Dr Inger Mewburn
Areas of expertise
- Curriculum And Pedagogy 1302
- Specialist Studies In Education 1303
- Architectural Design 120101
Biography
I am a researcher, specialising in research education since 2oo6. Prior to this I lectured in architecture and worked in architecture offices for around a decade.
I am currently the Director of Research Training at The Australian National University where I am responsible for co-ordinating, communicating and measuring all the centrally run research training activities and doing research on student experience to inform practice.
Aside from editing and contributing to the Thesis Whisperer, I write scholarly papers, books and book chapters about research student experiences. I am a regular guest speaker at other universities and do occassional media interviews. Some details of these other activites are below. For further information, view my Linkedin Profile, contact me by email on inger@mewburn.net or visit my Google Scholar page.
Researcher's projects
OLT Seed Project 2014: "INSIGNIA - digital open badges for research education"
http://adventuresinbadging.wordpress.com/
Publications
- Mewburn, I, Tokareva, E, Cuthbert, D et al 2014, ''These are issues that should not be raised in black and white': the culture of progress reporting and the doctorate', Higher Education Research and Development, vol. 33, no. 3, pp. 510-522.
- Mewburn, I, Osborne, L & Caldwell, G 2014, 'Shut up & Write! Some surprising uses of cafes and crowds in doctoral writing', in Claire Aitchison and Cally Guerin (ed.), Writing Groups for Doctoral Education and Beyond: Innovations in practice and theory, Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, Abingdon and New York, pp. 218-232.
- Mewburn, I, Cuthbert, D & Tokareva, E 2014, 'Experiencing the progress report: an analysis of gender and administration in doctoral candidature', Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management, vol. 36, no. 2, pp. 155-171.
- Mewburn, I, Freund, K & Rutherford, E 2014, 'Badge trouble: piloting open badges at the Australian National University', Rhetoric and Reality: Critical perspectives on educational technology, ed. B Hegarty, J McDonald, SK Loke, ASCILITE: Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education, Dunedin New Zealand, pp. 643-648.
- Corbett, J, Macintyre, A & Mewburn, I 2014, 'Functional Dystopia: Diversity, Contestability and New Media in the Academy', in Margaret Thornton (ed.), Through a Glass Darkly: The Social Sciences Look at the Neoliberal University, ANU Press, Canberra, pp. 195-208.
- Mewburn, I & Thompson, P 2013, 'Why do academics blog? An analysis of audiences, purposes and challenges', Studies in Higher Education, vol. 38, no. 8, pp. 1105-1119.
- Mewburn, I 2012, 'Creative doctoral work', in Carey Denholm and Terry Evans (ed.), Doctorates downunder: keys to successful doctoral study in Australia and Aotearoa, New Zealand (2nd ed), Australian Council for Educational Research Press, Melbourne Australia, pp. 126-135.
- Mewburn, I 2011, 'Lost in translation: Reconsidering reflective practice and design studio pedagogy', Arts and Humanities in Higher Education, vol. 11, no. 4, pp. 363-379.
- Mewburn, I 2011, 'Troubling talk: assembling the PhD candidate', Studies in Continuing Education, vol. 33, no. 3, pp. 321-332.
- Barnacle, R & Mewburn, I 2010, 'Learning networks and the journey of 'becoming doctor'', Studies in Higher Education, vol. 35, no. 4, pp. 433-444.
