Professor Kate Huppatz
Associate Dean, Research,
Dean's Unit, School of Social Sciences
Professor,
Anthropology & Sociology
Biography
Dr Kate Huppatz is an Associate Professor in Sociology at Western Sydney University. Prior to joining WSU Kate completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Sydney (2007-2010) where she also studied for her honours degree and PhD in Sociology (2003-2007). Kate’s research explores the role of labour and culture in the production and reproduction of gender inequality, with a focus on workplaces and families. Her workplace scholarship interrogates feminised jobs, trajectories, and occupations, and experiences of gendered workplace violence. Kate’s family research examines unpaid care labour in the home, with an emphasis on the work-family nexus, and mothering identities and practices. She also explores gender violence in families and households. In both areas of research Kate takes up an intersectional perspective and theorises the relationship between gender and social class. Her research has informed university workplace policy and has made recommendations for work and family policy reform, making impact in relation to organisational approaches to career interruption and care. She has produced two edited books (with co-authors) and two sole authored monographs titled Gender Capital at Work: intersections of femininity, masculinity, class and occupation (Palgrave Macmillan UK, 2012) and Gender, Work and Social Theory (Bloomsbury, UK, 2022). Kate was joint Editor-in-Chief of Journal of Sociology (Sage) from 2017 to 2020, and Deputy Chair of Senate from 2020 to 2021, she is currently Discipline Lead of Sociology and Associate Dean of Research, Social Sciences.
This information has been contributed by Professor Huppatz.
Qualifications
- PhD University of Sydney
Professional Memberships
- Sexualities and Genders Research Network (2013)
- Institute for Culture and Society, Western Sydney University (2014 - 2016)
Organisational Unit (School / Division)
- Dean's Unit, School of Social Sciences
- Anthropology & Sociology
Contact
| Email: | K.Huppatz@westernsydney.edu.au |
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| Phone: | (02) 9772 6290 |
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| Location: | 3.8.11 |
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Teaching
Previous Teaching Areas
- 101609 Comparative Studies of Families and Kinship, 2012
- 101612 Identity and Belonging, 2012
- 101886 Brave New World: Negotiating Social Change in the 21st Century, 2012
- 102143 Families and Intimate Life, 2021
Publications
Books
- Huppatz, K. (2023), 'Gender, Work and Social Theory: The Critical Consequences of the Cultural Turn', : Bloomsbury Academic 9781350369931.
- Huppatz, K., Hawkins, M. and Matthews, A. (2016), 'Identity and Belonging', : Palgrave Macmillan 9781137334923.
- Huppatz, K. (2012), 'Gender Capital at Work : Intersections of Femininity, Masculinity, Class and Occupation', : Palgrave Macmillan 9780230251991.
- Goodwin, S. and Huppatz, K. (2010), 'The good mother : contemporary motherhoods in Australia', : Sydney University Press 9781920899530.
Chapters in Books
- Huppatz, K. and Craig, L. (2022), 'The care crisis : a research priority for the pandemic era and beyond', A Research Agenda for COVID-19 and Society, Edward Elgar Publishing 9781800885134.
- Huppatz, K. (2021), 'Gendering', Being Sociological, Red Globe Press 9781352011234.
- Huppatz, K. (2018), ''What have I done?' : an exploration of the ambivalent, unimaginable emotions of new motherhood', Paths to Parenthood: Emotions on the Journey Through Pregnancy, Childbirth, and Early Parenting, Palgrave Macmillan 9789811301421.
- Huppatz, K. and Dagistanli, S. (2017), 'Gender roles', The Wiley Blackwell Encyclopedia of Social Theory, Wiley-Blackwell 9781118430866.
- Hawkins, M., Huppatz, K. and Matthews, A. (2016), 'Introduction', Identity and Belonging, Palgrave Macmillan 9781137334923.
- Huppatz, K. (2016), 'Gender', Identity and Belonging, Palgrave Macmillan 9781137334923.
- Huppatz, K. (2016), 'Work', Identity and Belonging, Palgrave Macmillan 9781137334923.
- Huppatz, K. (2015), 'Pierre Bourdieu : health lifestyles, the family and social class', The Palgrave Handbook of Social Theory in Health, Illness and Medicine, Palgrave Macmillan 9781137355614.
- Huppatz, K. (2015), 'Theories of vertical segregation in feminized occupations : rethinking dominant perspectives and making use of Bourdieu', Handbook of Gendered Careers in Management: Getting In, Getting On, Getting Out, Edward Elgar Publishing 9781782547686.
- Huppatz, K. (2015), 'Social class and the classroom : a reflection on the role of schooling and mothering in the production and reproduction of disadvantage and privilege', Understanding Sociological Theory for Educational Practices, Cambridge University Press 9781107477469.
- Goodwin, S. and Huppatz, K. (2010), 'The good mother in theory and research : an overview', The Good Mother: Contemporary Motherhoods in Australia, Sydney University Press 9781920899530.
