Education
- Bachelor of Arts, Double Major in History and Politics, Flinders University of South Australia (1986-1988).
- Honours (First Class) in Politics, Flinders University (1989).
- Master of Arts by research (Political Science), Flinders University (Awarded with minor grammatical alterations) (1990-1994).
- Doctor of Philosophy (Political Science), Australian National University. (Awarded with minor grammatical alterations) (1995-1999).
Employment History
- Current Position: Senior Lecturer, School of Humanities, Griffith University.
Australia Research Council Future Fellow, 2010-2014. - 2008: promoted to Senior Lecturer (Level C)
- 2003: appointed Lecturer (Level B) School of Arts, Media and Culture, Griffith University.
- 2001-2003: Research Associate (ARC funded), Political Science Program, Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National University.
- 1995-1999: Ph.D. student (Scholarship), Australian National University.
- 1994: Lecturer (Level A), Department of Politics, Flinders University, Semester 1.
- 1993: Lecturer (Level A), Department of Politics, Flinders University, Semester 1.
- 1990-1994: M.A. student (Scholarship), Flinders University.
Grants and Awards
- 2010-14. Inaugural recipient of an Australia Research Council Future Fellowship (4 years full-time research position) Project title: A Colonial and Conceptual History of Asymmetric Warfare.
- 2010. Research Fellowship at the Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities, University of Edinburgh. Project title: War in the Dialogue of Nations: Adam Ferguson and the Paradox of Enlightenment Civilization.
- 2009-10. Nominated for a Griffith Awards for Excellence in Teaching.
- 2009. Appointed as Partner Investigator, Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence in Policing and Security, Griffith University.
- 2009. Griffith University Research Grant ($16,000). Project title: The Subject of War: An Intellectual History of Asymmetric Warfare and Colonization c.1650-1850.
- 2007-9. Australian Research Council Discovery Grant ($170,000) with Professors Lisa Hill and Wilfrid Prest. Project title: Corrupting Government: An Intellectual History of Political Corruption.
- 2008-9. Nominated for a Griffith Awards for Excellence in Teaching.
- 2006-7. Appointed as Research Fellow, Centre for Public Culture and Ideas, Griffith University (February-July).
- 2006. Appointed as Visiting Scholar, School of History and Politics, University of Adelaide, July-December.
- 2005-6. Griffith University Research Grant ($13,000). Project title: Trafficking for Empire: Trade, Treaties and the Expansion of the British Empire in the Pacific 1750-1837.
- 2005-6. Travel Bursary ($3,000) awarded by the Dean of Arts, Griffith University.
- 2004-5. Nominated for a Griffith Awards for Excellence in Teaching.
- 2003-4. Griffith University New Research Grant ($10,000). Project title: Treating With Indigenous Sovereignty: Australia and Canada.
- 1995-8. Australian National University Scholarship, ANU.
- 1990-2. Australian Postgraduate Research Award, Flinders University.
Teaching Experience
| Year |
Teaching Activity |
|---|---|
2010- |
Principal Supervisor of PhD: Ms Karen Laughton Ms Jillian Beard |
| 2007-09 |
Dr. Alex Naraniecki, Popper Re-appraised: New Perspectives on Karl Popper’s Political and Ethical Thought. |
| 2006-2009 |
Dr. Malcolm Allbrook, 'Imperial Family’: The Prinseps, Empire and Colonial Government in India and Australia. |
| 2005-09 |
Dr. Claire Kennedy, The Transformation of the Democratic Left Party in Italy 1989-2000: A Case Study in Venice. |
2005-06 |
Associate Supervisor of PhD: |
2009 |
Honours Supervisor: Ms Jillian Beard, “Conciliate their affections’: Governor Phillip’s Instructions and Early Colonial Government in Australia 1788-1814’. (Thesis awarded 85%; First Class Honours and University Medal). |
| Ms Karen Laughton, ‘Rethinking Racial Hierarchies in Early Colonial New South Wales’ (Thesis awarded 90%; First Class Honours). | |
2009 |
Course Convenor Moral Philosophy 2025HUM, upper year undergraduate ethics, 57 students, online-only. |
| 2008-09 |
Advising the Prince: Ethics, Politics and Power PHIL520, philosophy postgraduate coursework, online-only. |
| Introducing Ethics 2025ART, upper year undergraduate ethics, 59 students on two campuses and online. | |
| 2007-09 |
World History 1017HUM, first year undergraduate history, 300 students on two campuses. |
| 2006 |
Honours Convenor, School of Humanities (includes: Honours Dissertation Preparation Workshop 6004AMC). |
| 2003-06 |
The Rise of Europe 1003AMC, first year undergraduate history course, 354 students on two campuses. |
| 2003-05 |
Moral Disagreement 3038AMC, upper year undergraduate applied ethics course, 46 students on one campus. |
| 2002 |
Advising the Prince POLS4005, Politics Honours course (Department of Political Science and International Relations, Australian National University), 13 students. |
2009 |
Team Teacher (responsible for a section of courses – lectures, content and teaching materials) Thinking Ethically 2706ART, upper year compulsory ethics course (6 one hour lectures). |
| 2008-09 |
Foundations of Western Culture 1705ART, first year undergraduate history course (3 two hour lectures). |
| 2007-09 |
Australian History 2101AMC, upper year undergraduate history course (3 lectures and 3, 2hr workshops). |
| 2004-09 |
Cross Cultural History 2056ART, upper year undergraduate history course (4 lecture/seminars, one conducted jointly). |
| 2003-09 |
Great Ideas 1011AMC, first year undergraduate philosophy course (4 lectures and 2 tutorials). |
| 2003 |
Introducing Ethics 2025AMC, upper year undergraduate ethics course (4 lectures and 2 tutorials). |
1999-2000 |
Tutor Tutor (and occasional lecturer) in the Department of Political and International Studies and Department of Sociology, Flinders University. Courses include: Political Sociology; Classics of Political Thought; Modern Political Thought; Youth and Consumerism. |
| Tutor (and occasional lecturer) in the Politics Department, University of Adelaide. Course: Justice, Law and the State. | |
| 1994 |
Lecturer, Department of Politics, Flinders University. Course: Politics 1. |
| 1993 |
Lecturer, Department of Politics, Flinders University. Course: Politics 1. |
| 1990-2 |
Tutor and occasional lecturer in the Department of Politics, Flinders University; and the Politics Department, University of Adelaide. Courses include: Anarchism and Libertarianism I and II; Political Sociology; Politics 1. |