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CURRICULUM VITAE

(as of April 2nd, 2014)

Dr Maria Pallotta-Chiarolli

Senior Lecturer in Social Diversity in Health and Education

School of Health and Social Development

Deakin University

221 Burwood Highway, Burwood, Vic, 3125

Ph: 61 03 9251 7198

Mobile: 0414 804 529

Email: mariapc@deakin.edu.au

Dr Maria Pallotta-Chiarolli has gained national and international recognition as

a writer, researcher, lecturer and consultant in the issues of cultural diversity,

gender diversity, sexual diversity, family diversity, HIV/AIDS, and social

diversity in health and education, with a specific focus on adolescence and young

people.

In 1999, Maria was honoured with the title of Lifelong Honorary Patron of

PFLAG Victoria.

Maria is also an External Faculty Member of Saybrook University ,

San Francisco (upon invitation in 2002), teaching and supervising in its

postgraduate programs on sexual and gender diversity in health and

education.

In 2003, Maria was invited to become a Founding Member of AGMC (Australian

GLBTIQ Multicultural Council), an umbrella organisation supporting culturally

and religiously diverse GLBTIQ communities, services and organisations in

Australia, and which has been recognised as a member of FECCA (Federation of

Ethnic Communities Councils of Australia).

Apart from her teaching and supervision (at both undergraduate and

postgraduate level), research and writing, Maria is regularly called upon to act as a

consultant in educational, workplace, youth services, health services and

community service settings. Maria is also regularly invited to speak at diverse

community, educational, organizational and other functions and conferences, and in

various media such as television, radio and newspaper.

Career History:

July 1998- : Deakin University- Burwood Campus, Senior Lecturer in Social

Diversity in Health and Education in the School of Health and Social

Development

With specific focus on ethnicities, genders and sexualities in relation

to young people’s sexual, mental, social and emotional health; and the use of a

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wide range of qualitative research and evaluation methods.

Undergraduate Teaching:

HSH 210 Social Diversity and Health

HSH 313 Contemporary Health Issues

Other roles:

Member of CHASE

(Centre for Health through Action on Social Exclusion)

PhD students:

Lisa Gibbs: Men's Accessing of Health Services (using Arthritis Victoria as research

base (successfully examined, minor amendments, 2004).

John Oliffe: Masculinity, Heterosexuality and Prostate Cancer, (successfully examined,

minor amendments, 2004)

Alana Hulme: Youth Homelessness and Health Settings (successfully examined, minor

amendments, 2005)

Belinda Crockett: HIV, Stigma and Women in Papua New Guinea (successfully

examined, minor amendments, 2005)

Jan Moore: The Impact of Work Practices on the Social and Mental Health of

Professional Jockeys and their Families (successfully examined, minor amendments,

2008)

Jack Migdalek: The Choreography of Gender and Embodied Performativity

(successfully examined, no amendments, 2012)

Georgia Birch: Researching the relationship between physical activity and motherhood

in older Somali women (successfully examined, no amendments, 2012)

Kim Benton: Emotionality in Me's Sexual Scripting (successfully examined, minor

amendments, 2014)

Julie Peters: An Autoethnographic Study of Gender Non-Conformists and Cultural

Discourses (at the writing stage)

Annemarie Nevill: The Way to Healing – A Return to Home: Exploring the path of older

Khmer women genocide survivors ( at the writing stage)

Joy Phillips: Aging Lesbian Women and Aged Care Facilities (at data collection stage)

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Petrina Smith: Cross-Cultural Lesbian Relationships (preparing for Confirmation of

Candidature)

Honours students:

Ashley Budds: primary school girls, body image and the media (successfully examined, 2008)

Ken Soong: gay men from Asian backgrounds and sexual health (successfully examined,

2000)

Chyloe Kurdas: young gays and lesbians from NESB in Victoria (successfully examined,

2001)

Erik Martin: bisexual young people, substance abuse and mental health (successfully

examined, 2009)

1997- 1998: National Centre in HIV Social Research, Macquarie University,

NSW, Research Officer in the NESB Men Who Have Sex With Men

Commonwealth-funded Project.

This entailed: 1. a national audit on existing health services, other organisations

and human resources available for NESB MSM as well as detailing the particular

concerns, sexual and emotional health issues of NESB MSM. The gaps between

needs and services were identified and strategies suggested for filling these gaps.

2. Designing, recruiting, analysing and publicising a specific

research project arising out of the gaps made apparent in the national audit. Thus,

homosexually active male international students, their health needs in relation to

health services was the specific project.

1997: Macquarie University, NSW, Lecturer in Sociology.

Designing, co-ordinating and lecturing in “Contemporary Sexualities” to third

year social science undergraduates including content on health policies, research

and promotion in relation to a sexually diverse society.

1996: University of Technology, Sydney, Lecturer in Social Sciences

Lecturing in "Power, Race and Ethnicity" at undergraduate level including

content on health policies, research and promotion in relation to a culturally

diverse society.

1995: Macquarie University , NSW, Lecturer in Anthropology

Designing, co-ordinating and lecturing in “Research Methodologies and Local

Communities” and “Ethnicity and Migrant Communities” at both undergraduate

and postgraduate levels. Both of these courses included content on health policies

and health promotion- in relation to research strategies in the prior course, and in

relation to culturally diverse communities in the latter.

1992- 1993: University of South Australia, Lecturer in Social Sciences

Designing, co-ordinating and lecturing in "Women's Studies" and "Social

Diversity: race, class, gender, ethnicity and sexuality in Australia" at

undergraduate levels, both of which included content on health policies, research

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and promotion in relation to gender, ethnicity and sexuality.

1991-1993: University of Adelaide, Lecturer in Women’s Studies

Co-ordinating "Women of Non-English Speaking Backgrounds in Australia" to

external postgraduate students and designing, co-ordinating and lecturing in

"Female Sexuality" at postgraduate levels, both of which included content on

health policies, research and promotion in relation to gender, ethnicity and

sexuality.

