Rate My Professor Tanya Muscat

Dr. Tanya Muscat is a Lecturer in the School of Management and Marketing within the Faculty of Business and Law at Curtin University in Perth, Western Australia. She earned her Doctor of Philosophy in Communication and Media Studies from Macquarie University in 2012, complemented by a Master of Arts in International Communication from the same institution. With over ten years of experience in public relations practice and teaching, Dr. Muscat transitioned from academic roles at Macquarie University to her current position at Curtin, where she contributes to teaching and research in management and marketing.

Dr. Muscat's research interests center on communication with diverse communities, public relations, identity politics, and social justice. Her scholarly contributions, cited 61 times according to Google Scholar, include key publications such as 'Public relations, Indigenous voice, and the failure of Australia's 2023 Voice referendum' co-authored with Katharina Wolf in Public Relations Inquiry (2025), which explores misrecognition and social inequality. Other notable works are 'The role of government's 'Owned Media' in fostering cultural inclusion: a case study of the NSW Department of Education's online and social media during COVID-19' (2021) with Lauren Gorfinkel, Sue Ollerhead, and Alice Chik; 'Understanding Australian multiculturalism in public relations practice through a social justice lens' (2023) with Katharina Wolf; and 'Recognition Crisis: Coming to Terms with Identity, Attention and Political Communication in the Twenty-First Century' (2023). She has participated in collaborative projects on digital communication for real-world impact and received a 2024 Curtin University Faculty of Business and Law iSoLT Small Grant of $5000 with Dr. Robyn Ouschan for transformative sustainability educational initiatives. Her work informs public relations strategies for inclusive societal engagement.