1912/2022

La Trobe experts available over summer

La Trobe University has academic experts, available to talk to the media during the summer period.

Please contact experts directly over the summer.

Many experts prefer SMS as the first method of contact.

Some may not be available on public holidays, noted under their contact information.

If unsure, please contact on email first.

Contents

  • Aged care and ageing
  • Animals and pets
  • Education, back to school, reading
  • Bushfire safety, recovery
  • Conspiracy theories and anti-vax sentiment
  • Gender, Safety
  • Health, diet, alcohol, sport and exercise
  • Media, history and politics
  • New Year ahead
  • Science and tech
  • Tourism and transport
  • Working, not working

You can search all La Trobe University academic staff on Scholars La Trobe.

AGED CARE AND AGEING

ANIMALS AND PETS

EDUCATION, BACK TO SCHOOL, READING

  • Blending remote and classroom learning; digital technologies in the classroom; e-learning; online learning
    Dr Stefan Schutt, Senior Lecturer in Learning Design, School of Education
    0410 387 622 / s.schutt@latrobe.edu.au
    Not available: 24, 25, 26 December, 1 and 2 January

BUSHFIRE SAFETY, RECOVERY

CONSPIRACY THEORIES, ANTI-VAX SENTIMENT

  • How conspiracy theories and ideologies take hold, conspiracy theories related to COVID-19 and vaccination , why people can be vaccine hesitant, how to respond to someone spreading disinformation
    Dr Mathew Marques, School of Psychology and Public Health
    0405 507 727 / M.Marques@latrobe.edu.au

GENDER, SAFETY

HEALTH, DIET, ALCOHOL, SPORT AND EXERCISE

  • The meaning of food in people’s lives, how food embodies cultural values, sustainable consumption, veganism/vegetarianism
    Dr Matt Ruby, School of Psychology and Public Health
    0490 854 736 / m.ruby@latrobe.edu.au
    In North America for December & January, please allow for time difference
  • How we can keep active, healthy and eating well over the summer period, and why it's important
    Dr Steve Cousins, Lecturer Community and Allied Health (Bendigo based)
    0450 318 190 / stephen.cousins@latrobe.edu.au
    Not available between December 24 to 28
  • Sustainable and nutritious future foods and plants/foods for outer space
    Dr Kim Johnson, Institute for Agriculture and Food
    0418 858 465 / K.Johnson@latrobe.edu.au
    Not available 24, 25 December, 1 January
  • Contemporary issues in sport – Olympics, sponsorship, sport and the media, fan behaviour, sport integrity, sport diplomacy, sport and politics, sport management, sport governance, and sport marketing.
    Dr Geoff Dickson, Associate Professor of Sport Management
    0475 776 029 / G.Dickson@latrobe.edu.au
  • Sports injuries, women's AFL, female athlete, knee arthritis, kneecap pain, ACL injuries
    Dr Brooke Patterson, physiotherapist, Sport and Exercise Medicine Research Centre
    0418 527 768 / B.Patterson@latrobe.edu.au
    Not available 25, 26 December and 1 January
  • Perceptual, visual and cognitive skills of athletes and in sport, virtual reality training, mental health within fantasy football, the visual impact of pink ball in cricket
    Dr Luke Wilkins, subject coordinator for Motor Behaviour in Sport and Talent Identification and Development
    0451 117 652 / L.Wilkins@latrobe.edu.au
    Not available 24, 25, 26, 31 December and 1 January
  • Sports medicine, sports injuries, musculoskeletal injuries
    Dr Joanne Kemp, Associate Professor, Physiotherapy
    0410 175 435 / J.Kemp@latrobe.edu.au
    Not available 24 and 25 December, and 11 to 30 January 2023
  • The Australian Ballet, Victorian Institute of Sport & tendon injury, persistent pain, sports injuries
    Dr Ebonie Rio, Senior Research Fellow Physiotherapy
    E.Rio@latrobe.edu.au
    Not available 24, 25, 26, 31 December and 1 January
  • Benefits of exercise programs for women, sex/gender differences after ACL injury, ACL rehabilitation
    Dr Andrea Bruder, Senior Lecturer Physiotherapy, Physiotherapist
    0418 511 909 / A.Bruder@latrobe.edu.au
    Not available 24, 25, 26, 31 December and 1 January

MEDIA, HISTORY AND POLITICS

  • Social media cultures and platform trends, youth-focused platforms such as TikTok, the use of social media for education/learning, digital misinformation, fandom/celebrity
    Dr Clare Southerton, Digital Technology and Pedagogy
    C.Southerton@latrobe.edu.au
    Not available 25, 31 December and 1 January
  • History of Coal, Climate change, Australian Aboriginal/Colonial history, feminism, body image, mothering
    Dr Liz Conor, Department of Archaeology and History
    0424 132 605 / L.Conor@latrobe.edu.au
    Not available 24 & 25 December
  • Digital and social media, digital self-marketing, politics and social media, personal branding
    Natalie McKenna, discipline lead in strategic communication
    0420 378 026 / N.McKenna@latrobe.edu.au
    Not available 24, 25, 26 December

NEW YEAR AHEAD

  • New Year's resolutions, enhancing resilience, wellbeing and positivity post-pandemic
    Adjunct Lecturer Ros Ben-Moshe, School of Psychology and Public Health
    0413 592 030 / r.ben-moshe@latrobe.edu.au

SCIENCE AND TECH

TOURISM AND TRANSPORT

WORK, NOT WORKING

  • Needing to take a break, working from home verses the office, switching of from work
    Dr Jodi Oakman, Centre for Ergonomics and Human Factors
    0447 152 944 / J.Oakman@latrobe.edu.au
    Not available 25, 31 December and 1 January

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Image: "An Australian Beach" by Joe Shlabotnik is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0.

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