Dr. Linda Wight
Associate Professor, Humanities
Campus
Mt Helen Campus
Biography
Associate Professor Linda Wight teaches English in the Humanities discipline in the Institute of Education, Arts and Community (IEAC) at Federation University.
Linda is Chair of Federation University’s Curriculum Committee and Deputy Chair of Academic Board. Her research expertise includes science fiction and fantasy literature and film, and is informed by gender studies, masculinities studies, and feminist and queer theory. Linda’s research primarily explores the way masculinities are portrayed and constructed in science fiction and other popular genres.
Fields of research
- Popular and genre literature
- Media studies
- Cinema studies
More about Linda
Qualifications
- Bachelor of Arts, Monash University
- Bachelor of Arts (Honours), Central Queensland University
- Doctor of Philosophy, James Cook University
Areas of interest
- Science fiction and fantasy
- Masculinities studies
- Gender studies
Current
- PhD student, Federation University, ‘Beyond Belief: A memoir of pain, persistence, and the quiet chaos of survival,’ co-supervisor.
- PhD student, Federation University, ‘Turing’s Mirror: Navigating non-conformity and AI ethics through speculative biography,’ co-supervisor.
- PhD student, Federation University, ‘”Breathed through silver”: A creative and stylistic exploration of the language of secondary world fantasy,’ principal supervisor.
- PhD student, Federation University, ‘A Fine Line: Representations of non-mainstream body modification in popular media,’ principal supervisor.
- PhD student, Federation University, ‘Being in the Virtual: Martin Heidegger and what it means to be in virtual reality,’ co-supervisor.
Past
- PhD student, Federation University, ‘Bi What Means: Paratextual and filmic representations of bisexuality in contemporary cinema,’ co-supervisor.
- PhD student, Federation University, ‘Beyond the Princess, the Priestess and the Galactic Kitchen Sink: Reformulation of feminine roles in certain works of Lois McMaster Bujold,’ principal supervisor.
- PhD student, ‘Never Afters: Female friendship and collaboration in contemporary re-visioned fairy tales by women,’ principal supervisor.
- PhD student, ‘The Good, the Bad, the Ambivalent: Investigating patriarchal and complex representations of motherhood in crime television series,’ co-supervisor.
- ‘”Beyond Home and Sex?”: Gender and sexuality in Elizabeth Moon’s Paksworld series,’ principal supervisor.
- ‘Women in the Australian Cartographic Corps during World War Two: Their work and ongoing legacy in Australian history and culture,’ principal supervisor.
- ‘Unnatural Alliances: Immanent reading and the speculative sensations of life,’ co-supervisor.
- English
- Humanities
Specialist roles
- Chair, Curriculum Committee
- Deputy Chair, Academic Board