Emma A. Jane (born 1969),[1] previously known as Emma Tom,[2] is an Australian professor, author, and journalist.

She once wrote a weekly column for The Australian[3] newspaper and made regular appearances on Australian television and radio.[4] She received an Edna Ryan Award in 2001 for humour. Jane has written ten books including Deadset, a first novel which won the 1998 Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Best First Book for South East Asia and the South Pacific.[5]

Jane completed a PhD at the University of New South Wales' Journalism and Media Research Centre (JMRC),[6] where she then became an associate professor. Her areas of research include communication, media studies, culture, and gender and sexuality.[7]

She has sung and played bass in Australian rock bands The Titanics (with her then-husband David McCormack)[8] and 16dd.[9]

Bibliography

References

  1. ^ "Tom, Emma (1969–)" by Nikki Henningham, Australian Women's Register, 4 December 2007
  2. ^ Emma Jane (2 October 2010). "Three men in a pre-feminist time warp". The Australian. Archived from the original on 6 October 2010. Retrieved 8 June 2011.
  3. ^ "Emma Tom", The Australian via Internet Archive
  4. ^ "Emma Tom". Saxton Speakers Bureau. Archived from the original on 20 December 2011. Retrieved 8 June 2011.
  5. ^ Tom, Emma (24 March 2010). "Attack of the Fifty-Foot Hormones by Emma Tom". Harpercollins.com.au. Archived from the original on 31 December 2012. Retrieved 8 June 2011.
  6. ^ "Journalism and Media Research Centre (JMRC) : UNSW Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences". Jmrc.arts.unsw.edu.au. Archived from the original on 10 June 2011. Retrieved 8 June 2011.
  7. ^ "Associate Professor Emma A Jane". research.unsw.edu.au. Retrieved 23 February 2020.
  8. ^ "Thinker, tailored". The Sydney Morning Herald. 20 September 2002. Retrieved 17 May 2024.
  9. ^ "Rock their jocks off", The Sydney Morning Herald (10 February 2006)

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