1982- 1993: Catholic Education Office, South Australia

*Gender & Equity Officer: 1990-1993- writing, consulting and implementing the

Gender & Equity Policy for all South Australian Catholic Schools

*Secondary teacher, year level co-ordinator and faculty co-ordinator: 1982-1990

Awards and Distinctions:

A semi-autobiographical book, Someone You Know (Adelaide: Wakefield Press,

1991; new edition 2002) was Australia's first AIDS biography. All royalties

donated to Bobby Goldsmith Foundation for People Living With AIDS.

In 1990-1991, Maria was the first Australian person to undertake empirical

research and publish about sexual diversity in relation to ethnicity.

In 1994, Maria was nominated for the LIONS South Australian Italian of the Year

Award and featured in the S.A. Women's Suffrage Centenary publication

Significant Italian Women in South Australia.

In 1994, Maria was awarded an Australian Postgraduate Research Scholarship to

undertake her PhD research and thesis.

In 1996, Maria was awarded an Australian Bisexual Network Community

Advancement Award for her research, writing and speaking about bisexual

issues in the gay/lesbian community and in the wider society.

In 1997, Maria was awarded first runner-up in the Sydney Women's

Library/Australian Women's Book Review Short Story Competition.

In 1996-1997, Maria’s research-based papers on ethnicity and gender were

included in two Australian educational policy documents: the MCEETYA

(Ministerial Council for Employment, Education, Training and Youth Affairs)

Gender Equity: A Framework For Australian Schools (1997), and the New

South Wales Department of School Education Gender Equity Strategy 1996-

2001.

In 1998, Maria researched, compiled and edited the book Girls’ Talk: Young

Women Speak Their Hearts and Minds (Finch Publishing, Sydney), the first

Australian book by and for girls and young women that is culturally and sexually

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inclusive.

In 1999, Maria’s autobiographical novel, Tapestry (Random House) was

shortlisted for the ACT Young Adult Read Award as voted by secondary school

students in the ACT. It was also shortlisted for the NSW Premier’s Award Ethnic

Affairs Commission category for 2000; and the Children’s Book Council Award

Non-Fiction Category for 2000.

In 1999, Maria was honoured with the title of Lifelong Honorary Patron for

PFLAG (Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays) Victoria, Australia.

In 2001, Maria’s book Boys’ Stuff: Boys Talking About What Matters (Allen

& Unwin), co-researched and co-edited with Dr Wayne Martino from Murdoch

University, Perth, was the first Australian book by and for boys and young men

that is culturally and sexually inclusive. The book was shortlisted for the Western

Australian Premier’s Award; won the Australian Book Design Award in the

Educational Texts for Young People Category ; and achieved a Highly

Commended in the Australian Award for Excellence in Educational Publishing. It

was also nominated for a Human Rights Award. The book has also been listed in

the Australian Centre for Youth Literature’s “150 Years,150 Books: Victoria’s

Most Treasured Books” list.

In 2003, Open University Press selected Maria and colleague Wayne Martino’s

book, So What’s A Boy? Issues of Masculinity in Education to launch at the

American Educational Researchers Association conference in Chicago on April

21st. The book has now been translated into Spanish by Octaedro Publishers.

In 2003, Maria was nominated for the Deakin University Postgraduate Supervisor

Award.

In 2006, Maria was contacted by the Kinsey Institute for Research in Sex,

Gender and Reproduction, Special Collections, Indiana University to allow

her research data, documents, and publications to be held there for future scholars.

In 2006, Maria’s book When Our Children Come Out, was accepted for

translation and publication in Spanish by Equipo Difusor Del Libro, Spain.

In 2008, Maria published her first novel, Love You Two, which was Australia’s,

and internationally, first young adult novel to explore bisexuality and polyamory

within a multicultural setting. In 2010, the book won the Bisexual Category of the

Lambda Literary Awards.

In 2010, Maria published Border Sexualities, Border Families in Schools which

was Australia’s first academic book on bisexual students and polyamorous

families in their negotiations with educational systems. In 2011, the book won the

Bisexual Non-fiction Category of the Lambda Literary Awards.

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Current Research Projects:

1999- co-Principal Investigator with Ms Sara Lubowitz, Convenor of the Women

of Bisexual Partners Network, on a Deakin University funded project entitled,

“Women with Bisexual Male Partners: the negotiation of sexual, emotional and

social health”. Workshops and interviews with women and with health and

relationship services were conducted as well as preparing material for journal

articles and book publications. A book contract has been signed with Lexington

Books to be published in 2013.

Projects currently in preparation for grant applications:

a) “Wogarigines”: life stories and oral histories of indigenous Australians with

Mediterranean heritages

b) “Transkids in primary schools”: addressing transgender and gender non-

conformist lives and realities in primary school settings

c) “Re-introducing pre-colonial and pre-Christian histories of gender and sexual

diversity”: developing CALD GLBTIQ anti-homophobic understandings and

strategies

d) “Agedo”: The experiences of Italian parents and families of GLBTIQ young

people in Italy and Australia: a comparative analysis

Community Involvement and Service

A member upon invitation of the MAC GLBTIQ (Ministerial Advisory

Committee for GLBTIQ Health) in Victoria in 2010.

Foundation Board Member upon invitation of the National Italian Australian

Institute

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Foundation Member upon invitation of the Don Dunstan Foundation, Victorian

Branch

Foundation Committee Member of the AGMC (Australian GLBTIQ

Multicultural Council)

A member upon invitation of the Advisors’ Committee for the Institute for 21st

Century Relationships, University of California

A member upon invitation of Saybrook University, San Francisco, as External

Faculty Member.

A member upon invitation of Mind the Gap Sexual Health and Diversity

Advisory Committee for Family Planning Victoria.

A member upon invitation of the editorial board of the refereed journal

Australian Educational Researcher

A member upon invitation of the International Advisory Editorial Board for the

Journal of Gay and Lesbian Youth.

A member upon invitation of the International Advisory Editorial Board of

Thymos: Journal of Boyhood Studies

A member upon invitation of the International Advisory Editorial Board of

Psychology and Sexuality

A member upon invitation of the International Advisory Editorial Board of Gay

and Lesbian Issues and Psychology Review.

