Associate Professor Trevor Cullen

Associate Professor

Telephone: (61 8)  9370 6354  
Facsimile: (61 8)  9370 6668  
Email: t.cullen@ecu.edu.au   
Campus: Mount Lawley  
Room: ML3.225  

 

Awards and Recognition

University and National Teaching Awards

  • 2010 - ECU Vice-Chancellor’s Award for Engagement in Learning and Teaching
  • 2009 - ECU Professional Development Scholarship
  • 2008 - Carrick Institute Citation Award for Outstanding Contribution to Student Learning
  • 2008 - ECU Vice-Chancellor’s Citation for Outstanding Contribution to Student Learning
  • 2007 - ECU Vice-Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching

National and International Research Positions

  • Appointed as an Assessor for the Australian Research Council
  • Appointed Research Fellow at the Pacific Media Centre, Auckland University of Technology, Auckland, New Zealand

Staff Qualifications

  • GradCert (Graduate Certificate), Edith Cowan University, 2008 .
  • PhD (Doctoral Degree), The University of Queensland, 2000 .
  • MA (Master of Arts), England, 1993 .

Research

Recent Research Grants

  • Construction of the subject as heart patient in the context of the gift economy,  Australian Research Council,  Grant - Linkage (APAI)(**),  2010,  $13,611.
  • Construction of the subject as heart patient in the context of the gift economy,  Australian Research Council,  Grant - Linkage (APAI),  2009,  $38,669.
  • Construction of the subject as heart patient in the context of the gift economy,  Australian Research Council,  Grant - Linkage (APAI),  2008,  $26,140.
  • Construction of the subject as heart patient in the context of the gift economy,  Australian Research Council,  Grant - Linkage (APAI),  2007,  $31,627.

Recent Publications (within the last five years)

Book Chapters

  • Cullen, T., (2010), Reporting HIV and its Broader Impact in Asia: The case of Papua New Guinea (PNG). Liberalizing, Feminizing and Popularizing Health Communications in Asia, 43- 58, Surrey, UK..

Journal Articles

  • Cullen, T., (2011), Health reporting: The missing links. ejournalist, 11(2), 137-148, University of Technology Sydney (UTS).
  • Cullen, T., Callaghan, R., (2010), The use of narrative fiction to spread HIV information in Papua New Guinea. ejournalist, 10(2), 32- 44, Queensland, Australia.
  • Cullen, T., Callaghan, R., (2010), Promises, promises: Are Australian universities deceiving journalism students?. Australian Journalism Review, 32(2), 115 - 127, Adelaide.
  • Cullen, T., (2010), Student journalists learn about Aboriginal communities and culture in Western Australia. Asia Pacific Media Educator, 20(December), 153-162, Wollongong, NSW.
  • Cullen, T., Callaghan, R., (2010), Reporting HIV in Papua New Guinea: Trends and omissions from 2000 to 2010. Pacific Journalism Review, 16(2), 163-177, Auckland.
  • Cullen, T., (2009), Health Communication Theories: Implications for HIV Reporting in Asia and the Pacific. Asia Pacific Media Educator, 2009(19), 99-111, University of Wollongong.

Conference Publications

  • Cullen, T., (2011), The value of practical placements: What student journalists learnt while working with Aboriginal communities. Developing student skills for the next decade: Proceedings of the 20th Teaching and Learning Forum, 8p., Perth, WA.
  • Cullen, T., (2009), The Catalyst Clemente project: Making journalism education accessible to disadvantaged Australians. Journalism Education Association of Australia (JEAA) Conference proceedings , 6p., Perth, Western Australia.
  • Cullen, T., (2008), Reporting HIV and HIV Communication Theories. Changing Media, Changing Societies: Media and the Millennium Development Goals, 21, Singapore.

Creative Works

  • Cullen, T., (2010), Chinese Christians in Western Australia. Chung Wah Association Centenary Celebration, Souvenir Publication.
  • Karpathakis, G., Cullen, T., Waters, B., Businovski, L., (2009), My other self (Co-curator). My other self , Spectrum Project Space.

Research Student Supervision

Principal Supervisor

  • Doctor of Philosophy,  Charismatic Televangelism In India: A Case Study Of Christian Broadcasting Network's Impact On The Church And Community In India..