Dr. Nicole Matthews

Biography

Nicole Matthews lectures in media cultural studies at the Department of Media, Music, Communication and Cultural Studies at Macquarie University, Sydney. She graduated from the University of Adelaide with a BA (Hons) in English and Politics in 1991 and completed her PhD at Griffith University in 1998. Nicole has lectured in media cultural studies at Liverpool John Moores University in the UK from 1995 to 2007 and has completed a Graduate Diploma in Education. Her research interests combine auto/biography, disability studies, Deaf studies, popular genres, and broadcast electronic media. She is particularly focused on the convergence of mobile phones and digital hearing aids, examining how these technologies influence the experiences of Deaf and hard-of-hearing individuals. Nicole is also engaged in social justice-oriented listening in various contexts. Her teaching includes undergraduate courses such as 'Screening (Ab)normal Bodies' and 'Health, Bodies, Media'. She has supervised numerous PhD students and has a long-standing interest in inclusive higher education and collaborative learning. Nicole has published extensively on educational transitions, inclusive approaches in higher education, and the use of lived experience narratives in professional education.

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