A member upon invitation of the Planning Committee for the 7th

International

Bisexuality Conference held in Sydney in 2002

A member upon invitation of the Planning Committee for Australia’s first

Multicultural GLBT Conference, Living and Loving in Diversity to be held in

Melbourne, October, 2004.

A member of the Australian Research Alliance for Children and Youth

A member of the American Educational Research Association (AERA) Queer

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A member upon invitation of the Steering Committee of the Early Intervention

at Primary School - Preventing Discrimination and Bullying in Schools (2004)

project co-ordinated by Vicki Harding to develop an early childhood educational

resource - a reader – that challenges sexuality stereotypes and homophobia, and

raises the awareness of young children about the existence of same sex parented

families.

Co-convenor of the Schooling and Sexualities… Ten Years On conference to be

held in Melbourne, 30th

Sept to 2nd

October, 2005.

Co-convenor of the AGMC Empowering Ourselves, Empowering Our

Communities to be held in Melbourne, 13th

- 15th

October, 2006.

Publications

(listed under the following headings)

*Books

*Book Chapters

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*Refereed Journal Articles

*Refereed Journal Editorial

*Research Monographs

*Policy Document

*Incorporation into a Policy Document

*Published Conference Papers

*Unrefereed Journal Papers By Invitation

*Short Stories

*Poetry

*Annotated Bibliography

*Art Exhibition Catalogue Essay

*Book Reviews

*Published Letters

Books

Someone You Know: A Friend's Farewell , Adelaide: Wakefield Press, 1991.

(new edition, 2002)

Girls Talk: Young Women Speak Their Hearts and Minds, Lane Cove, Sydney:

Finch Publishing, 1998.

Tapestry: Italian Lives Over Five Generations, Milson’s Point, Sydney: Random

House, 1999.

In Search of the Italian Australian into the New Millennium: Conference

Proceedings co-edited with P. Genovesi, W. Musolino et al

Thornbury: Gro-set Publications, 2000.

Boys’ Stuff: Boys Talking About What Matters, co-edited with Wayne Martino

Sydney: Allen & Unwin, 2001.

So What’s A Boy? : Addressing Issues of Masculinity in Education

with co-author Wayne Martino, Maidenhead: Open University Press, 2003.

Spanish translation: 2006.

When Our Children Come Out: how to support gay, lesbian, bisexual and

transgendered young people Sydney: Finch Publishing, 2005.

"Being Normal is the Only Thing To Be": Adolescents Perspectives on Gender at

School , co-written with Wayne Martino, University of New South Wales Press,

2005.

Love You Two, Sydney: Random House, 2008.

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Border Sexualities, Border Families in Schools, New York: Rowman &

Littlefield, 2010.

M. Pallotta-Chiarolli & B. Pease (eds) The Politics of Recognition and Social

Justice: Transforming Subjectivities and New Forms of Resistance. London:

Routledge (2014)

‘Outside Belonging’: Women in Relationships with Bisexual Men. New York:

Lexington Books, scheduled for 2015.

Queerying Families of Origin co-edited with Chiara Bertone; Taylor & Francis

Books, Oxfordshire, scheduled for 2015

Book Chapters

“What About Me? Lesbians of Italian Background" in Karen Herne, Joanne

Travaglia and Elizabeth Weiss (eds) (1992) Who Do You Think You Are?

Second Generation Immigrant Women's Writing. Sydney: Women's Redress

Press, pp 142-158.

"Connecting Landscapes of Marginality: AIDS and Sexuality Issues in the

English Classroom" published in Wendy Parsons and Rob Goodwin (eds) (1994)

Landscape and Identity:Perspectives From Australia, Centre for Children's

Literature, University of South Australia and Auslib Press, Adelaide, pp 111-126.

"`Can I Write the Word GAY in My Essay?’” in Rollo Browne and Richard

Fletcher (eds) (1995) Boys in Schools: Addressing the Issues , Lane Cove,

Sydney: Finch Publishing, pp 66-81.

The `Real Voyage of Discovery': Auto/Biography, Reflexivity and Spiritual

Journeying" in Micheal Griffiths and Rob Keating (eds) (1995) Religion,

Literature and the Arts in Australia , Sydney: Australian Catholic University

Press, pp 298- 309.

With a colleague Zlatko Skrbis, "Ethnicity, Sexuality and Gender: Authority,

Compliance and Rebellion" in Jan McNamee and Leonie Rowan (ed) (1995)

Voices of a Margin: Speaking For Yourself ,Rockhampton: University of Central

Queensland Press, pp 94-105.

"`Mestizis': The Multiple Marginalities of Living In/Between Social Groups" in

Jan McNamee and Leonie Rowan (ed) (1995) Voices of a Margin: Speaking For

Yourself, Rockhampton: University of Central Queensland Press, pp 78-93.

"Choosing Not to Choose: Beyond Monogamy, Beyond Duality" in Kevin Lano

and Claire Parry (ed) (1995) Breaking The Barriers of Desire, London: Five

Leaves Publication, pp 41-67.

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"`A Rainbow in My Heart': Negotiating Sexuality and Ethnicity" in Carmel

Guerra and Rob White (eds) (1995) Ethnic Minority Youth in Australia:

Challenges and Myths, Hobart: National Clearinghouse on Youth Studies, pp

133-146.

“Landscapes of Conflict and Integration: Negotiating Ethnicity, Gender and

Sexuality in Relation to Mental and Emotional Health” in J. Larbalestier, Mary

Spongberg, Margaret Winn (eds) (1996) Women.Sexuality.Culture. Sydney

University Women’s Studies Centre and United Nations Development Fund, pp

80-95.

“A Rainbow in My Heart: Interweaving Ethnicity and Sexuality Studies” in

Catherine Beavis and Louise Laskey (eds) (1996) Schooling and Sexualities:

Teaching for a Positive Sexuality. Centre for Education and Change, Deakin

University, pp 53-68.

" 'Educating Voula'/ La Mestiza Educating: Interweaving Cultural Multiplicity,

Gender and Sexuality in Education" in Judith Gill and Maureen Dyer (eds) (1997)

Schooldays Past, Present and Future Centre for Gender Studies, University of

South Australia, pp 87-100.

“ ‘We Want To Address Boys Education But…’ “ in Jane Kenway (ed)

(1997) Will Boys Be Boys? Boys Education In the Context of Gender

Reform , Australian Curriculum Association Publication, 17-21.

“Multicultural Feminism” in Jan Larbalestier, Emma Grahame, et al (eds) (1998)

Oxford Companion to Australian Feminism, London: Oxford Publishing.

"Diary Entries from the 'Teachers' Professional Development Playground':

Multiculturalism meets Multisexualities in Education" in Gerard Sullivan and

Peter Jackson (eds) (1999) Multicultural Queer: Australian Narratives New York:

Haworth Press.

“‘Coming Out/Going Home’: Australian Girls and Young Women Interrogating

Heterosexism and Homophobia” in Lori Beckett(ed) (1998)

Everyone is Special! A Handbook For Teachers on Sexuality Education

Brisbane: Association of Women Educators.

“My Nonna” in S. Calwell and D. Johnson (eds) (1999) There’s So Much More

To Life Than Sex and Money New York and Ringwood, Vic, Penguin.

“‘Multicultural Does Not Mean Multisexual’: Social Justice and the Interweaving

of Ethnicity and Sexuality in Australian Schooling”, in Debbie Epstein and James

T. Sears (eds) (1999) A Dangerous Knowing: Sexual Pedagogies and the Master

Narrative , London: Cassell.

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“My Moving Days”: A Child’s Negotiation of Multiple Lifeworlds in

Relation to Gender, Ethnicity and Sexuality” in James T Sears and Will

Letts (eds) (1999) Queering Elementary Education: Advancing the

Dialogue about Sexualities and Schooling New York: Rowman &

Littlefield.

“‘Coming Out/Going Home’: Australian Girls and Young Women

Interrogating Racism and Heterosexism”, in Julie McLeod and Karen Malone

(eds) (2000) Researching Youth, Hobart: Australian Clearinghouse for Youth

Studies.

“Gender Performativity and Normalising Practices: exploring

heteronormativity, heterosexism and transgenderism in the lives of

young people at school” co-written with Wayne Martino in Felicity

Haynes and Tarquam McKenna (eds) (2001) Unseen Genders: Beyond the

Binaries. New York: Peter Lang.

“Outside Belonging: Multi-Sexual Relationships as Border Existence” co-written

with Sara Lubowitz in Serena Anderlini-D’Onofrio (ed) (2003) Women and

Bisexuality: A Global Perspective. New York: Haworth Press.

“From ‘Difference’ to ‘Diversity’: exploring the social determinants of

youth health” in Helen Keleher & Berni Murphy (ed) (2004)

Understanding Health: A Determinants Approach . Melbourne:

Oxford University Press.

“Weaving Textual Tapestries: Weaving the ‘Italian Woman-Writer’

into the Social Fabric” in Susanna Scarparo & Rita Wilson (eds)

(2004) Across Genres, Generations and Borders: Italian Women Writing

Lives Newark: University of Delaware Press.

“We’re the X-Files”: Bisexual Students “Messing Up Tidy Sex Files”

in Keith Gilbert (ed) (2005) Sexuality, Sport and the Culture of Risk

Oxford: Meyer and Meyer.

“Bisexual Youth” in James T Sears (ed) (2005) Youth, Education, and

Sexualities: An international encyclopedia. Westport, CT: Greenwood

Publishing Group.

“Disabilities, Physical” in James T Sears (ed) (2005) Youth,

Education, and Sexualities: An international encyclopedia.

Westport, CT: Greenwood Publishing Group.

“Ethnic Identity” in James T Sears (ed) (2005) Youth, Education, and

Sexualities: An international encyclopedia. Westport, CT: Greenwood

Publishing Group.

“Parents, Responses to Homosexuality” in James T Sears (ed) (2005) Youth,

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Education, and Sexualities: An international encyclopedia. Westport, CT:

Greenwood Publishing Group.

“ ‘We Want To Address Boys Education But…’ “ in Colin Marsh (ed)

(2005) Curriculum Controversies: Point and Counterpoint 1980- 2005,

Canberra: Australian Curriculum Studies Association Publication.

“The Someone I Got To Know” in Tanja Lee Jones (ed) (2006) Gals With

Gay Pals, Melbourne: Tanjable Press.

Schooling, Normalisation, and Gendered Bodies: Adolescent boys’ and

girls’ experiences of gender and schooling” co-authored with Wayne

Martino in Dennis Thiessen and Alison Cook-Sather (ed) (2007)

International Handbook of Student Experience in Elementary and

Secondary School, Springer: The Netherlands.

“You’re Not a Real Boy if You’re Disabled” : Boys Negotiating Physical

Disability and Masculinity in schools" co-authored with Wayne Martino in Abby

L. Ferber, Christina M. Jimenez, Andrea O'Reilly Herrera, Dena R. Samuels

(eds) (2008) The Matrix Reader Examining the Dynamics of Oppression and

Privilege New York: McGraw-Hill. page 124- 132.

‘Exclusion By Inclusion’: bisexual young people, marginalisation and

mental health in relation to substance abuse’, co-written with Erik

Martin, in Ann Taket, Beth R. Crisp, Annemarie Nevill,

Greer Lamaro, Melissa Graham, and Sarah Barter-Godfrey (ed)

Theorising Social Exclusion London: Routledge (2009)

"To Pass, Border or Pollute": Polyfamilies Go to School” in

Meg Barker and Darren Langridge (eds) Understanding Non-Monogamies

London: Routledge (2010).

