The Wind Sighs: Navigating voice in a cross-cultural student documentary production
Flinders University Screen & Media Researcher and author

Awarded a High Distinction for a Masters creative-led research thesis about cross-cultural voice. Research included documentary production observations, and a literature review.

The Wind Sighs
Flinders University
Director, scriptwriter and producer.

Documentary film about a Chinese tea farmer, filmed in the Fujian Province of China as the creative research component of the above Masters project. Preproduction research was conducted in Adelaide. Production and post-production research undertaken in Shanghai, Hangzhou, Fujian and Adelaide, and involved managing Chinese and Australian crew to develop the film. Appendix

Constant Gardner
Flinders University
Director, scriptwriter and producer

Awarded a High Distinction for short documentary film about Jennifer Gardner and her role in curating the Waite Arboretum and heritage gardens. Researched Gardner’s life story and the history and development of the gardens, as a basis for the production of the film.

Arts in Health at FMC Stakeholder Perceptions Report
Queensland University for Arts in Health at FMC
Researcher and author

A major stakeholders’ perceptions report, produced on behalf of Queensland University for Arts in Health at Flinders Medical Centre. Research underpinning the report included staff briefings, observations, literature research, workshops and a series of face-to-face and phone interviews with senior hospital professional and medical staff. The report formed the basis of a successful funding bid by Arts in Health at Flinders to expand the program and create a full-time management position.

Life Without Barriers community detention services through the eyes of asylum seekers
Queensland University for Life Without Barriers
Researcher and author

A significant research project for Life without Barriers, an Australia-wide, non-government organisation. It involved briefings with staff, a literature review, facilities tour, and a series of workshops with young Adelaide asylum seekers to understand their perceptions of their lives in Adelaide and experiences with Life Without Barriers. The findings of the participatory needs and opportunity assessment contributed to the revision of the organisation’s asylum seeker services recreational activities and accommodation provision in South Australia.

Participatory Communication Strategy for Life Without Barriers
Queensland University for Life Without Barriers
Researcher and writer

Conducted stakeholder interviews as a basis for writing a participatory communication strategy to improve the communication performance of the Support to Refugees and Asylum Seekers Services unit of Life Without Barriers.

Wonder Ghan
Flinders University
Researcher and scriptwriter

Awarded a High Distinction for a major documentary film script and proposal about Adelaide Moslem herbalist Mohamet Allum. Research included a literature review and interviews into the histories of Afghanistan, Afghan cameleers, the White Australia policy, Mohamet Allum and his medical practice in Adelaide.

Grazing management and soil erosion behaviour change strategy
Duke University USA for Northern & Yorke NRM Board
Researcher and author

Awarded 100 per cent for a behaviour change marketing strategy based on a literature review, professional observations and interviews with farming advisors. The strategy considered barriers and opportunities to behaviour change in motivating sustainable soil management by farmers in the Northern and Yorke region of South Australia.