How to academia: a School of Justice Podcast

How to academia lets you into the minds and experiences of staff and students of QUT School of Justice. We talk research, crime, current issues, and how to deal with being a professional who is human.

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Episodes

Monday Mar 06, 2023

A politician walks into a bar... well it was my office but here was still laughter and good times. I thoroughly enjoyed recording this episode with Brett. I think this is an excellent testament to Brett's intelligence, good humour, and ability to engage with people across all walks of life.  Brett has had a really interesting career and is wonderfully reflective and enthusiastic about his achievements and all the challenges that have come along the way. I am really grateful to Brett for allowing me such free range and not flinching from my questioning.
 
Brett Mason
Jodi Death (it rhymes with “teeth”): @jodi_death
Kelsey Adams: @Kelsey_L_Adams
QUT Centre for Justice: @CrimeJusticeQUT
Mentions and Show Notes
Brett’s book: Wizards of Oz: How Oliphant and Florey helped win the war and shape the modern world (2022)
Inquiries and commissions:
Costigan Commission (i.e. the Royal Commission on the Activities of the Federated Ship Painters and Dockers Union) - 1980-84
The Fitzgerald Inquiry (i.e. the Commission of Inquiry into Possible Illegal Activities and Associated Police Misconduct) - 1987-89
Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody - 1987-91
The Bringing Them Home Report, about the Stolen Generations (i.e. the Report of the National Inquiry into the Separation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children from Their Families) - 1995-97
Terms and parties:
Parliament of Australia, which has two houses, the House of Representatives and the Senate
Glossary of State Parliament terms - minister, shadow minister, backbenchers, oh my
Liberal party - their website and more info
Labor party - their website and more info
Crossing the floor - what it is and why Labor party members can’t do it - in short:
“...Labor MPs are bound by a formal party pledge to support the collective decisions of their parliamentary caucus. To flout the pledge is to risk expulsion from the party. The last MP to ignore such warnings was Western Australia's Graeme Campbell. He lost his ALP endorsement in 1995, and his seat, as an independent, in the House of Representatives in 1998.” Sydney Morning Herald, 2006  
Communism
Democratic Labour Party
Westminster system
Cast of characters in Aussie politics:
Kevin Rudd (and his statement containing a mention of Queensland potentially becoming the Alabama of Australia)
Sir Joh (and his political downfall)
Peter Coaldrake
Trevor Evans
John Howard
Tony Abbott
George Brandis
Malcolm Turnbull
Julie Bishop
Bob Hawke (did you know that before becoming prime minister of Australia, he set a world record by drinking 1.4 litres of beer in 11 seconds?)
Penny Wong
Who’s your favourite prime minister?
John Howard
Robert Menzies
John Curtin
Bob Hawke
Paul Keating

Tuesday Feb 21, 2023

We're back and so excited about what we're going to bring to you in 2023. We're starting the year with one of our excellent former students Katie. Katie is building a career in investigations with the private sector. I had no idea that there was a whole industry investigating trademark violations - but of course there is! I loved hearing about Katie's experiences and how she is using skills she learned in the Justice degree to build a career. 
This podcast was developed with support from the Queensland University of Technology.
Connect
Jodi Death (it rhymes with “teeth”): @jodi_death
 Kelsey Adams: @Kelsey_L_Adams
QUT Centre for Justice: @CrimeJusticeQUT
Mentions and Show Notes
Trademark Investigation Services
Job opportunities pages (Australia):
CareerHub (needs student login - available for QUT as well as most other Australian universities)
QUT Student Success Group
Seek
LinkedIn
Indeed
JSB272 Theories of Crime - second-year unit in QUT’s Bachelor of Justice
Techniques of neutralisation

Monday Dec 12, 2022

We're super excited about visiting scholars here in the School of Justice. We recently welcomed Lucia from Palacký University Olomouc, Chechia. Lucia is a geographer. Yes, you read that right, a geographer! Lucia's research looks at how people view public space and fear of crime. Tune in to hear me nail some geography speak and Lucia talk about working across disciplines, travelling the world, running in the dark, and figuring out life balance.
In other news, we're taking a break for Christmas. We'll be back in the new year with more adjuncts, researchers, students, and interesting people talking How to Academia.
This podcast was developed with support from the Queensland University of Technology.
Connect
Lucia: @LBrisudova
Jodi Death (it rhymes with “teeth”): @jodi_death
Kelsey Adams: @Kelsey_L_Adams
QUT Centre for Justice: @CrimeJusticeQUT
Mentions and Show Notes 
Mapping topo-ambivalent places for the purposes of strategic planning of urban space. The case of Šternberk, the Czech Republic by Lucia Brisudová, Petr Simacek & Miloslav Šerý (2020)
Topophilic and topophobic
Dr Johnny Huck
Dr Reka Solymosi
Geoinformatics
Behavioural geography
ArcGIS and R
Dr Helen Kara
Favourite theorist/theory: behavioural geographer Yi-Fu Tuan

Wednesday Nov 09, 2022

Brodie knows about so many things I have no clue about - spreadsheets, being good at admin, finance.... More importantly this chat with Brodie shows insight into the importance of taking the journey of figuring out who you are, staying passionate in activism, and working with men in perpetrator programs. I loved this chat with Brodie for the honesty, the passion, and a willingness to be transparent. Brodie also gives us some insight into the importance of value alignment in employability. 
*language warning
This podcast was developed with support from the Queensland University of Technology.
Connect
Jodi Death (it rhymes with “teeth”): @jodi_death
Kelsey Adams: @Kelsey_L_Adams
QUT Centre for Justice: @CrimeJusticeQUT
Mentions and Show Notes 
https://www.ethicaljobs.com.au/
Duluth Model and the power and control wheel
Favourite theorist/theory:
Michel Foucault
Lundy Bancroft, especially Why Does He Do That?
Peter Singer, especially Animal Liberation
The Sexual Politics of Meat by Carol Adams

Monday Oct 24, 2022

Ask all the questions is what Jessy tells us. I'm with you Jessy! We are so proud of Jessy and her passion for helping community. Jessy crams life full of good things and here, she tells us how she manages and how she stays engaged. I am so deeply impressed with what our students are capable of and where their 'real world' aspirations are taking them. I am thankful for Jessy reflections on what it means to be an Indigenous student at QUT and her advice on how we can do better to support Indigenous students. When you've listened to Jessy talk to us, check out her TEDxQUT talk.
 
This podcast was developed with support from the Queensland University of Technology.
Connect
Jodi Death (it rhymes with “teeth”): @jodi_death
Kelsey Adams: @Kelsey_L_Adams
QUT Centre for Justice: @CrimeJusticeQUT
Mentions and Show Notes
Jessy spoke at TEDxQUT on 15 October 2022! At time of posting, the presentation isn’t available yet, so here’s a link to her speaker profile - go listen to her talk once it’s up.
The Oodgeroo Unit at QUT
Poet Oodgeroo Noonuccal
Voice to Parliament
ATSIC (dismantled 2004)
Sorry business - what it is and how to be sensitive (especially as a health professional)
Statistics on youth detention:
“Half (50%, or 410 of 819) of all young people in detention on an average night in the June quarter 2021 were Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander people. Indigenous Australians made up just 6% of the Australian population aged 10–17.”
Australian youth justice reports - supervision, detention and return to sentencing
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultural safety
Blueknot’s guidelines for trauma-informed practice
Favourite theorist/theory:
Attachment theory and John Bowlby
Jury bias
Unit JSB172 - Professional Academic Skills 
Unit JSB263 - Global Political Institutions 
Fact Checks
The existence of learning styles is not supported by research (at least, not the visual/auditory/kinaesthetic split)
Indigenous people have never been called “flora and fauna” under Australian law?

Tuesday Oct 11, 2022

I have been asked regularly when I was going to let someone turn the tables and interview me. My excellent colleague Adele Webb stepped up asked the tough questions. In this episode I talk about what it means to be a post-Christian, feminist, lesbian, survivor, and... academic who works in the area of sexual violence. There has been a bit in the media this last week about Christian faith and leadership (#Essendon) and happily there is some discussion about faith and how it intersects work with here. Trigger warnings on this episode for direct disclosures of sexual violence and raging feminisms!
Jodi Death
This podcast was developed with support from the Queensland University of Technology.
Connect
Jodi Death (it rhymes with “teeth”): @jodi_death
Adele Webb: @adelehwebb 
Kelsey Adams: @Kelsey_L_Adams
QUT Centre for Justice: @CrimeJusticeQUT
Mentions and Show Notes 
Adele Webb’s episode
Charles Sturt University
Kelly Richards’ episode
ANROWS research and reports on sexual violence
Mary Daly - amazing feminist theorist
Boston Globe article on abuse perpetrated by Catholic priests (behind a paywall)
More info on the Boston Globe article (free to access)
Spotlight - the film about the investigation and events around the Boston Globe article and subsequent scandal
Vicarious trauma, compassion fatigue, burnout, and how to tell the difference
What “residential care” means in Australia
Imposter syndrome (this article discusses imposter syndrome among grad students, but it totally applies more broadly)
Fave theorist/theory:
John Braithwaite - reintegrative shaming
Judith Butler
Post-structuralism
Was Hitler on meth? Here’s a book, a podcast, and an article about it.

