Rate My Professor Kathryn Trees

Kathryn Trees is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences at Murdoch University. She teaches in English and Creative Writing, Communication and Media Studies, and related areas such as Australian literature, poetry, and communicating global issues. Trees earned her PhD from Murdoch University in 1990 with the thesis titled Counter-memories: history and identity in Aboriginal literature. Her education also includes studies at the University of Western Australia. With over 30 years at Murdoch University, she marked 20 years of service in 2019 and continues as a key academic figure supervising doctoral research.

Trees' research specializations encompass postcolonialism, Australian and Aboriginal literature, Indigenous studies, communication processes, media studies, socio-political and economic dynamics, tourism development impacts, and ethical considerations in information systems. Key publications include Postcolonialism: Yet another colonial strategy? co-authored with Mudrooroo Nyoongah (1993), Mobile media: Communicating with and by Indigenous youth about alcohol (Australian Aboriginal Studies, 2015), Writing domestic violence in Marian Keyes’ This Charming Man (2008) (TEXT, 2017), Local perceptions of tourism development and socio-cultural impacts in Nigeria co-authored with A. Eyisi (Tourism Planning & Development, 2021), and Developing responsible tourism in emerging economies: the case of Nigeria (Journal of Tourism and Cultural Change, 2023). Her scholarship has garnered over 428 citations according to Google Scholar. Trees has supervised numerous PhD theses on diverse topics including representations of law in Australian literature, jury trial advocacy discourse, limits of feminism, Indigenous spirituality, and unruly business in realist short stories. She received the School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences Research Excellence Award and contributes to interdisciplinary discussions on teaching diverse student groups and facilitating community participation.