Doctor Roger Dawkins

Associate Dean, Learning and Teaching,
Dean's Unit, School of Humanities & Comm Arts

Senior Lecturer in Digital and Social Media,
Communication, Creative Industries & Screen Media

Biography
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Biography

Roger Dawkins earned his PhD from the University of New South Wales in 2005. He has worked in the digital media industry as a content strategist, copywriter, blogger and web editor. He has taught media and film studies at the University of New South Wales, Macquarie University and the University of Technology, Sydney.

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Qualifications

PhD University of New South Wales

Professional Memberships

Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA) (2019)

Awards

Excellence in Teaching 2015-12-18
Citations for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning 2017-12-06

Interests

Podcasts
digital media, social media, content marketing, SEO, semiotics, philosophy, film

Organisational Unit (School / Division)

Dean's Unit, School of Humanities & Comm Arts
Communication, Creative Industries & Screen Media

Contact

Email:	R.Dawkins@westernsydney.edu.au
Phone:	(02) 9685 9863
Mobile:
Location:	ED.G.41 Parramatta

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Publications

Journal Articles

Dawkins, R. (2023), 'Reflecting on the ethical terrain of university students' narrative non-fiction podcasts and exploring the value of emotion and discomfort in higher education', Pedagogy, Culture & Society, vol 31, no 5 , pp 1039 - 1058.
Dawkins, R. (2022), 'Hybrid-flexible (HyFlex) subject delivery and implications for teaching workload : a 'small data' analysis of one academic's first-hand experience in 2021 and 2022', Australian Universities' Review, vol 4, no 2 , pp 61 - 69.
Dawkins, R. (2020), 'From the perspective of the object in semiotics : Deleuze and Peirce', Semiotica, vol 2020, no 233 , pp 1 - 18.
Dawkins, R. (2020), 'Using Peirce (and Deleuze's Peirce) to think about #foodporn and other Instagram signs', Angelaki, vol 25, no 5 , pp 101 - 117.
Dawkins, R. (2019), 'Mass email at university : current literature and tactics for future use', Open Learning, vol 34, no 3 , pp 273 - 289.
Dawkins, R. (2017), 'Tools for jimmying experience : conceptual speed dating on Facebook', First Monday, vol 22, no 11 .
Dawkins, R. (2015), 'How we speak when we say things about ourselves in social media : a semiotic analysis of content curation', M/C Journal, vol 18, no 4 .
Dawkins, R. (2015), 'Book review: Meaning in the Age of Social Media', New Media and Society, vol 17, no 11 , pp 1907 - 1909.
Dawkins, R., Ford, H. and Trahair, L. (2006), 'Film theory', Year's Work in Critical and Cultural Theory, vol 14, no 1 , pp 311 - 335.
Dawkins, R. (2005), 'It took Spinoza and structuralism to teach Deleuze that meaning is not necessarily attributed to the cinematic sign', Semiotica, vol 2005, no 157 , pp 325 - 344.
Dawkins, R. (2005), 'Deleuze, Peirce and the cinematic sign', Semiotic Review of Books, vol 15, no 2 , pp 8 - 12.
Dawkins, R. (2005), 'The Cinema Effect by Sean Cubitt', Senses of Cinema, vol 35 .
Dawkins, R. (2003), 'The problem of a material element in the cinematic sign : Deleuze, Metz and Peirce', Angelaki, vol 8, no 3 , pp 155 - 166.
Dawkins, R. (2002), 'Making sense of matter in Deleuze's conception of cinema language', Reconstruction: Studies in Contemporary Culture, vol 2, no 2 .
Dawkins, R. (2002), 'Thoughts of Deleuze, Spinoza and the cinema (The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser)', Contretemps: An Online Journal of Philosophy, vol 3 , pp 66 - 74.
Dawkins, R. (2002), 'An infrared vision of the world : Deleuze, the sign, and In the Mood for Love', Film-Philosophy, vol 6, no 1 .

Conference Papers

Bentley, R. and Dawkins, R. (2023), 'Cajoling screen media students back on-campus - and keeping them there!', Australian Screen Production Education and Research Association. Conference, Adelaide, S.A..
Archee, R., Dawkins, R. and Gurney, M. (2021), 'Evaluating HyFlex at Western Sydney University 2021 : considerations for curriculum and pedagogy', Innovate Learning Summit, Online.
Dawkins, R. and Bentley, R. (2019), 'Lessons from the production and implementation of VBL in a blended higher education course', Teaching and Learning Conference, Sydney, N.S.W..
Dawkins, R., Mason, G. and Venaruzzo, L. (2019), 'Engaging students in online content using new technologies : an iterative approach', Engage! Learning Showcase, Western Sydney University, Parramatta, N.S.W..
Dawkins, R., Mason, G. and Venaruzzo, L. (2019), 'All hands on deck! : a case study of the collaboration between an academic and team of digital experts on a technology-enhanced version of a second-year communications course', International Conference of Education, Research and Innovation, Seville, Spain.
Dawkins, R. (2018), 'Learning analytics classroom hacks : examples from an Australian University', International Conference on Learning Analytics and Knowledge, Sydney, N.S.W..
Dawkins, R., Doloswala, K. and Karliychuk, G. (2018), 'Red flag! : challenges for online peer review : a case study from an undergraduate course at an Australian university', Teaching & Learning Conference ANZ, Brisbane, Qld..
Dawkins, R. (2016), 'Content strategy : a lesson from the industry for university learning analytics', Show Me The Learning. Proceedings ASCILITE 2016 Adelaide, Adelaide, S.A..

Other Publications

2022, 'Individual-Based Measure of Socio-Economic Disadvantage: Making Identification "Agile"', Report

Digital and social media, content marketing, semiotics, film, philosophy.