Dr Imogen Mathew
B.A. (Hons) The University of Melbourne; M.A. The Australian National University; Ph.D. The Australian National University
Lecturer in Professional Military Education
College of Asia & the Pacific
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+61 2 6266 0445
Areas of expertise
- Defence Studies 160604
- Teacher Education And Professional Development Of Educators 130313
- Literary Studies 2005
Research interests
- Professional military education
- Adult education and learning
- Aboriginal Australian literature
- 19th century literary studies
Biography
Dr Imogen Mathew is a Lecturer in Professional Military Education within the Strategic and Defence Studies Centre. She is based at the Australian War College in Weston Creek, where she works with Defence personnel from Australia and overseas. Dr Mathew completed her PhD at the Australian National University in 2020, researching the work of Wiradjuri writer Anita Heiss.
Publications
- Mathew, I 2018, 'Can the Preface Broker a Realist Pact in Fantastic Fiction?', Australasian Journal of Victorian Studies, vol. 22, no. 1, pp. 82-97.
- Mathew, I 2016, 'Educating the Reader in Anita Heiss's Chick Lit', Contemporary Women's Writing, vol. 10, no. 3, pp. 334-353.
- Mathew, I 2016, 'Reviewing Race in the Digital Literary Sphere: A Case Study of Anita Heiss' Am I Black Enough for You?', Australian Humanities Review, no. 60, pp. 65-83.
- Mathew, I 2015, ''The Pretty and the Political Didn't Seem to Blend Well': Anita Heiss's Chick Lit and the Destabilisation of a Genre', Association for the Study of Australian Literature Journal, vol. 15, no. 3, pp. 1-11.