- Goodwin, S. and Huppatz, K. (2010), 'Mothers making class distinctions : the aesthetics of maternity', Good Mother: Contemporary Motherhoods in Australia, Sydney University Press 9781920899530.
Journal Articles
- Ewald, A., Gilbert, E. and Huppatz, K. (2023), '[In Press] Knowing your place : the role of occupational status in fathers' flexible working', Community, Work and Family, .
- Salter, M., Robinson, K., Ullman, J., Denson, N., Ovenden, G., Noonan, K., Bansel, P. and Huppatz, K. (2021), 'Gay, bisexual, and queer men's attitudes and understandings of intimate partner violence and sexual assault', Journal of Interpersonal Violence, vol 36, no 23-24 , pp 11630 - 11657.
- Vu, T., Huppatz, K. and Onnudottir, H. (2021), ''Although I had a failed marriage, I won't be a failure as a mother' : an analysis of Vietnamese single mothers' involvement in their children's schooling', Women's Studies International Forum, vol 89 .
- Ewald, A., Gilbert, E. and Huppatz, K. (2020), 'Fathering and flexible working arrangements : a systematic interdisciplinary review', Journal of Family Theory and Review, vol 12, no 1 , pp 27 - 40.
- Matthewman, S. and Huppatz, K. (2020), 'A sociology of Covid-19', Journal of Sociology, vol 56, no 4 , pp 675 - 683.
- Newton, K. and Huppatz, K. (2020), 'Policewomen's perceptions of gender equity policies and initiatives in Australia', Feminist Criminology, vol 15, no 5 , pp 593 - 610.
- Huppatz, K., Sang, K. and Napier, J. (2019), ''If you put pressure on yourself to produce then that's your responsibility' : mothers' experiences of maternity leave and flexible work in the neoliberal university', Gender, Work and Organization, vol 26, no 6 , pp 772 - 788.
- Triandafilidis, Z., Ussher, J., Perz, J. and Huppatz, K. (2018), 'Young Australian women's accounts of smoking and quitting : a qualitative study using visual methods', BMC Women's Health, vol 18 .
- Triandafilidis, Z., Ussher, J., Perz, J. and Huppatz, K. (2017), 'An intersectional analysis of women's experiences of smoking-related stigma', Qualitative Health Research, vol 27, no 10 , pp 1445 - 1460.
- Triandafilidis, Z., Ussher, J., Perz, J. and Huppatz, K. (2017), 'Doing and undoing femininities : an intersectional analysis of young women's smoking', Feminism and Psychology, vol 27, no 4 , pp 465 - 488.
- Triandafilidis, Z., Ussher, J., Perz, J. and Huppatz, K. (2017), ''It's one of those "It'll never happen to me" things' : young women's constructions of smoking and risk', Health, Risk and Society, vol 19, no 5-6 , pp 260 - 283.
- Huppatz, K. and Ross-Smith, A. (2017), 'A discipline at the crossroads? : using a gender-inspired paradigm to reposition the sociology of work and employment', Journal of Sociology, vol 53, no 4 , pp 756 - 770.
- Huppatz, K. and Goodwin, S. (2013), 'Masculinised jobs, feminised jobs and men's 'gender capital' experiences : understanding occupational segregation in Australia', Journal of Sociology, vol 49, no 2-3 , pp 291 - 308.
- Huppatz, K. (2010), 'Respectability and the paid caring occupations: An empirical investigation of normality, morality, impression management and esteem in nursing and social work', Health Sociology Review, vol 19, no 1 , pp 73 - 85.
- Huppatz, K. (2010), 'Class and Career Choice: motivations, aspirations, identity and mobility for women in paid caring work', Journal of Sociology, vol 46, no 2 , pp 115 - 132.
- Ross-Smith, A. and Huppatz, K. (2010), 'Management, women and gender capital', Gender, Work and Organization, vol 17, no 5 , pp 547 - 566.
- Huppatz, K. (2009), 'Reworking Bourdieu's 'Capital': feminine and female capitals in the field of paid caring work', Sociology, vol 43, no 1 , pp 45 - 66.
- Huppatz, K. (2008), 'Feminism as capital : gender, class and mobility for women in paid care work', International Journal of Interdisciplinary Social Sciences, vol 3, no 5 , pp 121 - 126.
- Huppatz, K. (2006), 'The Interaction of Gender and Class in Nursing: Appropriating Bourdieu and Adding Butler', Health Sociology Review, vol 15, no 2 , pp 124 - 131.
Conference Papers
- Huppatz, K. (2004), 'Embodied Classed/Gendered Practice and Women's Occupational Pathways to Paid Caring Work', The Australian Sociological Association (TASA) Conference Proceedings, .