‘Messing Up the Couples’ Cabinet’: On the ‘Queerly Mixed’ Borders of

the ‘Residual’ and the ‘Emergent’ in the Marriage Debates” in Victor

Marsh (ed) Speak Now: Australian Perspectives on Same-Sex Marriage

Melbourne: Clouds of Magellan (2011)

“These Are Our Children”: polyamorous parenting” written with Peter

Haydon and Anne Hunter , in Abbie Goldberg and Katherine Allen (eds)

LGBT-Parent Families: Innovations in Research and Implications for Practice

(New York: Springer, 2013)

“Queerying Muslim Identities” written with Sekneh Beckett and Alyena

Mohummadally in Abe Ata (ed) Educating Australians and the West about

Muslims. Melbourne: David Lovell Publishing (2014).

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“New Rules, No Rules, Old Rules or Our Rules””: Women Designing Mixed-

Orientation Marriages with Bisexual Men” in M. Pallotta-Chiarolli & B.

Pease (eds) The Politics of Recognition and Social Justice: Transforming

Subjectivities and New Forms of Resistance . London: Routledge (2014)

“Recognition, Resistance and Reconstruction: An Introduction to Subjectivities

and Social Justice” co-written with Bob Pease in M. Pallotta-Chiarolli & B.

Pease (eds) The Politics of Recognition and Social Justice: Transforming

Subjectivities and New Forms of Resistance. London: Routledge (2014)

“And Yet We Are Still Excluded”: Reclaiming Multicultural Queer Histories

and Engaging with Contemporary Multicultural Queer Realities” co-written

with Lian Low in Fethi Mansouri (ed) The Multicultural Challenge: Cultural,

Religious and Political Contestations (forthcoming, 2014, Springer)

“The Problem Is That He’s A Man, Not That He’s Bisexual”: women discussing bi-

masculinities and bi-misogyny” in Michael Flood & Richard Howson (eds) Engaging Men

in Building Gender Equality. (forthcoming 2015, London: Cambridge Scholars

Publishing)

Refereed journal papers

"From Coercion to Choice: Second Generation Women Seeking a Personal

Identity in the Italo-Australian Setting" in Journal Of Intercultural Studies Vol.10

No.1, 1989, pp 49-61.

"The Female Stranger in a Boys' School" in Gender and Education United

Kingdom Vol.2 No.2, 1990, pp 169-183.

"Inscribing AIDS and Sexuality: Who Has the Right to Write? Who Listens?" in

Australian Multicultural Book Review, Vol.2, No.2, 1994: 57-61.

"Butch Minds The Baby: Boys Minding Masculinity in the English Classroom" in

Interpretations: Journal of the Western Australian English Teachers' Association.

Vol.27, No.2, 1994: 96-111.

"Authority, Compliance and Rebellion in Second-Generation Individuals From

Cultural Minorities" (a joint paper with Zlatko Skrbis) Australia New Zealand

Journal of Sociology Vol.30, No. 3, November 1994: 259-272.

“ ‘Only Your Labels Split Me’: Interweaving Ethnicity and Sexuality Studies” in

English in Australia, Vol.112, July, 1995: 33-44.

“ ‘Mestizaje”: Interweaving Cultural Multiplicity and Gender Codes in English

Studies”, in Interpretations: Journal of the English Teachers’ Association of

Western Australia. Vol.28, No.2, 1995: 56-73.

“Inclusive Education is More Than Multicultural Education”, Independent

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Education New South Wales and Victorian Independent Education Unions,

Vol.26, No.1, 1996: 23-25.

“Landscapes of Conflict and Negotiation: Health Services, Ethnicities and

Sexualities”, in Social Alternatives, Vol.15, No.4, 1996: 23-24.

“Only Your Labels Split The Confusion: Of Impurity and Unclassifiability”,

Critical Inqueeries, Vol.1, No.2, 1996: 97-118.

" 'We Want To Address Boys' Education But...' " in Curriculum Perspectives:

Australian Curriculum Studies Association, Vol 17, No 1, 1997: 65-68.

" 'Educating Voula'/ Voula Educating: Interweaving Ethnicity, Gender and

Sexuality in Education" in Education Links No. 54, 1997: 16-18.

"The Boys and The Binaries: Within, Between and Beyond Oppositions in Boys'

Education Debates"" in Social Alternatives, Vol. 16, No.3, 1997: 35-38.

“Diary Entries from the 'Teachers' Professional Development Playground':

Multiculturalism meets Multisexualities in Education”. Journal of Homosexuality

Vol.36, No. ¾, 1999.

“‘Coming Out/Going Home’: Australian Girls and Young Women

Interrogating Racism and Heterosexism”, Women’s Studies Journal 1999,

15(2): 71-88.

“Living the Rainbow: interweaving cultural and sexual diversity” in

Migration Action, Vol.XXI, No.3, 1999:16-25.

“What Do They Think? Queerly Raised and Queer Friendly Students”,

Youth Studies Australia, 2000, 19(4): 34-40.

“Boys and Girls Talking About What Matters: Student Voice as Text in the

English Classroom” ( a joint paper with Wayne Martino) English in

Australia , 2002: No. 135

“Outside Belonging: Multi-Sexual Relationships as Border Existence” (a joint

paper with Sara Lubowitz) Journal of Bisexuality 2003: 3(1): 53-86

‘Men are tougher, bigger, and they don’t act real girlie’: Indigenous boys

defining and interrogating masculinities’ ( a joint paper with Wayne

Martino) Balayi: Culture, Law and Colonialism (international) 2004: 6:

143-160.

“On the Borders of Sexuality Research: young people who have sex with

both males and females”, Journal of Gay and Lesbian Issues in Education

(international) Vol 3, No 2-3, 2006, 79-86.

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“Polyparents having children, raising children, schooling children”,

Lesbian and Gay Psychology Review (international), Vol. 7, No.1,

2006; pp48-53.

“Presenting A Sampler of How Diversity is Lived and Loved” Guest

Editorial, Gay and Lesbian Issues and Psychology Vol. 4(1), 2008, p 2-6.

“International Perspectives on Bisexuality: An Introduction” guest editorial

co-written with Ron Fox and Leo Goetstouwers, Journal of Bisexuality

8(1-2), 2008, pp 3-8.

““Which Sexuality? Which Service?” Bisexual Young People’s Experiences

with Youth, Queer, and Mental Health Services.” The Journal of LGBT

Youth, co-written with Erik Martin, Vol. 6, Nos. 2-3 (2009): 199-222

“The C Words”: Clitorises, Childhood and Challenging Compulsory

Heterosexuality Discourses with Pre-service Primary Teachers”, co-written with

Greg Curran and Steph Chiarolli, Sex Education: Sexuality, Society and Learning.

Special Issue: Queering Elementary Education: The State of the Art Ten Years

Later , 2009, Vol. 9, No. 2: 155-168.

“The Boys on The Sexual Borders” in Thymos: Journal of Boyhood Studies 2009;

3(2): 129-136.

“Commercial sex work, survival sex, sexual violence and HIV/AIDS prevention in Arumeru

District, Arusha Region of Tanzania”, co-written with Andre Renzaho, The Open Tropical

Medicine Journal 2009, Vol.2: 27-38.

“I can’t wait to leave school so I can get educated: bisexual girls speak out” in

Redress: Journal of the Association of Women Educators , (2011) 20(2):2-9.

“You’re Too Queer for the Straights and Now Too Queer for the Gays!” in Journal of Bisexuality

2011, Vol 11, No.4: 566-570.

“Putting Families of Origin into the Queer Picture”, co-written with Chiara Bertone in Journal of

GLBT Family Studies (Vol 10, Issue 1-2, 2014)

“Erasure, Exclusion by Inclusion, and the Absence of Intersectionality: Bisexuality in Education”

in Journal of Bisexuality (Vol 14, Issue 1, 2014)

Refereed Journal Editorial

Special Edition of Redress: Journal of the Association of Women Educators

“Sexuality and Education”, 9(2): 2000

Special Edition of Gay and Lesbian Issues and Psychology “Living and Loving in

Diversity”: Interweaving Sexualities, Genders and Ethnicities”, (Vol 4, No 1,

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2008).

Special Edition of Journal of Bisexuality, 8(1/2), 2008 “Visibilities and Visions:

International Perspectives on Bisexuality”, co-edited with Ron Fox and Leo

Goetstouwers .

Special Edition of Journal of GLBT Family Studies, co-edited with Dr Chiara

Bertone, 10(1-2) 2014: “Putting Families of Origin into the Queer Picture”.

Special Edition of Journal of Bisexuality, 14(1) 2014: “Bisexuality in Education”.

Research Monographs

"Beyond the Myth of the `Good Italian Girl'" in Multicultural Australia Papers,

Monograph No.64, 1989, Ecumenical Migration Centre, Victoria.

"From Coercion to Choice: the Personal Identity of the Second Generation Italo-

Australian Adolescent Girl" in Multicultural Australia Papers Monograph No.68,

1990, Ecumenical Migration Centre, Victoria.

"Negotiating Ethnicity, Gender and Sexuality: The Personal Identity Formation of

Lesbians of Non-English Speaking Backgrounds" M.A. in Women's Studies

Thesis published as a monograph in Multicultural Australia Papers No. 73, 1994,

Ecumenical Migration Centre, Victoria.

Cultural Diversity and Men Who Have Sex With Men, Report for the Public

Health Unit of the Commonwealth Department of Health and Family Services

based on a Commonwealth-funded national audit with health services, support

services, key researchers and health practitioners. July, 1998. National Centre in

HIV Social Research, Uni of NSW

‘Too Busy Studying to Have Sex’?: Homosexually Active Asian Male

International Students and Sexual Health Report for the Public Health Unit of the

Commonwealth Department of Health and Family Services based on a

Commonwealth-funded national audit with health services, support services, key

researchers and health practitioners. August, 1999. National Centre in HIV Social

Research, Uni of NSW.

Reading Like Dick and Dora, Living Like Maria and Wei Tung: Literacy

Learning and the Congruence of Home and School (Disadvantaged Schools

Program, New South Wales Department of Education, 2001).

Addressing the Educational Needs of Boys, Commonwealth Govt DETYA

Research and Consultancy Report (2002) with Lori Beckett, Bob Lingard,

Wayne Martino, Bob Meyenn, Martin Mills.

The Burwood Campus from the Perspectives of Students Who Have

Disabilities (2004) with John Annison and Jenny Bartlett, a Higher

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Education Equity Program (HEEP) funded research and report for

Deakin University

Policy Document

South Australian Commission for Catholic Schools Gender and Equity

Policy , S.A. Catholic Education Office, 1993.

A 10 page document distributed to all South Australian Catholic schools and

associated groups, and to Catholic Education Offices and associated groups

throughout Australia.

Incorporation into a Policy Document:

“Cultural Bridges or Walkovers? Improving the Outcomes of Girls Who Benefit

Least From Schooling: A Special Focus on Girls Experiencing Cultural Conflict”

in Gender Equity: A Framework For Australian Schools, MCEETYA, Canberra,

1997.

"A Multicultural Approach to Literacy Education" in the New South Wales

Department of School Education Girls and Boys in Schools: Gender Equity

Strategy 1996-2001.

Published Conference Papers

"Gender Issues and the Education of Boys: Methodologies and Resources" in

Gender and Equity Co-ordinators' National Conference Papers, National Catholic

Education Commission, October, 1992, unnumbered.

"Inscribing AIDS and Sexuality: Who Has the Right to Write? Who Listens?" in

A Queer Collation: Papers from the Inaugural Queerlit National Conference ,

NSW Writers' Centre, August, 1993, unnumbered.

"Landscapes of Conflict and Integration: Emotional and Mental Health issues for

Women of Non-English Speaking Backgrounds in Relation to Gender and

Sexuality", Health for Multicultural Australia National Conference Papers,

Sydney University and Southern Sydney Area Health Services, November, 1993,

unnumbered.

"A Terrain of Intervention and Resistance: AIDS and Sexuality Issues in the

English Classroom" in Realising the Future, Australian Association of the

Teachers of English National Conference, Perth, July 1994, pp 91- 106.

“Cultural Bridges or Walkovers? Improving the Outcomes of Girls Who Benefit

Least From Schooling: A Special Focus on Girls Experiencing Cultural Conflict”

in Gender Equity: Proceedings of the Promoting Gender Equity Conference,

February 22-24, Canberra, DEET, 1995, pp 263- 278.

