| Year | Citation |
|---|---|
| 2022 | Kon-yu, N., & Booth, E. (220101). Who is Telling Australian Stories? The Results from the First Nations and People of Colour Writers Count. Journal of Language, Literature and Culture, 69(2-3), (107-123). |
| 2022 |
Tangalakis, K., Kelly, K., Konyu, N., & Hall, D. (220101). The impact of teaching from home during the covid-19 pandemic on the student evaluations of female academics. Journal of University Teaching and Learning Practice, 19(1), (160-175). doi: 10.53761/1.19.1.10 |
| 2022 |
Konjarski, L., Fletcher, J., Husaric, M., Kelly, K., & Konyu, N. (220101). Women s work: Women leading women in a teaching-focussed first year college. Journal of University Teaching and Learning Practice, 19(1), (92-106). doi: 10.53761/1.19.1.06 |
| 2020 | Lobo, M., Duffy, M., Witcomb, A., Brennan-Horley, C., Kelly, D., Barry, K., Bissell, D., Buckle, C., Cretney, R., & Harada, T. (200702). Practising lively geographies in the city: encountering Melbourne through experimental field-based workshops. Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 44(3), (406-426). |
| 2019 | Kon-Yu, N. (191201). The most natural thing. Overland, 2019-Winter(235), (73-79). |
| 2018 | Kon, Yu. (181024). In the skin of the other: Diversity and the Australian Publishing Industry. TEXT: Journal of Writing and Writing Programs, 22(2), (1-13). |
| 2018 | Kon-Yu, N., & Van, Loon. (180409). Gendered Authorship and Cultural Authority in Siri Hustvedt's the Blazing World. Contemporary Women's Writing, 12(1), (49-66). |
| 2016 | Kon, Yu. (160101). A testicular hit-list of literary big cats . Overland, 223 (14-20). |
Key details
Areas of expertise
- Creative arts
- Women's writing
- Cultural diversity & inclusion in fiction
- Gender and women’s history
- Feminist literary studies
Available to supervise research students
Available for media queries
About Natalie Kon yu
Dr Natalie Kon-yu a writer, academic and editor whose work has been published nationally and internationally.
She is the co-commissioning editor of #Me Too: Stories from the Australian Women's Movement (Picador, 2019), Mothers and Others: Why Not All Women are Mothers and All Mothers are Not the Same (Pan Macmillan, 2015) and Just Between Us: Australian Writers Tell the Truth about Female Friendship (Pan Macmillan 2013).
Natalie was the co-director of the Stella Diversity Count in 2016 and is researching cultural diversity in the Australian Publishing Industry.
Her creative writing has been awarded numerous prizes and she sits on the Board of Directors of Her Place Women's Museum.
She has an abiding interest in women's narratives, particularly those which have been marginalised. She is one of the co-founders of the VU Feminist Research Network.
Qualifications
- PhD (English and the Creative Arts) Murdoch University, Australia, 2010
- BA Hons (English), Curtin University, 2000
Key publications
Natalie has over 25 publications, with a selection listed here.
A more comprehensive list of Natalie's publications is available in the VU Research Repository.
Book (showing 1 of 2)
| Year | Citation |
|---|---|
| 2022 | Kon-Yu, N. (220208). The Cost of Labour. |
Book chapter (showing 1)
| Year | Citation |
|---|---|
| 2013 | KON, Y. U. (130101). In the Dark In Linden, M. ;. (Ed.) (1st) (pp. 195-210). Sydney: Macmillan. |
Journal article (showing 8 of 12)
Research funding for the past 5 years
Funding details for this researcher are currently unavailable.
Supervision of research students at VU
Available to supervise research students
Available for media queries
Currently supervised research students at VU
| No. of students | Study level | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | PhD | Principal supervisor |
| 1 | PhD | Associate supervisor |
| 1 | PhD by Creative Work | Principal supervisor |
| 1 | PhD Integrated | Principal supervisor |
Currently supervised research students at VU
| Students & level | Role |
|---|---|
| PhD (1) | Principal supervisor |
| PhD (1) | Associate supervisor |
| PhD by Creative Work (1) | Principal supervisor |
| PhD Integrated (1) | Principal supervisor |
Completed supervision of research students at VU
| No. of students | Study level | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | PhD by Creative Work | OSP/Leave supervisor |
| 2 | PhD by Creative Work | Associate supervisor |
Completed supervision of research students at VU
| Students & level | Role |
|---|---|
| PhD by Creative Work (1) | OSP/Leave supervisor |
| PhD by Creative Work (2) | Associate supervisor |
Key academic roles
| Dates | Role | Department / Organisation |
|---|---|---|
| Jul 2018 - Present |
Senior Lecturer
|
Victoria University |
| Dates | Role & Department/Organisation |
|---|---|
| Jul 2018 -
Present
|
Senior Lecturer
Victoria University |
Key industry, community & government roles
| Dates | Role | Department/Organisation |
|---|---|---|
| Jan 2016 - May 2019 |
Board Member
|
Her Place Museum |
| Jan 2016 - Jul 2016 |
Stella Diversity Count Co-Director
|
The Stella Prize |
| Dates | Role & Department/Organisation |
|---|---|
| Jan 2016 - May 2019 |
Board Member
Her Place Museum |
| Jan 2016 - Jul 2016 |
Stella Diversity Count Co-Director
The Stella Prize |
Awards
| Year | Award |
|---|---|
| 2016 |
Best of 2016: Best Online Articles & Essays for ‘On Sexism and Literary Prize Culture’ - Entropy Magazine |
| 2010 |
Australian Society of Authors Mentorship Winner - Australian Society of Authors |
| 2009 |
Long-listed for The Australian/Vogel Award - The Vogel Award |
| 2009 |
Emerging Writer-in-Residence - Katherine Susannah Prichard Foundation |
Media appearances
02nd June 2013
Natalie Kon-yu and Merridy Eastman. ABC TV News 24, Weekend Breakfast Interview. Broadcast on 02/06/13.
29th May 2015
‘Just Between Us: female friendships, for better or worse’, Life Matters, Radio National.
26th September 2017
Panel discussion with with Melissa Lucashenko, Emily Maguire and Sophie Cunningham Melbourne Writers’ Festival
29th September 2017
‘Local Libraries’ with Stella Prize Winner Heather Rose Melbourne Writers Festival
27th May 2019
Panel Discussion with Namita Gokhale, Rakhshanda Jalil and Michelle Cahill at Jaipur Literary Festival at Melbourne, 2017
