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PhD (University of Queensland)
Lesley is Associate Professor in Professional Communication in the School of Communication. Her PhD “Representations of the Railway in Australian Literature” was completed at the University of Queensland in 2005. Her areas of interests are spatial understanding in relation to literary texts and cultural studies (with a focus on Australian fiction). She teaches across a wide range of units (from Shakespeare to Youth Fiction to Popular Fictions). Lesley is a highly experienced PhD and MA supervisor and has 20 completions in HDR. She is also a highly experienced Honours supervisor. She has supervised university medalists and outstanding thesis award winners. She supevises practice-led and traditional research students. She was Postgraduate Subject Area Co-ordinator for the discipline of Creative Writing and Literary Studies for 5 year (2012-2016). Lesley is currently Undergraduate SAC for Professional Communication.
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- Pearce S, Muller V, Hawkes L, (2013) Popular appeal: Books and films in contemporary youth culture, Cambridge Scholars Publishing
- Hawkes L, (2013) The popular appeal of environmental epics: The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings and Avatar, Popular appeal: Books and films in contemporary youth culture p143-174
- Hawkes L, (2013) Staking and restaking the vampire: Generational ownership of the vampire story, Popular appeal: Books and films in contemporary youth culture p79-110
- Carson S, Hawkes L, Gislason K, Martin S, (2013) Practices of literary tourism: An Australian case study, International Journal of Culture, Tourism and Hospitality Research p42-50
- Archer-Lean C, Carson S, Hawkes L, (2013) Fiction as a form of change: a paper overview of a literature panel discussion, Future nature, future culture(s): Peer-reviewed papers for Balance-Unbalance 2013 International Conference p29-35
- Hawkes L, (2012) City meeting places: Brisbane's Hungry Jack's and Melbourne's Flinders Street Station, New voices, new visions: Challenging Australian identities and legacies p37-49
- Hawkes L, (2012) Walking the Coleridge Way: Using cultural tourism to change perceptions of Somerset after the foot and mouth epidemic of 2001, Social Alternatives p21-24
- Hawkes L, (2011) Fear, voice, and the environment in Sonya Hartnett's Forest and The Midnight Zoo, Papers: Explorations into Children's Literature p67-76
- Hawkes L, (2010) Spaces of hybridity: Creating a sense of belonging through spatial awareness, Postcolonial Issues in Australia Literature p93-107
- Hawkes L, (2009) 'And one fine morning': Gatsby, Obama and the resurrection of hope, Social Alternatives p20-23
- The Shifting City: A Study Of Contemporary Fictional Representations Of Melbourne's Inner and Outer Suburban Spaces (2017)
- A Nightmare or Benevolent Dream: Global Violence and the Libidinal Economy in Latin American Literature (2016)
- An Examination of Embodied Female Identity in Contemporary Crime Fiction by Women Writers (2016)
- Southern Land, Hardened Heart: The Possibility of Australian Neon Noir (2016)
- Broken Gates and Leaky Graves: Spectral Language and Australia's Ghost Stories (2014)
- Sing Fox to Me: An Investigation into the "Use" of Down syndrome in both the Down Syndrome and Gothic Novel (2014)
- The Sideways Hourglass: Establishing the Lemniscate as a Narrative Structure for Writing and Reading Non-Linear Stories (2014)
- The Australian Beachspace: Flagging the Spaces of Australian Beach Texts (2013)