“Too Queer and Too Straight”: Ethnicities, Sexualities and Publishing” in

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Another Cold Collation, Proceedings of the Queerlit Conference, August 26-27,

NSW Writers’ Centre, 1995, unnumbered.

"Transcending the Reality/Fantasy Divide: The Invisible Relationship

Alternatives in Relation to Gender and Sexuality" in Fantasy and Reality in

Relationships: the Gender Dilemma, Australian Association of Marriage and

Family Counsellors, 7th National Conference, University of Queensland, July

1995: 160-173.

"Truth or Fiction: Writing Narrative in Research", Joint paper with Pieter Aquilia

for the Association of University Writing Programmes First Annual Conference,

University of Technology, Sydney, October 11th-13th, 1996, pp 193-200.

"Landscapes of Conflict, Negotiation and Integration: Health Services and the

Intersections of Ethnicities and Sexualities" in Out There Too: Social Research

and Practice Forum on Health, Sexuality and HIV/AIDS. Adelaide, March 14-15,

1996. HIV/AIDS Progress Unit, SA Health Commission, pp 115-126.

"Holding the Hand and Not Chaining the Soul": Relationship Commitments and

'Geographical Promiscuity' " in Towards a Technical 2000- Relationships With a

Future, Australian Association of Marriage and Family Counsellors, 8th National

Conference, University of Adelaide, 13-17 April, 1997: unnumbered.

“HIV, Sexual Health and International Students at Australian Universities”, 8th

International Student Advisers’ Network of Australia Proceedings, 3rd

-5th

December, 1997, Melbourne, Hilton on the Park, 219-233.

“You Can’t Be Gay, You’re Italian” in P. Genovesi, W. Musolino, M. Pallotta-

Chiarolli et al (eds) (2000) In Search of the Italian Australian into the New

Millennium: Conference Proceedings Melbourne 24th

–26th

, Thornbury: Gro-set

Publications, pp 543-551.

“Exploring Identity and Community Through the Arts and Culture” in P.

Genovesi, W. Musolino, M. Pallotta-Chiarolli et al (eds) (2000) In Search of the

Italian Australian into the New Millennium: Conference Proceedings Melbourne

24th

–26th

, Thornbury: Gro-set Publications, pp 799-806.

“The meeting of cultures” in Children’s Book Council of Australia (2004) Island

Journeys: A Quest For Inspiration: Conference Proceedings. Hobart, 2nd-5th

October, 2003

“My journey” in Children’s Book Council of Australia (2004) Island Journeys: A

Quest For Inspiration: Conference Proceedings. Hobart, 2nd-5th

October, 2003

Unrefereed Journal Papers By Invitation

"Gender Issues and the Education of Boys" in Catholic Ethos No.7, 1992, pp 2-3.

"From `Universalism' to `Unity in Diversity': Feminist Responses to the

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Intersections of Ethnicity, Sexuality and Gender" in Lilith: A Feminist History

Journal , No.8, Summer, 1993, pp 41-50.

"Access and Equity: Multiculturalism and HIV/AIDS" in AIDS Awareness Week

Bulletin (AFAO) October, No.1, 1994, pp 4.

"It's Not My Death I'm Worried About", AIDS Awareness Week Bulletin,

(AFAO) December, No. 2, 1994, p 2.

"Educating the Person: Gender and Equity Issues in Catholic Schools" in

Conference: Journal of Catholic Education Conference, Vol. 11, No.2, May,

1994, pp 22-24.

"Educating the Person: Implementing Gender and Equity Action in Catholic

Schools" in Conference: Journal of Catholic Education Conference. Vol.11, No.3,

1994, pp 7-9.

"Women" in Tarantella: Women's Suffrage Centenary Edition No.3, 1994, pp 29-

38.

"Remarkable Passionate Women Addressing the Catholic Church: In Memory of

Nora McManus" in Sounding Sophia, Winter, 1994, 12-19.

"Butch Minds The Baby: Boys Minding Masculinity in the English Classroom" in

Opinion: South Australian English Teachers’Journal. Vol. 24, No.4, 1995, pp 44-

50.

“Boys And Literacy: Some Issues, Concerns and Strategies” in SLAV

Newsbulletin. Vol.25, No.3, 1995. School Library Association of Victoria, pp 9-

10.

“Remarkable and Passionate Women: In Memory of Nora McManus” in

Women-Church: Australian Journal of Feminist Studies in Religion No.16,

Autumn, 1995, 23-25.

“Multiculturalism meets Multisexualities”, Biverse (Sydney Bisexual Network)

Vol.2, No.11, 1995: 2-5

“Multiculturalism meets Multisexualities:Forging Our Own Relationship

Patterns”, National Biways (Australian Bisexual Network)Vol.5, No.23, 1996:

16-18

"Landscapes of Conflict and Integration: Health Services and Second-Generation

Women of non-English Speaking Backgrounds", Lilith Feminist History Journal,

No.9, 1996, pp 78-97.

"To Be Or Not Or Both Or Neither (or Stories From the Real World)" in

Screaming Hyena No. 8, Summer, 1996-1997: 24-26.

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“Poly Lives: Significant Others”, Polyamoury (UK Polyamory Network) No.1,

1997: 2-3

“When Religious Liberty is Religious Bigotry”, Campaign No.264, March 1998:

28-30.

“When Labels Do Too Much and Too Little”, Campaign No. 268, July,

1998: 20-21.

“School’s Out”, Melbourne Star Observer July 9th

, 1999: 3

“Introducing The Global Girl”, The Star Vol.13, No.2, 1999: 4-5

“Cultural Identity and Community”, The Ethnic Broadcaster Winter

2000: 24-27

“The Chance to Explore”: Boys wanting to Talk About What matters”

Teacher Learning Network vol 8(3): 2001: 32-35.

“Polyparents Having Children, Raising Children, Schooling Children”, Loving

More (US), 31: 2002: 8-12.

