Dr Victoria Rawlings
ARC DECRA Fellow
Room 907, A35
Vic's research and teaching focuses on gender, sexuality, and schooling. She is currently working on projects funded by the Australian Research Council and the NSW Department of Communities and Justice, both of which aim to make schools safer, more inclusive, and receptive to gender and sexuality diversity. Using co-researcher methodologies, Vic works in partnership with teachers, students, and school leaders to drive meaningful change in their communities. She also creates curriculum-based strategies that aim to build critical thinking, care, and connection between students.
Gender, Sexuality, Young People, Schooling, Violence, Social Structures, Bullying Discourse, Community-Led Research
2024 Sydney Early-Mid Career Academic Network: Good Mentor Award
2021 Australian Research Council DECRA Fellow
2020 University of Sydney Vice-Chancellor's Award: Outstanding Early Career Teaching
2020 Westpac Research Fellowship National Finalist
2016 Teaching Excellence Award (Nominee), Sydney School of Education and Social Work
2015 Lancaster University Division of Health Research Development Funding: Conference presentation (AERA, Chicago)
2013 Teaching Excellence Award, Faculty of Education and Social Work (The University of Sydney)
2012 British Educational Research Association Annual Conference: Outstanding Early Career Research Presentation (Manchester, England, September 2012)
2011 University of Sydney Faculty of Education Research Funding: Conference presentation: $2500
2009-2012 University of Sydney Thomas and Mary Ethel Ewing Doctoral Scholarship
| Project title | Research student |
|---|---|
| Navigating Online Sex-Positive Discourse and Its Impact on the Formative Sexual Experiences of Young People in the Digital Age. | Susie DODDS |
| A Foucauldian discourse analysis of gender diversity in education through media and policy texts | Lydia FAGAN |
| Revisiting the Construction of Peer Gender-Based Violence in West Java Indonesia: Problematising the Anti-Bullying Program at Public High Schools | Farieda ZULAIKHA |
Selected publications
(Sydney University Press, 2021)
(Palgrave Macmillan, 2017)
Publications
Books
- Rawlings, V. (2017). Gender Regulation, Violence and Social Hierarchies in School: 'Sluts', 'gays' and 'scrubs'. London: Palgrave Macmillan. [More Information]
Edited Books
- Welch, A., Bagnall, N., Burns, K., Cuervo, H., Foley, D., Groundwater-Smith, S., Harwood, V., Low, R., Mockler, N., Proctor, H., Rawlings, V., Wood, J., et al (2022). Education, change and society (5th edition). Melbourne: Oxford University Press.
- Rawlings, V., Flexner, J., Riley, L. (2021). Community-Led Research: Walking new pathways together. Sydney: Sydney University Press.
Book Chapters
- Burns, K., Egan, S., Hayes, H., Rawlings, V. (2024). The mediation of school based consent education debates in Australia. In James-Hawkins, L. & Ryan-Flood, R. (Eds.), Consent: gender, power and subjectivity. London: Routledge.
- Burns, K., Egan, S., Hayes, H., Rawlings, V. (2023). TEACH US CONSENT: Digital Feminist Activism and the Limits of School-based Consent Pedagogies. In James-Hawkins, L. & Ryan-Flood, R. (Eds.), Consent: gender, power and subjectivity, (pp. 265-278). London: Routledge. [More Information]
- Thomas, M., Iromea, J., Low, R., Rawlings, V., Banki, S. (2022). Teaching and learning at Australian universities in uncertain times. In J. Horne & M. A. M. Thomas (Eds.), Australian Universities: A conversation about public good. Sydney: Sydney University Press.
Journals
- Fagan, L., Rawlings, V. (2024). Gender fluidity and "other left wing superstitions": problem representations in the inquiry report on the NSW Parental Rights Bill. Educational Review, , 1-19. [More Information]
- Rawlings, V. (2024). ‘I want to make a difference’: Students co-researching school cultures of gender and sexuality. Australian Educational Researcher. [More Information]
- Rawlings, V., Anderson, D. (2023). Girls and women in umpiring: retention and participation limited by hostile cultural contexts. Sport, Education and Society, Online. [More Information]
Conferences
- Rawlings, V., Russell, K. (2012). Gender regulation and social realities in contemporary high schools. British Educational Research Association Conference - BERA 2012.
Magazine / Newspaper Articles
- Wallace, L., Rawlings, V. (2023). 'Wouldn't want to be on any other team': the queer joy of watching the Matildas at the 'outest' World Cup ever. The Conversation. [More Information]
- Rawlings, V., Flexner, J., Riley, L. (2021). For too long, research was done on First Nations peoples, not with them. Universities can change this. The Conversation. [More Information]
- Wallace, L., Jagose, A., Rawlings, V. (2019). Pages and prejudice: how queer texts could fight homophobia in Australian schools. The Conversation.
Reference Works
- McDermott, E., Rawlings, V. (2016). Online surveys. In A. E. Goldberg (Eds.), The SAGE Encyclopedia of LGBTQ Studies. (pp. 830-832). London: Sage.
