Professor Catharine Lumby is an Australian academic, author and journalist, currently Chair of the Department of Media and Communication at University of Sydney

Career

Prior to Lumby's move to academia, she was a feature writer and columnist for the

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, a news writer for the

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and a columnist and senior writer at The Bulletin. She was the foundation Chair of the Media and Communications Department at the

University of Sydney The University of Sydney (USYD), also known as Sydney University, or informally Sydney Uni, is a public research university located in Sydney, Australia. Founded in 1850, it is the oldest university in Australia and is one of the country's si ...

(1999-2007) and the foundation Director of the Journalism and Media Research Centre at the

University of New South Wales The University of New South Wales (UNSW), also known as UNSW Sydney, is a public research university based in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It is one of the founding members of Group of Eight, a coalition of Australian research-intensive ...

(2008-2013). She joined Macquarie University in 2013 as Professor of Media. Since 2004 she has been a

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gender adviser to the National Rugby League (NRL). In 2017 she almost resigned from the role, stating that she was disappointed by the lack of off-field behaviour change of NRL players towards women and that it highlighted continued disrespect. In 2013 Lumby was appointed by

Tony Burke Anthony Stephen Burke (born 4 November 1969) is an Australian politician serving as Leader of the House, Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations and Minister for the Arts since 2022. He is a member of the Australian Labor Party (ALP ...

, Minister for the Arts, to the Council of the

National Museum of Australia The National Museum of Australia, in the national capital Canberra, preserves and interprets Australia's social history, exploring the key issues, people and events that have shaped the nation. It was formally established by the ''National Muse ...

. She was re-appointed for a further three-year term in May 2016. Lumby wrote the foreword to End Rape on Campus Australia's report, ''Connecting the dots: Understanding sexual assault in university communities'', submitted to the

Australian Human Rights Commission The Australian Human Rights Commission is the national human rights institution of Australia, established in 1986 as the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (HREOC) and renamed in 2008. It is a statutory body funded by, but opera ...

in January 2017. Lumby is a contributor to

The Guardian ''The Guardian'' is a British daily newspaper. It was founded in 1821 as ''The Manchester Guardian'', and changed its name in 1959. Along with its sister papers ''The Observer'' and ''The Guardian Weekly'', ''The Guardian'' is part of the Gu ...

on gender issues. She is a Member of the Editorial Boards of the

International Journal of Cultural Studies The ''International Journal of Cultural Studies'' is a peer-reviewed academic journal covering cultural studies. The first editor-in-chief was John Hartley ( Curtin and Cardiff universities). The journal was established in 1998 and is published si ...

and the

Feminist Media Studies ''Feminist Media Studies'' is a peer-reviewed academic journal covering media and communication studies from a feminist perspective. Established in March 2001, United Kingdom publisher Routledge publishes eight issues a year. This journal advocat ...

journal.

Publications

As author

* ''Bad Girls: The Media, Sex and Feminism in the 90s'', Allen & Unwin, 1997, * ''Gotcha: Life in a Tabloid World'', Allen & Unwin, 1999, * ''Tim Storrier: The Art of the Outsider'', Craftman's House, 2000, * ''Why TV Is Good for Kids: Raising 21st Century Children'', co-authored with Duncan Fine, Pan Macmillan, 2006, * ''The Porn Report'', co-authored with

Alan McKee Alan McKee is an Australian university professor and researcher of sexualised media. He has served as the president of the Cultural Studies Association of Australasia and sits on the editorial boards of the academic journals '' Continuum'', ''M/ ...

and Kath Albury, Melbourne University Press, 2008, * ''Alvin Purple'', about the 1973 comedy film,

Alvin Purple ''Alvin Purple'' is a 1973 Australian sex comedy film starring Graeme Blundell in the title role; the screenplay was written by Alan Hopgood and directed by Tim Burstall, through his production company Hexagon Productions and Village Roadshow ...

, for the Australian Screen Classic Series, Currency Press, 2008,

As editor

* ''Remote Control: New Media, New Ethics'', co-edited with

Elspeth Probyn Elspeth Probyn (born 1958) is an Australian academic. She is currently Professor of Gender and Cultural Studies at the University of Sydney. She is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities, and Fellow of the Academy of Social Science ...

, Cambridge University Press, 2003,

As contributor

Lumby has contributed chapters to a number of books, including: * "Generation Panics: Age, Knowledge and Cultural Power in a New Media Era", in ''Culture in Australia : Policies, Publics and Programs'', edited by

Tony Bennett Anthony Dominick Benedetto (born August 3, 1926), known professionally as Tony Bennett, is an American retired singer of traditional pop standards, big band, show tunes, and jazz. Bennett is also a painter, having created works under his birth ...

and David Carter, Cambridge University Press, Melbourne, 2001, * "The President's Penis : Entertaining Sex and Power", in ''Our Monica, Ourselves : The Clinton Affair and the National Interest'', edited by

Lauren Berlant Lauren Gail Berlant (October 31, 1957 – June 28, 2021) was an American scholar, cultural theorist, and author who is regarded as "one of the most esteemed and influential literary and cultural critics in the United States." Berlant was the Geo ...

and

Lisa Duggan Lisa Duggan () is Professor of Social and Cultural Analysis at New York University. Duggan was president of the American Studies Association from 2014 to 2015, presiding over the annual conference on the theme of "The Fun and the Fury: New Diale ...

, New York University Press, 2001, * "Inside Out: Journalism in the University, Intellectuals in the Media", in ''Consent and Consensus : Politics, Media and Governance in Twentieth Century Australia'', edited by Denis Cryle and Jean Hillier, Australia Research Institute, 2005, * "Media Ethics", in ''The Media and Communications in Australia'', edited by

Stuart Cunningham Stuart Cunningham (born 1953) is Distinguished Emeritus Professor of Communication and Media Studies at QUT. Biography He is a Distinguished Emeritus Professor of Communication and Media Studies, Queensland University of Technology, and Former ...

and Graeme Turner, Allen & Unwin, 2006, * "Past the Post in Feminist Media Studies", in ''Current Perspectives in Feminist Media Studies'', edited by Lisa McLaughlin and

Cynthia Carter Cynthia Carter (born 30 January 1959) is a Reader in the School of Journalism, Media and Culture, Cardiff University, and co-founding editor of the journal ''Feminist Media Studies''. She has been the guest editor of a special "Gendered News" ...

, Routledge, 2013, * "Policing The Crisis Of Masculinity: Media And Masculinity At The Dawn Of The New Century", in ''The Routledge Companion to Media and Gender'', edited by Cynthia Carter, Linda Steiner and Lisa McLaughlin, Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2015,

Awards and honours

Harkness Fellowship The Harkness Fellowship (previously known as the Commonwealth Fund Fellowship) is a program run by the Commonwealth Fund of New York City. This fellowship was established to reciprocate the Rhodes Scholarships and enable Fellows from several cou ...

, The

Commonwealth Fund The Commonwealth Fund is a private U.S. foundation whose stated purpose is to "promote a high-performing health care system that achieves better access, improved quality, and greater efficiency, particularly for society's most vulnerable, includ ...

, New York, 1994–96 * Presented the 2004 Dymphna Clark Memorial Lecture * Vice Chancellor’s Senior Leadership Award, University of New South Wales, 2012

References

External links

Official website
*http://www.catharinelumbyassociates.com/ * {{DEFAULTSORT:Lumby, Catharine Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Australian women journalists Macquarie University faculty Gender studies academics