Professor Mary Hawkins

Professor Mary Hawkins

Professor,
Anthropology & Sociology

Biography

Dr Mary Hawkins is a social anthropologist and currently Associate Professor and Director of Academic Programs (Anthropology, Sociology, and Criminology) for the School of Social Sciences and Psychology. 

This information has been contributed by Professor Hawkins.

Qualifications

  • PhD University of Sydney
  • BA University of Sydney

Organisational Unit (School / Division)

  • Anthropology & Sociology

Contact

Email: M.Hawkins@westernsydney.edu.au
Phone: (02) 9772 6352
Mobile:
Location: 3.8.11

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Publications

Books

  • Huppatz, K., Hawkins, M. and Matthews, A. (2016), 'Identity and Belonging', : Palgrave Macmillan 9781137334923.
  • Hawkins, M. (2013), 'Global Structures, Local Cultures', : Oxford University Press 9780195520163.
  • Fozdar, F., Wilding, R. and Hawkins, M. (2009), 'Race and Ethnic Relations', : Oxford University Press 9780195560503.
  • Hawkins, M. (2006), 'Global Structures, Local Cultures', : Oxford University Press 9780195550962.

Chapters in Books

  • Onnudottir, H. and Hawkins, M. (2020), 'Margt by'r i ?okunni : what dwells in the mist?', Monster Anthropology: Ethnographic Explorations of Transforming Social Worlds Through Monsters, Bloomsbury Academic 9781350096257.
  • Hawkins, M. and Onnudottir, H. (2020), 'Iceland : summer houses and listening to scientists', State Responses to COVID-19: A Global Snapshot at 1 June 2020, Western Sydney University .
  • Hawkins, M. (2020), 'Ethnicity', The Sage Encyclopaedia of the Sociology of Religion, SAGE Publications 9781473942202.
  • Pookhao, N., Bushell, R., Hawkins, M. and Staiff, R. (2018), 'Empowerment through community-based ecotourism in a globalised world global-local nexus : three Thai villaes as case studies', Tourism and Ethnodevelopment: Inclusion, Empowerment and Self-determination, Routledge 9780415788441.
  • Hawkins, M. (2016), 'Ethnicity', Identity and Belonging, Palgrave 9781137334923.
  • Hawkins, M. (2016), 'Migration', Identity and Belonging, Palgrave 9781137334923.
  • Hawkins, M., Huppatz, K. and Matthews, A. (2016), 'Introduction', Identity and Belonging, Palgrave Macmillan 9781137334923.
  • Hawkins, M. (2013), 'New media in a global world', Global Structures, Local Cultures, Oxford University Press 9780195520163.
  • Hawkins, M. (2009), 'Violence and the Construction of Identity: Conflict between the Dayaks and Madurese in Kalimantan, Indonesia', The Politics of the Periphery in Indonesia. Social and Geographic Perspectives, National University of Singapore Press 978997169479.

Journal Articles

  • Pookhao, N., Bushell, R., Hawkins, M. and Staiff, R. (2018), 'Community-based ecotourism : beyond authenticity and the commodification of local people', Journal of Ecotourism, vol 17, no 3 , pp 252 - 267.
  • Hawkins, M. and Onnudottir, H. (2018), 'From Resurrection and New Dawn to the Pirate Party : political party names as symbolizing recent transformations in the political field in Iceland', Politics, Religion and Ideology, vol 19, no 4 , pp 546 - 561.
  • Hawkins, M. and Onnudottir, H. (2017), 'Land, nation and tourist : moral reckoning in post-GFC Iceland', Anthropological Journal of European Cultures, vol 26, no 2 , pp 110 - 126.
  • Hawkins, M. (2005), ''Those Murderous Dayaks': Local Politics, National Policy, Ethnicity and Religious Difference in South Kalimantan, Indonesia', Australian Religion Studies Review, vol 18, no 2 , pp 179 - 195.

Other Publications

  • 2021, 'Promoting Intercultural Understanding, Connectedness, and Belonging: An Independent Evaluation of Together for Humanity Programs', Report

Dr Hawkins teaches and researches in the areas of: religious and ethnic diversity in Southeast Asia; cultural traditions of Islam in Indonesia (specifically in Kalimantan); and globalisation and difference (ethnic, religious, national). Her field research area is Indonesia, specifically  southern Kalimantan.

This information has been contributed by Professor Hawkins.

Previous Projects

Title: Society and Culture in Indonesia
Funder:
  • Various Industry Partners
Western Researchers: Mary Hawkins
Years: 1999-01-01 - 2001-12-31
ID: P0013400
Title: Evaluation of Together For Humanity programs
Funder:
  • Together for Humanity Foundation Limited
Western Researchers: Frances Gale, Michel Edenborough, Mary Hawkins and Deirdre Russell-Bowie
Years: 2018-03-01 - 2019-07-31
ID: P00024856
Title: Regulating Motherhood: understanding the relationship between mothering and class
Funder:
  • University of Western Sydney
Western Researchers: Kate Huppatz and Mary Hawkins
Years: 2011-09-13 - 2013-03-12
ID: P00020420

Supervision

Professor Hawkins is available to be a principal supervisor for doctoral projects

Current Supervision

Thesis Title: Understanding Factors that Affect Learning Outcomes of Indigenous Australian Students in Remote and Urban Contexts
Field of Research:
Thesis Title: Human Rights and Global Policing in an Australian Context
Field of Research:
Thesis Title: Feminist Identity and Conceptualisation of Gender Issues by Muslim Gender Studies Elites
Field of Research: Gender Specific Studies
Thesis Title: Reconstruction of Post Tsunami and Post War in Sri Lanka
Field of Research:
Thesis Title: Negotiating Egalitarian Values and the Division of Unpaid Domestic Labour in Australian Households
Field of Research:
Thesis Title: The Power of Culture, Tradition and Religion in Access to and Delivery of Quality Reproductive Healthcare for Muslim Women Refugees in Australia from Afghan and Somali Background.
Field of Research:
Thesis Title: The Advocacy, Agency and Competence of Women Activists Participating in the Australian Environmental Movement
Field of Research:
Thesis Title: Mothers at the Margins
Field of Research: Society And Culture
Thesis Title: Gender Relations in Tuan Gurus Families in Lombok West Nusatenggara
Field of Research:
Thesis Title: Doing a man-sized job: Exploring Hegemonic femininity amoung blue-collared tradeswomen.
Field of Research:
Thesis Title: Post-Islamist Transnational Religion: A Case Study of the Turkish UICCI
Field of Research:
Thesis Title: Women's Empowerment Projects in Pakistan
Field of Research:

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