Dr Naomi Barnes

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Senior Lecturer, Faculty of CI, Education & Social Justice

Doctor of Philosophy (Griffith University)

Dr Naomi Barnes is a Senior Lecturer and political network analyst interested in how crisis influences education policy. Spanning across disciplines, her research contributes to evidence-informed policy in education. With a specific focus on moral panics, the growth of communication via social media has kept her motivated to develop models which show the impact of the platforms on the development of education policy. She has applied her modelling to the political use of moral panic about Critical Race Theory to shift curriculum, pedagogy and assessment policy; the political focus on "back to basics" literacy crises to shift the English curriculum; teacher use of social media and the political use of moral panic about teacher character; and the political use of university attrition rates to affect change in university funding. Naomi recently expanded her focus to understand how climate inaction and subsequent crisis management will shape education policy in the future. Naomi lectures in Modern History and Writing Studies. She has worked for Education Queensland as a Senior Writer and has worked as a Secondary English, History and Geography teacher in the government, Catholic and Independent schooling sectors.

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Experience

Naomi was a Secondary English, History and Geography Teacher from 1997 to 2010 in Southeast and North Queensland. She has experience in the government, Catholic and Independent sectors. Naomi worked as a Head of Curriculum from 2005-2010 in all sectors and a Year Co-ordinator for three of those years. She also worked for Education Queensland on a curriculum project from 2012-2013. Naomi has a particular expertise in writing composition and political education history.

Publications

Current Supervisions

  • EMERGENCY REMOTE LEARNING (ERL) IN AUSTRALIAN HIGHER EDUCATION: THE EXPERIENCE OF INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS FROM MALAY-SPEAKING COUNTRIES
    PhD, Associate Supervisor
    Other supervisors: Associate Professor Kate Thompson
  • Personal, Professional and Private - Teaching and the use of social media in Australia
    Professional Doctorate, Principal Supervisor
    Other supervisors: Dr Radha Iyer
  • Understandings of Cyberbullying among Adults
    MPhil, Associate Supervisor
    Other supervisors: Professor Marilyn Campbell
  • The success of subversion and dissent in the early management of the AIDS crisis in Queensland from 1983 to 1989 and subsequent impacts on the leadership of Premier Joh Bjelke-Petersen
    MPhil, Associate Supervisor
    Other supervisors: Professor Greg Thompson, Associate Professor Mark Lauchs