Rate My Professor Jo Coghlan

University of New England

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4.08/20/2025

Always goes above and beyond for students.

4.05/21/2025

Helps students see the joy in learning.

4.02/27/2025

Encourages students to think critically.

5.02/18/2025

Brings real-world examples to learning.

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Associate Professor Jo Coghlan serves in the School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences within the Faculty of Humanities, Arts, Social Sciences and Education at the University of New England. She earned her BA Honours and PhD from the University of Wollongong, along with a Graduate Certificate in Academic Practice from Southern Cross University. Her academic excellence was recognized early with the University Medal and Arthur J Davies Prize in Politics for her Honours thesis, and the New England Award for her PhD thesis. At UNE, Coghlan has held significant leadership roles, including former Chair of the Human Ethics Committee, former Head of the Department of Social and Philosophical Inquiries in HASS, and Coordinator of the Bachelor of Arts and related degrees. Her interdisciplinary expertise spans sociology, politics, popular culture, research methods, social history, material culture, gendered political dress, death and mourning in popular culture, class and violence in cinema, critical landscape studies, petro-culture, and the cultural history of animals and posthumanism.