Dr Julie Dare

Lecturer

Telephone: (61 8)  6304 2613  
Facsimile: (61 8)  6304 5449  
Email: j.dare@ecu.edu.au   
Campus: Joondalup  
Room: JO19.395  

 

Current Teaching

  • Public health
  • Health promotion
  • Health sociology
  • Health communication
  • Women’s health

Background

  • 2008-present: Lecturer, School of Exercise and Health Sciences
  • 2003-2008: Sessional Lecturer, School of Communication and Arts
  • 2008: Sessional Tutor, School of Computer and Information Science

Awards and Recognition

Other

  • Australian Postgraduate Award (APA)
  • ECU Excellence Award
  • FA Sharr Medal (ALIA)

Research Areas and Interests

  • Women’s health
  • The role of social support in sustaining health
  • Gender and health
  • The role of information and communication technologies in facilitating access to social support
  • Social networks and alcohol consumption
  • Ethical communication practices and the Internet
  • Women as ‘natural born carers’

Staff Qualifications

  • Bachelor of Science, Edith Cowan University .
  • PhD (Doctoral Degree), Edith Cowan University, 2010 .
  • BCommsHons (Bach of Communications Honours), Edith Cowan University, 2006 .
  • Certificate, UNKNOWN, 2003 .

Research

Recent Research Grants

  • An exploration of how social context and type of living arrangement are linked to alcohol consumption amongst older Australians,  Alcohol Education and Rehabilitation Foundation Ltd,  Grant,  2011,  $16,000.

Recent Publications (within the last five years)

Book Chapters

  • Dare, J., (2011), Women, kin-keeping and the inscription of gender in mediated communication environments. Women and language: Essays on gendered communication across media, 185-198, Jefferson, North Carolina, USA.

Journal Articles

  • Dare, J., Wilkinson, C., Rai, T., (2011), The forgotten Australians: An investigation of alcohol use amongst senior citizens. Drug and Alcohol Review, 30(SUPP 1), 22.
  • Dare, J., (2011), Transitions in midlife women's lives: Contemporary experiences. Health Care for Women International, 32(2), 111-113, DOI: 10.1080/07399332.2010.500753.
  • Wilkinson, C., Dare, J., Waters, S., Allsop, S., McHale, S., (2011), Bottoms up! Older Australians: an investigation of the association between alcohol use and social context. Drug and Alcohol Review, 30(1), 90.
  • Dare, J., Green, L., (2011), Rethinking social support in women?s midlife years: Women?s experiences of social support in online environments. European Journal of Cultural Studies, 14(5), 473-490, DOI: 10.1177/1367549411412203.
  • Green, L., Costello, L., Dare, J., (2010), Veganism, health expectancy, and the communication of sustainability. Australian Journal of Communication, 37(3), 51-72, St Lucia, Brisbane, Queensland.

Conference Publications

  • Dare, J., (2009), Women and friendship: The role of communication technologies in sustaining critical connections. Communications, Creativity and Global Citizenship: Refereed Proceedings of the Australian and New Zealand Communication Association Conference 2009, 485-500, Brisbane, Queensland .
  • Dare, J., (2008), Working towards a learner-centred environment. ECulture 2008 Conference, Joondalup, W.A..
  • Dare, J., (2008), Domestic Space: Virtually Underestimated?. Proceedings of the Transforming Information and Learning Conference: Transformers: people, technologies and spaces, 15-28, Mt Lawley, W.A..