Associate Professor
Christy Collis
This person does not currently hold a position at QUT.
Personal details
Keywords
creative industries, authentic learning, antarctica, legal geography, cultural geography, scholarship of teaching and learning
Research field
Cultural studies
Field of Research code, Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC), 2020
Qualifications
- Doctor of Philosophy (La Trobe University)
- Grad Cert (Higher Ed) (Queensland University of Technology)
Professional memberships and associations
Publications
- Collis, C., (2016). Res communis?: A critical legal geography of outer space, Antarctica, and the deep seabed. In JS. Ormrod & P. Dickens (Eds.), The Palgrave handbook of society, culture and outer space (pp. 270–293). Palgrave Macmillan UK. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/94273
- McKee, A., Collis, C., Nitins, T., Ryan, M., Harrington, S., Duncan, B., Carter, J., Luck, E., Neale, L., Butler, D. & Backstrom, M. (2014). Defining entertainment: an approach. Creative Industries Journal, 7(2), 108–120. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/77995
- Collis, C., Freebody, S. & Flew, T. (2013). Seeing the outer suburbs: Addressing the urban bias in creative place thinking. Regional Studies, 47(2), 148–160. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/47694
- Nitins, T. & Collis, C. (2013). 'Grounding the internet': Categorising the geographies of locative media. Media International Australia Incorporating Culture and Policy, 2013(146), 69–78. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/50158
- Collis, C., (2012). The geostationary orbit: A critical legal geography of space's most valuable real estate. In L. Parks & J. Schwoch (Eds.), Down to Earth: Satellite Technologies, Industries, and Cultures (pp. 61–81). Rutgers University Press. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/53252
- McKee, A., Collis, C. & Hamley, B. (2011). Entertainment Industries: Entertainment as a Cultural System. Routledge. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/48452
- Collis, C., Felton, E. & Graham, P. (2010). Beyond the inner city: Real and imagined places in creative place policy and practice. Information Society, 26(2), 104–112. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/28149
- Collis, C., McKee, A. & Hamley, B. (2010). Entertainment industries at university: Designing a curriculum. Continuum, 24(6), 921–932. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/38986
- Felton, E., Collis, C. & Graham, P. (2010). Making Connections: creative industries networks in outer-suburban locations. Australian Geographer, 41(1), 57–70. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/30409
- Collis, C., (2010). Developing work-integrated learning curricula for the creative industries: Embedding stakeholder perspectives. Learning and Teaching in Higher Education (LATHE), 2010(4-1), 3–19. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/48384
QUT ePrints
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Awards
- Type
- Academic Honours, Prestigious Awards or Prizes
- Reference year
- 2017
- Details
- Vice Chancellor's Award for Excellence for: Learning and Teaching, Partnerships and Engagement, Client Focus, and Innovative and Creative Practice
- Type
- Academic Honours, Prestigious Awards or Prizes
- Reference year
- 2011
- Details
- Vice Chancellor's Award for Excellence for: Learning and Teaching, Partnerships and Engagement, Client Focus, and Innovative and Creative Practice
- Type
- Academic Honours, Prestigious Awards or Prizes
- Reference year
- 2009
- Details
- QUT Vice-Chancellor's Award for Excellence for:Learning and Teaching, Partnerships and Engagement, Client Focus, and Innovative and Creative Practice
Selected research projects
- Title
- Australian Cultural and Creative Activity: A Population and Hotspot Analysis
- Primary fund type
- CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
- Project ID
- LP160101724
- Start year
- 2017
- Keywords
- Title
- Creative Suburbia: A Critical Evaluation of the Scope for Creative Cultural Development in Australia's Suburban and Peri Urban Communities
- Primary fund type
- CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
- Project ID
- DP0877133
- Start year
- 2008
- Keywords
- Creative Industries; Cultural Studies; Suburban Communities; Innovation Culture and Economy; Cultural Geography; Urban Planning
Projects listed above are funded by Australian Competitive Grants. Projects funded from other sources are not listed due to confidentiality agreements.
Supervision
Completed supervisions (Doctorate)
- It's Not The Heat, It's The Humidity: Developing a practice-based method for cultural history curation and dissemination (2017)
- Gay Men, Social Media and Self-Presentation: Managing Identities in Gaydar, Facebook and Beyond (2013)
- Australian Queer Student Activists' Media Representations of 'Queer (2010)
- Listening in to Others: In between noise and silence (2010)
- The Role of Online Networks in Supporting Young People's Digital Inclusion and the Implications for Australian Government Policies (2009)