Rate My Professor Kayt Davies

Dr Kayt Davies serves as a Lecturer in Journalism at Curtin University’s School of Media, Creative Arts and Social Inquiry within the Faculty of Humanities. Her professional journey began in high school contributing to local media, leading to a cadetship at The West Australian and finance journalism roles at The Western Mail. She worked in international news at Visnews in London, edited Perth Woman magazine, and acted as editor-in-chief for a group of six magazines at an independent media company. Entering academia, she spent 12 years at Edith Cowan University, completing her Doctor of Philosophy at Curtin University on an ethnographic study of women’s magazine editors, alongside an M.Phil in English and Comparative Literature and a BA (Honours) in Psychology. During this time, she headed the journalism program, served five years on the executive of the Journalism Education and Research Association of Australia (JERAA), supervised postgraduate students, and built a research portfolio. In 2009, she was awarded a Vice Chancellor’s Citation and an Australian Learning and Teaching Council Citation for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning.