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Dr Ana Stevenson

Dr Ana Stevenson
Name Ana Stevenson
Position Adjunct Senior Research Fellow
Section Centre for Heritage and Culture (Research)
Phone +61 7 4631 1862
Extension 1862
Email
Qualifications BComm CQU , BA(Hons) Qld , GCertEd UNSW , MEd UNSW , PhD Qld
Languages Sign Languages (non accredited translator)
Homepage https://anastevenson.phd
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Biography

Dr Ana Stevenson is a historian whose research brings transnational perspectives to the history of feminism and social movements in the United States, Australia, and South Africa. Her teaching experience spans history, the humanities, and academic, digital, and critical literacies, while her interdisciplinary research also encompasses feminist theory and literary, media, and cultural studies. Dr Stevenson co-founded VIDA: Blog of the Australian Women’s History Network (est. 2016), with Dr Alana Piper, and remains a Managing Editor with Dr Paige Donaghy (The University of Melbourne). She is also the co-convener of a digital humanities initiative and digital archive, The Suffrage Postcard Project (est. 2015), with Associate Professor Kristin Allukian (University of South Florida). Her 2018 journal article in the Pacific Historical Review was awarded the 2019 W. Turrentine Jackson (Article) Prize by the Pacific Coast Branch of the American Historical Association and the 2019 Covert Award in Mass Communication History by the History Division, Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication. Since 2021, Dr Stevenson has been a Research Fellow in the International Studies Group at the University of the Free State, South Africa. In 2022, South Africa's National Research Foundation recognised her as Y1: Promising Young Researcher. Currently, Dr Stevenson is a Chief Investigator on the Australian Research Council 2023-26 Discovery Project, Archiving Social Movements & Building Historical Literacy for a Digital Age (ARC DP230100875), with Professor Sharon Crozier-De Rosa (University of Wollongong), Emeritus Senior Professor Vera Mackie (University of Wollongong), and Distinguished Professor Andrea Witcomb (Deakin University).

Research Career


  • Transnational History ( 430323 )
  • Screen And Media Culture ( 470214 )
  • Gender Studies ( 440500 )
  • North American History ( 430321 )
  • Australian History ( 430302 )
  • Sub-Saharan African History ( 430322 )
  • Digital History ( 430306 )
  • Historical Studies ( 430300 )
  • Intersectional Studies ( 440505 )
  • Cultural Studies ( 470200 )
  • Gender History ( 430309 )
  • Histories Of Race ( 430312 )
  • Feminist Theory ( 440503 )
  • Womens Studies (incl. Girls Studies) ( 440509 )
  • Postcolonial Studies ( 470213 )
  • History Of Empires ( 430313 )
  • Global And World History ( 430310 )
  • Feminist Methodologies ( 440502 )

History; Feminist Studies; Media Studies; Film studies; Academic Literacies; Pathways Education


Australian Historical Association
Australian and New Zealand American Studies Association
Australian Women's History Network
National Association of Enabling Educators of Australia
Southern African Historical Society


  • Centre for Heritage and Culture (CHC)

Teaching


14 Years

Supervision


  • Transnational History ( 430323 )
  • Screen And Media Culture ( 470214 )
  • Gender Studies ( 440500 )
  • North American History ( 430321 )
  • Australian History ( 430302 )
  • Sub-Saharan African History ( 430322 )
  • Digital History ( 430306 )
  • Historical Studies ( 430300 )
  • Intersectional Studies ( 440505 )
  • Cultural Studies ( 470200 )
  • Gender History ( 430309 )
  • Histories Of Race ( 430312 )
  • Feminist Theory ( 440503 )
  • Womens Studies (incl. Girls Studies) ( 440509 )
  • Postcolonial Studies ( 470213 )
  • History Of Empires ( 430313 )
  • Global And World History ( 430310 )
  • Feminist Methodologies ( 440502 )