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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 context). She teaches across a wide range of units (Professional Communication, Literary Studies, Creative Writing and Cultural Studies). Lesley is a highly experienced PhD and MA supervisor and has 22 completions. She has 16 Honours completions. 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 has been Undergraduate SAC for Professional Communication and is currently HDR training coordinator for the School of 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
- Belonging at the End of the World: (Re)imagining Paradise through Narratives of Low-income Locals on the Gold Coast (2020)
- Transcultural Improvisations: An Investigation of Hybridity through a Local Australian Samba de Gafieira Dance Community (2019)
- Dead Bolt: Unhomely Renovations and Contemporary Australian Poetry (2018)
- A Complex Concoction: Thinking Through the Thingness of Lollies in Children's Literature (2016)
- 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)
- Dirt Circus League: Power and Belonging in Posthuman Young Adult Fiction (2014)