Staff profile

Dr Edgar Burns

Lecturer

Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

School of Social Sciences

2.06 Arts Building, Bendigo

 

Membership of professional associations

The Australian Sociological Association; Sociological Association of New Zealand; International Sociological Association

Area of study

Sociology

Teaching units

  • SOC1SAC - Introduction to Sociology
  • SOC1AAB - Australia and Beyond
  • SOC2/3SHI - Sociology of Health and Illness
  • SOC2/3COM - Sociology of Communities
  • SOC3MSR - Social Research Methods

Recent publications

Refereed Journal Articles

  • Burns, Edgar (2012), ‘Dichotomy, Dialectic and Dialogic: How do Sociology Terms Assist Career Development Theory’, Australian Journal of Career Development, 21 (3):5-12.
  • Willis, Evan and Burns, Edgar (2011), 'Empty Shops in Australian Regional Towns as an Index of Rural wellbeing: reflecting on how research and communicating research are framed', in John Martin and Trevor Budge (Eds), The sustainability of Australia's country towns, VURRN Press, Ballarat, VIC, pp. 185-206.
  • Burns, Edgar and Willis, Evan (2011) ‘Empty shops in Australian regional towns as an index of rural wellbeing’, Rural Society, 21 (1):21-31.
  • Burns, Edgar and Yahanpath, Noel (2011) ‘Undergraduate students balancing paid semester work and study’, New Zealand Journal of Applied Business Research, 9 (2):43-56.
  • Burns, Edgar (2011), ‘An antipodean perspective for considering religion and spirituality in New Zealand’, Journal of Islamic Perspective  5 :246-278. Originally appeared in Miri, SJ (ed.) Social theory, religion and critical discourses: critical discourse in the postmodern globe, Lambert Academic, Saarbrucken, pp. 300-330.
  • Willis, Evan and Burns, Edgar (2011) ‘The empty shops project: developing rural students’ sociological insight’, Teaching Sociology  39 (1):27-41
  • Burns, Edgar (2010) 'Capturing the diversity of transition from a multidisciplinary perspective', Australian Journal of Career Development 19 (3):44-52.
  • Burns, Edgar (2010) ‘Developing email interview practices in qualitative research’, Social Research Online  15 (4):8.
  • Burns, Edgar (2010) ‘Women teachers and policemen: different career transition paths to becoming lawyers’, Journal of Comparative Research in Anthropology & Sociology  1 (1):11-31.
  • Burns, Edgar (2010) ‘Antecedents to the veterinary club system in New Zealand, c1900 to 1930s’, Australian Veterinary History Record (57):3-22 (non-refereed). 
  • Burns, Edgar (2010) ‘Veterinary numbers in late nineteenth century New Zealand’, Veterinary History  15 (2):136-146 (non-refereed).
  • Burns, Edgar (2009) ‘How time-flow shapes three meanings of midcareer’, Australian Journal of Career Development  18 (2):24-32.
  • Burns, Edgar (2009) ‘Research mentoring academic staff in a new degree environment’, Journal of Educational Leadership, Policy and Practice  24 (2):19-31.
  • Burns, Edgar (2009) ‘“Urged for more than fifty years”: veterinary education in New Zealand, c1900-1964’, History of Education Review  38 (1):63-77.
  • Burns, Edgar (2008) ‘Southern theory and career development’, Australian Journal of Career Development  17 (2):30-37.
  • Burns, Edgar (2008) ‘How can a “Southern theory” perspective contribute to New Zealand Counselling?’, New Zealand Journal of Counselling  28 (2):10-24.
  • Burns, Edgar (2007) ‘“Difficult times… between veterinarians and farmers”: occupational control in the New Zealand veterinary club system, 1930s–1960s’, Journal of Historical Sociology  20 (4):579-604.
  • Burns, Edgar (2007) ‘Positioning a post-professional approach to studying professions’, New Zealand Sociology  22 (1):69-98.
  • Yahanpath, Noel and Burns, Edgar (2007) ‘Supervised assignments as a partial solution to plagiarism and other assessment problems’, New Zealand Journal of Applied Business Research  6 (1):87-101.
  • Burns, Edgar (2006) ‘Exploring the usage of the term “professional” in New Zealand work contexts’, New Zealand Journal of Applied Business Research  5 (2):1-15.
  • Forman, Wayne and Burns, Edgar (2005) ‘Re-thinking the origins of New Zealand Sign Language’, Te Reo: Journal of the Linguistic Society of New Zealand  47 :93-104.
  • Stevens, Natalie and Burns, Edgar (2005) ‘Websites use in the Hawke’s Bay wine region of New Zealand’, International Journal of Wine Marketing  17 (1):69-85.
  • Burns, Edgar (2003) ‘Bathroom politics: introducing students to sociological thinking from the bottom up’, Teaching Sociology  31 (1):110-118.