965/jdr.2016.p0552.

2015

Journal Articles

  • Ryan, J., Brady, D., Kueh, C. (2015). Where Fanny Balbuk Walked: Re-imagining Perth’s Wetlands. M/C Journal, 18(6), online.

2014

Journal Articles

  • Green, L., Brady, D. (2014). Do Australian children trust their parents more than peers when seeking support for online activities?. Continuum: Journal of Media and Cultural Studies, 28(1), 112-122. https://doi.org/10.1080/10304312.2013.854866.

Creative Arts Research Outputs

  • Giblett, R., Ryan, J., Saraswati, A., Murray, J., Brady, D., Kueh, C. (2014). Reimagining Perth's Lost Wetlands Exhibition. Perth Town Hall.

2013

Book Chapters

Journal Articles

  • Brady, D., Webb, N. (2013). Communicating bushfire safety in Australia: the challenge for government of increasing community participation. Asia Pacific Media Educator, 23(2), 355-369. https://doi.org/10.1177/1326365X13517191.
  • Holloway, D., Green, L., Brady, D. (2013). FireWatch: Creative Responses to Bushfire Catastrophes. M/C Journal, 16(1), online.

Conference Publications

  • Haimes, P., Brady, D., Clarkson, B., Medley, S. (2013). Engaging with communities as a design process: redesigning the FireWatch interface. Earth: Fire & Rain - Proceedings of the Australian & New Zealand Disaster and Emergency Management Conference 2013 (107-124). AST Management Pty Ltd.
  • Holloway, D., Green, L., Brady, D. (2013). 0-8: Young children's Internet use. Refereed Proceedings of the 2013 Australian and New Zealand Communication Association Conference: (11p). Australian and New Zealand Communication Association.

Reports

  • Green, L., Brady, D., Holloway, D., Staksrud, E., Olafsson, K. (2013). What bothers Australian kids online? Children comment on bullies, porn and violence. Australia. ARC Centre of Excellence for Creative Industries and Innovation.

2012

Journal Articles

  • Vidyarini, TN., Brady, D. (2012). Cultural Diplomacy as Public Relations in an Indonesian Consulate in Australia. Asia Pacific Public Relations Journal, 13(2), 27-34.

Conference Publications

  • Brady, D., Holloway, D., Green, L. (2012). Firewatch: Use of satellite imagery by remote communities in northern Australia for fire risk communications. Proceedings of the Eighth International Conference on Cultural Attitudes towards Technology and Communication (CATaC) 2012 (372-382). School of Information Technology, Murdoch University.

Creative Arts Research Outputs

  • Brady, D., Ferguson, N. (2012). Embody - Editorial. M/C A Journal of Media and Culture. QUT.

Reports

  • Green, L., Olafsson, K., Brady, D., Smahel, D. (2012). Excessive internet use among Australian children. Summary report. Australia. ARC Centre of Excellence for Creative Industries and Innovation.

2011

Journal Articles

  • Green, L., Brady, D., Olafsson, K., Hartley, J., Lumby, C. (2011). Risks and safety for Australian children on the internet: Full findings from the AU Kids Online survey of 9-16 year olds and their parents. Cultural Science, 4(1), 1-73.

Conference Publications

  • Green, L., Hartley, J., Lumby, C., Brady, D. (2011). Australian children's experiences of parents' online mediation. Network Insight Institute.

2010

Journal Articles

  • Robson, J., Brady, D., Hopkins, L. (2010). From practice to the page: Multi-disciplinary understandings of the written component of practice-led studies. Australasian Drama Studies, 57(October), 188-199.

Research Projects

  • Reimagining Perth's Lost Wetlands, Edith Cowan University, ECU Industry Collaboration Grant - 2014 (Round 2), 2014 ‑ 2016, $35,947.
  • Using community engagement and enhanced visual information to promote FireWatch satellite communication as a support for collaborative decision-making, Australian Research Council, Grant - Linkage (Projects), 2012 ‑ 2016, $215,982.

Research Student Supervision

Current Supervisions

Co-principal Supervisor

  • Doctor of Philosophy, Representations of China in Australian News: Reports from 2018 to 2020

Completed Supervisions

Principal Supervisor

  • Master of Arts by Research, Public relations crisis management during the melamine-tainted milk crisis in China
  • Master of Arts by Research, Peel, fondle, ogle. An exhibition. - and - unfixed parameters: A creative arts praxis investigation of the in-between conditions of the corporeal body. an exegesis.
  • Doctor of Philosophy, A leap in the dark: Identity, culture and the trauma of war mediated through the visual art of North-East European migrants and emigres to Australia after 1945
  • Doctor of Philosophy, Chinese diaspora and Western Australian nature (Perth region): A study of material engagement with the natural world in diasporic culture
  • Doctor of Philosophy, Life Storytelling around the Digital Campfire: Commenters’ Networked Participation on the Humans of New York Facebook Page

Co-principal Supervisor

  • Doctor of Philosophy, Representations of obesity in newspapers: A comparative study between China and Australia

Associate Supervisor

  • Doctor of Philosophy, Directing through dialogue: A theatre director's exploration of leadership
  • Doctor of Philosophy, Brand and public relations in Taiwanese not-for-profit sector: A case study of the Eden Social Welfare Foundation.
  • Doctor of Philosophy, A study of walking and walkability through a spatial justice/spatial practice framework, in Maylands, Western Australia
  • Doctor of Philosophy, Designing for communities in bushfire-prone situations: Redesigning the firewatch website interface.
  • Master of Arts, A comparative study of Indigenous people's and early European settlers' usage of three Perth wetlands, Western Australia 1829 -1939
  • Doctor of Philosophy, Drawn from artists' lives: An empirical study of the situation and realisation of professional visual art practices in the Western Australian field of cultural production.
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