Dr Kirsty Whitman

 Position Scholarly Teaching Fellow
 Org Unit School of Social Sciences
 Email kirsty.whitman@adelaide.edu.au
 Telephone +61 8 8313 4897
 Location Floor/Room 1 ,  Napier ,   North Terrace

  • Biography/ Background

    Dr Kirsty Whitman is a Scholarly Teaching Fellow and Lecturer in Australian Politics in the Depatment of Politics and International Relations. She teaches and researches in Australian politics, public policy, inequality, neoliberalism, gender, identity, and class. Her research intersts also include social inclusion, educational inequtiy in Australia, far right political movements and intersectionality theory. Kirsty completed her PhD here at the University of Adelaide and has taught in Sociology, Gender Studies and the Faculty of Arts core courses. Her current research focusses on the white working-claass masculinities, Australian politics and the the far right. 

  • Research Interests

    • Australian politics
    • Public policy
    • Masculinities
    • Gender
    • Social class
    • Social inclusion and exclusion
    • Intersectionality theory
    • Neoliberalism in Australia
    • Educational inequality 
    • New media

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Entry last updated: Friday, 24 Feb 2023

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