PhD, MA (Drama), BEd, DipTeachContact details for Associate Professor Penny Bundy
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Research expertise
Associate Professor Bundy has been a Chief Investigator on several ARC funded Linkage Projects. Her particular research interests relate to the nature of engagement and the role of distance in offering possibilities for change for those engaged in the drama.
Current grants
- ARC Linkage - Balfour, M., Burton, B., Bates, M., Bundy, P., Dunn, J., & Wilson, K. (2010-2012). Developing refugee resilience and effective settlement through drama-based interventions.
- ARC Linkage - O'Toole, J., Burton, B., Ewing, R., O'Brien, A., Bundy, P., Donelan, K., Anderson, M., Hughes, J., Sinclair, C., Jordan, N. (2007-2011). Accessing the cultural conversation: investigating participation and non participation of young people as audiences of live theatrical performances in Australia (TheatreSpace).
Teaching areas
Postgraduate supervisions include PhD, Masters and Honours level students. Some examples of areas of investigation currently being supervised include: An investigation of the teacher as collaborative artist; The construction and reconstruction of images and voices of gender in the Senior drama classroom; the therapeutic benefit of drama when used in the context of working with adults who were institutionalised during their childhoods; Curriculum development as a collaborative process. Undergraduate and Masters Coursework teaching interests include process drama, applied theatre practices, playbuilding, scriptwriting and ethnodrama. For more information on teaching areas and postgraduate/RHD supervisions.