Rate My Professor Denise Woods

Her research encompasses media studies, cultural studies, Asian Studies, and Asian Australian studies, with focuses on representations of Asia in Australian media and public library collections, negotiations of cultural identities through events like the Eurovision Asia Song Contest, and portrayals of identity, disability, and Asia in media. Key publications include “I don’t care about Asia”: Teaching Asia in Australia co-authored with Susan Leong (2017); From Eurovision to Asiavision: the Eurovision Asia Song Contest and negotiation of Australia’s cultural identities (2020); Representations of Asia in Western Australian public library collections co-authored with Hollie White (2021); Australia in Asia: Negotiating Pauline Hanson in the Southeast Asian press co-authored with Ien Ang, Sam Chalmers, Lisa Law, and Mandy Thomas (2000); Good guys, bad guys: Images of the Australian soldier in East Timor (2001); and Jumping the Queue co-authored with GT Espak and S Fatnowna (2002). Additional contributions appear in the Journal of Australian Studies, Media International Australia, and the book Alter/Asians: Asian-Australian Identities in Art, Media and Popular Culture. Woods has participated in academic symposia, seminars on disability representation, and conferences such as the Asian Australian Identities series.