Other Publications
- 2024, 'Unlocking Women's Potential: Labour Force Participation in Western Sydney', Report
- 2023, 'The Future of Work and Childcare: Towards Equity and Justice for Western Sydney Communities', Report
- 2021, 'Vice-Chancellor's Gender Equality Fund Final Report 2021: Equity, Policy and Practice: Disruptions to Candidature and Barriers to Career Progression for Women HDR Candidates', Report
- 2020, 'Understandings and Responses to Domestic Violence in the African Great Lakes Communities of Western Sydney', Report
- 2019, 'Sorting it Out: Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Intersex and Queer (GBTIQ) Men's Attitudes and Experiences of Intimate Partner Violence and Sexual Assault', Report
- 2019, 'Vice-Chancellor's Gender Equality Fund Final Report 2019: Redressing the Promotion Gap: Practices and Processes to Minimise Gender Disparities in Academic Advancement', Report
- 2018, 'Tackling Maternal Anxiety in the Perinatal Period: Reconceptualising Mothering Narratives', Report
Current Projects
| Title: | Carer Inclusive Workplace Initiative Evaluation |
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| Western Researchers: | Kate Huppatz and Gabrielle Drake |
| Years: | 2023-08-14 - 2025-08-31 |
| ID: | P00028905 |
Previous Projects
| Title: | CatholicCare 'Back On Track' Evaluation |
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| Western Researchers: | Lucy Nicholas, Kate Huppatz and Benjamin Hanckel |
| Years: | 2023-07-01 - 2024-03-29 |
| ID: | P00028796 |
| Title: | Improving the lives for Vietnamese single mothers: from the perspective of social policy |
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| Western Researchers: | Kate Huppatz and Helena Onnudottir |
| Years: | 2017-03-20 - 2020-12-31 |
| ID: | P00023974 |
| Title: | Regulating Motherhood: understanding the relationship between mothering and class |
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| Western Researchers: | Kate Huppatz and Mary Hawkins |
| Years: | 2011-09-13 - 2013-03-12 |
| ID: | P00020420 |
| Title: | Monitoring and Evaluation Framework and Evaluation Tools for Men's Behaviour Change Programs |
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| Western Researchers: | Lucy Nicholas, Ann Dadich, Caroline Compton, Gabrielle Drake, Benjamin Hanckel, Kate Huppatz and Kerry Robinson |
| Years: | 2022-04-19 - 2022-06-03 |
| ID: | P00027959 |
Supervision
Professor Huppatz is available to be a principal supervisor for doctoral projects
Current Supervision
| Thesis Title: | Improving the quality of lives for Vietnamese single mothers: from the perspective of social policy |
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| Thesis Title: | Examining intergenerational conflict among African Australian: The shifting nature of dowry practices from tradition to modernity. |
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| Thesis Title: | Gender Integration: A Comparative Study in the Gendered Experience within Militaries |
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| Thesis Title: | New Media and Young People: Responses to `Responsibilisation? |
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| Thesis Title: | Invisible Boundaries: An Examination of Fathers' Perspectives on Flexible Work Practices |
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| Thesis Title: | A Study of International Students' Experiences of being Female and Mother when Studying in Australian Universities |
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| Thesis Title: | Fijian Women Migrants as Skilled Healthcare Workers: Implications of Social Remittances and Return Aspirations |
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| Thesis Title: | Protestant Reformations, Cultural Revolutions: In a Supposedly Post-Christian Australia, how does Protestant Christianity Contribute To and Interact with the Construction of Normative Cultural Ideals of Gendered and Sexual Behaviour? |
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Previous Supervision
| Thesis Title: | Support for Male Carers of Spouses With Dementia |
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| Thesis Title: | The Development and Testing of a Taxonomy and Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT) Intervention for Internalised Weightism: a Mixed Methods Exploration |
| Field of Research: | Other Society And Culture |
| Thesis Title: | The Relationships between the Cultural and Social Norms and Homophobia: A Case Study of the Middle East Contemporary Shared Sociocultural Factors |
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| Thesis Title: | The Social and Legal Regulation of Domestic Violence: Examining the Implementation of the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act 2005 in the Kesarwani Community, Kolkata. |
| Field of Research: | Studies In Human Society |
| Thesis Title: | Young Women's Contradictory Constructions and Experiences of Cigarette Smoking |
| Field of Research: | Other Health |
| Thesis Title: | A Critical Exploration of the Quantified Self Movement: The Sociology of Self |
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| Thesis Title: | Breastfeeding Practices of Generation Y Women of the Greater Western Sydney Area |
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| Thesis Title: | Flying the Mother Flag: Gendered Institutions and the Lived Experiences of Police Mothers in Australia |
| Field of Research: | Police Studies |
| Thesis Title: | The Lived Experiences of Progressive Muslims: Exploring the Limits of Individualisation |
| Field of Research: | Sociology; Religious Studies; Other Society And Culture |
| Thesis Title: | 'Out of Control...and Vulnerable': Contextualising Women's Responsibility for their Perpetration of Intimate Partner Violence |
| Field of Research: | Studies In Human Society |
Media
| Title: | ABC News 24 |
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| Description: | Weekend Breakfast Interview |
| Title: | ABC Radio National Interview |
| Description: | Interview with Richard Aedy on Life Matters |
| Title: | Sydney Morning Herald Article |
| Description: | Yummy Mummies Not so Palatable |
| Title: | ABC Radio National Interview |
| Description: | Interview with Alan Saunders on The Philosopher s Zone |