Monday Sep 26, 2022

There are not many men who decide to undertake gender studies(at the time “women’s studies”), work in a rape crisis center, and build a career that includes domestic violence advocacy. Professor Michael Flood has taken up this challenge and Kelsey is not over-selling it when she says his work is prolific! We in the School of Justice are very privileged to have Michael as a colleague who cares so deeply about equity, believes that people can change, makes genuine efforts to advocate for better understanding of gendered violence, and ‘walks the walk’ of challenging patriarchy in his professional and private life -and is humble enough to admit to us he doesn’t always get it right. Friends, please listen in and enjoy this chat with Michael – what a guy!
 
This podcast was developed with support from the Queensland University of Technology. For more info, head to https://www.qut.edu.au/
Connect
Michael Flood: @MichaelGLFlood
Jodi Death (it rhymes with “teeth”): @jodi_death
Kelsey Adams: @Kelsey_L_Adams
QUT Centre for Justice: @CrimeJusticeQUT
Mentions and Show Notes
Michael’s website XY
Engaging Men and Boys in Violence Prevention by Michael Flood
Georgie Porgie: Sexual Harassment in Everyday Life by Sue Wise and Liz Stanley
Favourite theorist/theory/piece of work:
Liz Kelly
Janet Holland

Monday Sep 12, 2022

Here’s another chat with one of our excellent graduates Haydn. Haydn has a job with Probation and Parole (Corrections Qld) that he thinks will be a career. As a student Haydn studied full time, became a Dad, and worked crazy hours at a servo so he has some tips on how to fit it all in! Haydn represents policy nerds who can shape a surfboard and pull a beer while considering the complexities of responding to crime. I tell you, our graduates are such interesting people!
 
Connect
Jodi Death (it rhymes with “teeth”): @jodi_death
Kelsey Adams: @Kelsey_L_Adams
QUT Centre for Justice: @CrimeJusticeQUT
Mentions and Show Notes
Labeling theory
Sofronoff Review (Queensland Parole System Review from 2016)
Oodgeroo Unit
Fire Country: How Indigenous Fire Management Could Help Save Australia by Victor Steffensen

Tuesday Aug 30, 2022

It seems like life has been an adventure down a winding river for Ange. Sometimes it just takes a while to find your jam and Ange has had an excellent tour of all the interesting things to come to academia. . I learned things about my favourite office buddy that helped me feel okay about sometimes just not knowing what I want and doing what ever it is that looks good at the time. Things I love about Ange include an excellent an critical, ethical, and compassionate take on life. Listen in to hear about the latest in hate crime research, why numbers count (see what I did there), and being a potter.
Angela Higginson
This podcast was developed with support from the Queensland University of Technology. For more info, head to https://www.qut.edu.au/
Connect
Angela Higginson: @anghigginson
Jodi Death (it rhymes with “teeth”): @jodi_death
Kelsey Adams: @Kelsey_L_Adams
QUT Centre for Justice: @CrimeJusticeQUT

Monday Aug 15, 2022

This episode is pretty special. My postgrad student Michelle has generously shares her experiences of incarceration and studying. I’m going to let Michelle tell you her story…
This podcast was developed with support from the Queensland University of Technology. For more info, head to https://www.qut.edu.au/
Connect:
Jodi Death (it rhymes with “teeth”): @jodi_death
Kelsey Adams: @Kelsey_L_Adams
QUT Centre for Justice: @CrimeJusticeQUT
Mentions and Show Notes:
Graduate Certificate in Domestic Violence Responses (6 months, 100% online): https://online.qut.edu.au/online-courses/law-justice/graduate-certificate-in-domestic-violence-responses/ 
ANZSOC Conference: https://anzsocconference.com.au/
Debbie Kilroy: @DebKilroy 
Sisters Inside: https://www.sistersinside.com.au /
Vicarious trauma: https://professionals.blueknot.org.au/supervision-and-practice/ 
“Prisons are universities of crime, maintained by the state.”
Commonly attributed to Pyotr (Peter) Kropotkin in his 1887 book In Russian and French Prisons, though we couldn’t find it in the full-text of the book: https://archive.org/details/inrussianfrenchp00kroprich/page/n5/mode/2up 
For an unverified article by Kropotkin on this concept, check out https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/petr-kropotkin-prisons-universities-of-crime
If anyone can find the original source for this quote, email the editor (Kelsey) at k24.adams@qut.edu.au - we want to know the truth!
Bentham’s panopticon: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panopticon
How To Academia episode with Claire Ferguson: https://jodideath.podbean.com/e/episode-2dr-claire-ferguson-talks-vicarious-trauma/ 

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