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Ms Giselle Woodley

Lecturer

Staff Member Details
Email: g.woodley@ecu.edu.au
ORCID iD: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7521-5001

Giselle Woodley is a Lecturer and Research Fellow within the School of Arts and Humanities.

Background

Giselle Woodley is a lecturer/research fellow in the School of Arts and Humanities at Edith Cowan University in Australia and is a sexologist with a background in Arts and Media. Her PhD research investigatec teens' perspectives of Sexually-Explicit Materials (SEM), including pornography, and teens' experiences of their Relationships and Sexuality Education (both at home, school and online). Giselle is a co-founder of Bloom-Ed a Relationships and Sexuality Education (RSE) advocacy group, and she is particularly interested in the benefits of RSE and real solutions that work in relation to these issues, which ultimately increase individual wellbeing, support healthy relationships, and reduce sexual violence.

Giselle is currently part of the Australian Research Council projects 'Adolescents’ perceptions of harm from accessing online content' and 'Teen-informed strategies to counter sexual image abuse and sextortion'

Professional associations

  • 2025 - World Association for Sexual Health
  • 2025 - Society of Australian Sexologists
  • 2025 - Australian Association for Adolescent Health

Awards and recognition

National and International awards

  • 2024 - Most prolific author in the Conversation
  • 2024 - Best Expert Commentary Award, Most Widely Read Conversation Article by an ECU Researcher in 2024 (Highly Commended)
  • 2021 - Best Debut Author in the Conversation

University and National teaching awards

  • 2024 - Vice-Chancellor Student Special Commendation for Community Engagement
  • 2024 - Graduate Women of WA - Education award

Research areas and interests

  • Sexology
  • Relationships and Sexuality Education
  • Pornography
  • Sexting
  • Digital intimacies

Qualifications

  • Doctor of Philosophy, Edith Cowan University, 2025.
  • Doctor of Philosophy, Edith Cowan University, 2025.

Research Outputs

2025

Book Chapters

  • Dudek, D., Green, L., Woodley, G. (2025). “We were just havin’a bit of fun”: Teenagers and Porn in Sex Education. Sex Education: School's Out for Netflix (288). Bloomsbury.

Journal Articles

  • Chronaki, D., Dudek, D., Woodley, G. (2025). Young people’s perceptions of harm from accessing online sexual content. New Media and Society, 27(5), 2457-2472.. https://doi.org/10.1177/14614448251333746.
  • Vrankovich, S., Burns, S., Woodley, G., Hendriks, J. (2025). Addressing ‘wicked complex problems’: Qualitative understandings of sexual violence prevention in male-dominated industries. Global Public Health, 20(1), Article number 2446720. https://doi.org/10.1080/17441692.2024.2446720.
  • Chronaki, D., Tsaliki, L., Dudek, D., Staksrud, E., Woodley, G., Thuy Dinh, TD. (2025). Debating pornography and the notion of harm in public discourse: The case of Billie Eilish’s experiences with sexual content online. New Media and Society, 27(5), 2457-2472. https://doi.org/10.1177/14614448251333740.
  • Langton, K., Jayakumar, E., See, H., Archer, C., Woodley, G. (2025). Balancing digital presents and futures: understanding first-time parents’ practices, plans, and perceptions of ‘quality’ and risk in young children’s digital engagements. Media International Australia, 2025(Article in press), 18 pages. https://doi.org/10.1177/1329878X251330298.

2024

Journal Articles

  • Woodley, G., Cayley, G., Senior, I., See, H., Green, L. (2024). '[Do] I Have To Get It In Writing Or Something?' What Happens When Sexuality Education Is Conceptualised Through Consent?. Youth, 4(4), 1739-1756. https://doi.org/10.3390/youth4040110.
  • Woodley, G., Jaunzems, K. (2024). Minimising the Risk: Teen Perspectives on Sexual Choking in Pornography. M/C Journal, 27(4), Article number 3088. https://doi.org/10.5204/mcj.3088.
  • Woodley, G., Green, L., Jacques, C. (2024). ‘Send Nudes?’: Teens’ perspectives of education around sexting, an argument for a balanced approach. Sexualities: studies in culture and society, 2024(Article in press), TBD. https://doi.org/10.1177/13634607241237675.
  • Quain, J., Mayberry, L., Sibosado, A., Woodley, G., Hendriks, J. (2024). Mooditj–Indigenous Australian sexuality education adapted for hilltribe youth of Northern Thailand: evaluation of delivery through a mixed-methods approach. Curriculum Studies in Health and Physical Education, 15(2), 216-233. https://doi.org/10.1080/25742981.2024.2341677.
  • See, H., Woodley, G. (2024). ‘Firsthand’ versus ‘Secondhand’ Perspectives of Harm: Emphasising Teens’ Firsthand Perspectives of Online Sexual Content. M/C Journal, 27(4), Article number 3077. https://doi.org/10.5204/mcj.3077.

2022

Journal Articles

  • Dudek, D., Woodley, G., Green, L. (2022). ‘Own your narrative’: Teenagers as producers and consumers of porn in Netflix’s Sex Education. Information, Communication and Society, 25(4), 502-515. https://doi.org/10.1080/1369118X.2021.1988130.
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