“Bi Men By Women”: Women’s Relationships With Men Who Have Sex

with Men, (co-written with Sara Lubowitz) Bent No. 2: 2003.

“How Do We Debate, and With Whom?”, Redress: Journal of the

Association of Women Educators , 13(3): 16-20, 2005

“Homophobic Harassment is Not A Catholic Value” in Touching Hearts:

the Lasallian magazine , 19: 2005

Short Stories

"Reflections" in Meanjin Vol.50 No.4, 1991 pp 597-599.

"Pigeon-holed" and “Roses” in Peter Moss (1994) (ed) Voicing The Difference ,

Adelaide: Wakefield Press, pp 63-70 and 141-147 respectively.

"Pigeon-holed" in Lizz Murphy (ed) (1994) She's A Train and She's Dangerous:

Women Alone in the 1990s Kalamanda: Literary Mouse Press, pp 245-250.

"Iraqueensland" in Nuovo Paese: The Italo-Australian Journal, Vol.21, No. 5,

June, 1994, pp 20-21.

"An Italian Family: Generations of Unity, Difference and Resistance" in

Migration Action, Vol. 16, No.1, May, 1994, pp 11-17.

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“Mardi Gras: An Old-Fashioned Love Story" in Kevin Lano & Clare Parry (1995)

Breaking The Barriers of Desire London: Five Leaves Publication, pp 26-32..

“Yoni” in Stephanie Holt and Maryanne Lynch (eds) (1996) Motherlode: A

Feminist Anthology on Mothering Melbourne: Sybylla Feminist Press, pp 195-

208.

“Insane With Desire” in Wayne Martino (ed) (1997) First Australians/New

Australians South Fremantle: Fremantle Arts Press, 64-66.

"Wedding Dresses" in Australian Women's Book Review, Vol. 9, no. 1, Autumn,

1997, pp 19-20.

“After Midnight, A Morning” in Hecate, 2008, 34(1): 52- 54.

Poetry

"Drying Up" in Hecate Vol.17 No.2, 1991 pp 167.

"To My Father" in Nuovo Paese: The Italo-Australian Journal , Vol.21, No.2,

March, 1994, pp 20.

"Drying Up" and "For Malloy, who wants to write" in Lizz Murphy (ed) (1994)

She's A Train and She's Dangerous: Women Alone in the 1990s, Kalamanda:

Literary Mouse Press,

pp 57, 195-196 respectively.

“Long Black Hair: I Remember” in Hecate ,Vol.21, No.2, 1995, pp 79-82.

“To My Father” in Giuseppe Mammone (ed) (1996) I Clandestini: Poems By

Italo-Australian Writers , Adelaide: FILEF publication, pp 61.

"After Making Love", in Petite Morte (Internet, 1996)

http:www.mel.aone.net.au/opaque/petite.morte/22.html

For the Petite Morte home page:

http:www.mel.aone.net.au/opaque/petite.morte/index2.html

“Bed-Womb” in Jo Chumas (ed) (1997) Lush, Melbourne: 8d Publications, pp 1-

2.

Annotated Bibliography

Interweaving: A Gender and Culture Inclusive Annotated Bibliography (1993)

Multicultural Education Co-ordinating Committee; Tertiary Multicultural

Education Committeee; and MARIA Professional Development Group for

Women from Non English Speaking Background in Education. A South

Australian Women's Suffrage Centenary Publication.

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Art Exhibition Catalogue Essay

"Mestiza Visions: Reflecting/Resisting/Synthesizing/ Transcending" art catalogue

essay to accompany South Australian Women's Suffrage Centenary Three Multi-

Disciplinary Art Exhibitions co-ordinated/edited by Larissa Hjorth, 30th August-

27th October, 1994.

Book Reviews

“Travelling in the Landscape of the Everyday: A Review of Clarissa Stein’s

NOTES FROM MY LAND” in Australian Women’s Book Review , Vol. 7: No

3/4, 1995, 43-44.

"Contextualization and 'Reasonable Guesses' in Multicultural History: A Review

of Charles D'Aprano's FROM GOLDRUSH TO FEDERATION: ITALIANS IN

VICTORIA", Australian Multicultural Book Review Vol.4, No.1, 1996, pp 57-61.

" 'Sand Ballet' or the Dancing Between and Within, a review of Clarissa Stein's

SAND BALLET”, Australian Multicultural Book Review Vol. 5, No.1, 1997, pp

76-78.

“Maria Pallotta-Chiarolli’s Favourite Multisexual Tomes”, Screaming Hyena

No.11, 1997, p 40.

“Review of MASCULINITY GOES TO SCHOOL (P. Gilbert and R. Gilbert) and

SCHOOLING SEXUALITIES (D. Epstein and R. Johnson)”,

Australian Educational Researcher Vol. 26, No.1, 1999: 98-103.

“Take Four Pioneering Poly Women”: A Review of Three Classical Texts

on Polyamory”, Journal of Bisexuality , 2004, 4(3/4): 229-234.

“Take Four Pioneering Poly Women”: A Review of Three Classical Texts

on Polyamory”, in Serena Anderlini-D’Onofrio (ed) 2004 Plural Loves:

Designs for Bi and Poly Living, New York: Harrington Park Press.

“Inclusion with Specificity”: A Review of Becoming Visible: Counseling

Bisexuals Across the Lifespan by Beth Firestein” in Journal of Bisexuality , 2011,

11(1): 141-143.

Published Letters

"Gays Need Their Own Voice" in Australian Author Vol.24, No.1, 1992

"Straight and Narrow" in The Independent Monthly Feb, 1992.

"A Mum's Story" in Adelaide GT, 1992.

"Error in a Quotation" in SA Catholic, December, 1993.

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"Catholic Voice" in BrotherSister, No. 129, April 3rd, 1997.

“Diverse Community” in Australian Catholics, Spring, 1997.

“Married and Gay” in Capital Q, Sydney 23rd

May, 1997.

“Bad Boys Confusion” in Sunday Herald Sun June 1st, 2003

“Sole Searcher” in The Age, Good Weekend Magazine August 27th

, 2011