B.A. Hons, UTas. PhD Utas.

Associate Lecturer,Sociology

Discipline : Sociology

Click here for link to UTas Web Access Research Portal (WARP) which lists Emily's funded projects, graduate research supervision and publication information.

Research Areas

• Risk in contemporary society
• Sexuality and gender
• Youth studies
• Narrative and identity construction
• Rural health
• Social research methods

Research Interests

Emily’s research is driven by an interest in the way young people use storytelling as a tool for identity construction. Her thesis analyses young rural Tasmanians narratives of sexual risk taking and was conferred by the University in 2008.

During 2009 Emily is coordinating HGA101 Sociology A in both internal and distance mode, and two Masters in Ageing and Social Planning units: HGA527/627 Special Topic in Ageing (Gender and Sexuality) and HGA528/628 Healthy Communities.

Units

• HGA101 - Sociology A
  
• HGA527 - Special Topic in Ageing
  
• HGA528 - Healthy Communities
  
• HGA627 - Special Topic in Ageing
  
• HGA628 - Healthy Communities
  

Selected Publications:

• Bishop, E., 2006, '‘Stories of sexual risk: myth as a framework for expressions of narrative identity’', TASA 2006 Conference Proceedings, Perth, The Australian Sociological Association