2024
- Fagan, L., Rawlings, V. (2024). Gender fluidity and "other left wing superstitions": problem representations in the inquiry report on the NSW Parental Rights Bill. Educational Review, , 1-19. [More Information]
- Burns, K., Egan, S., Hayes, H., Rawlings, V. (2024). The mediation of school based consent education debates in Australia. In James-Hawkins, L. & Ryan-Flood, R. (Eds.), Consent: gender, power and subjectivity. London: Routledge.
- Rawlings, V. (2024). ‘I want to make a difference’: Students co-researching school cultures of gender and sexuality. Australian Educational Researcher. [More Information]
2023
- Wallace, L., Rawlings, V. (2023). 'Wouldn't want to be on any other team': the queer joy of watching the Matildas at the 'outest' World Cup ever. The Conversation. [More Information]
- Rawlings, V., Anderson, D. (2023). Girls and women in umpiring: retention and participation limited by hostile cultural contexts. Sport, Education and Society, Online. [More Information]
- Burns, K., Egan, S., Hayes, H., Rawlings, V. (2023). TEACH US CONSENT: Digital Feminist Activism and the Limits of School-based Consent Pedagogies. In James-Hawkins, L. & Ryan-Flood, R. (Eds.), Consent: gender, power and subjectivity, (pp. 265-278). London: Routledge. [More Information]
2022
- Rawlings, V., Loveday, J. (2022). 'A threat to the social order': A 'problem frame' analysis of the Safe Schools Coalition Australia programme within print media. Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education, Online first. [More Information]
- Welch, A., Bagnall, N., Burns, K., Cuervo, H., Foley, D., Groundwater-Smith, S., Harwood, V., Low, R., Mockler, N., Proctor, H., Rawlings, V., Wood, J., et al (2022). Education, change and society (5th edition). Melbourne: Oxford University Press.
- Thomas, M., Iromea, J., Low, R., Rawlings, V., Banki, S. (2022). Teaching and learning at Australian universities in uncertain times. In J. Horne & M. A. M. Thomas (Eds.), Australian Universities: A conversation about public good. Sydney: Sydney University Press.
2021
- Rawlings, V., Flexner, J., Riley, L. (2021). Community-Led Research: Walking new pathways together. Sydney: Sydney University Press.
- Rawlings, V., Flexner, J., Riley, L. (2021). For too long, research was done on First Nations peoples, not with them. Universities can change this. The Conversation. [More Information]
- Rawlings, V. (2021). Gender and Sexuality Policing: The Violence That 'Doesn't Count'. In Y. Odenbring & T. Johansson (Eds.), Violence, Victimisation and Young People: Education and Safe Learning Environments, (pp. 31-44). Cham: Springer. [More Information]
2020
- Rawlings, V., Low, R. (2020). Distributed violence. In D. T. Cook (Eds.), The SAGE Encyclopedia of Children and Childhood Studies. Thousand Oaks: Sage. [More Information]
- Rawlings, V., Low, R. (2020). Relational violence. In D. T. Cook (Eds.), The SAGE Encyclopedia of Children and Childhood Studies. Thousand Oaks: Sage. [More Information]
- Rawlings, V., Low, R. (2020). Structural violence. In D. T. Cook (Eds.), The SAGE Encyclopedia of Children and Childhood Studies. Thousand Oaks: Sage. [More Information]
2019
- Rawlings, V. (2019). 'It's not bullying', 'It's just a joke': Teacher and student discursive manoeuvres around gendered violence. British Educational Research Journal, 45(4), 698-716. [More Information]
- Wallace, L., Jagose, A., Rawlings, V. (2019). Pages and prejudice: how queer texts could fight homophobia in Australian schools. The Conversation.
2018
- Hughes, E., Rawlings, V., McDermott, E. (2018). Mental health staff perceptions and practice regarding self-harm, suicidality and help-seeking in LGBTQ youth: Findings from a cross-sectional survey in the UK. Issues in Mental Health Nursing, 39(1), 30-36. [More Information]
- McDermott, E., Hughes, E., Rawlings, V. (2018). Norms and normalisation: understanding lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer youth, suicidality and help-seeking. Culture, Health & Sexuality, 20(2), 156-172. [More Information]
- McDermott, E., Hughes, E., Rawlings, V. (2018). The social determinants of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender youth suicidality in England: A mixed methods study. Journal of Public Health, 40(3), e244-e251. [More Information]
2017
- Rawlings, V. (2017). Gender Regulation, Violence and Social Hierarchies in School: 'Sluts', 'gays' and 'scrubs'. London: Palgrave Macmillan. [More Information]
2016
- McDermott, E., Rawlings, V. (2016). Online surveys. In A. E. Goldberg (Eds.), The SAGE Encyclopedia of LGBTQ Studies. (pp. 830-832). London: Sage.
2015
- Ringrose, J., Rawlings, V. (2015). Posthuman performativity, gender and "school bullying": Exploring the material-discursive intra-actions of skirts, hair, sluts, and poofs. Confero: essays on education, philosophy and politics, 3(2), 80-119. [More Information]
2012
- Rawlings, V., Russell, K. (2012). Gender control - (Re) framing bullying, harassment and gender regulation. University of Sydney Papers in Human Movement, Health and Coach Education, 1, 17-27.
- Rawlings, V., Russell, K. (2012). Gender regulation and social realities in contemporary high schools. British Educational Research Association Conference - BERA 2012.
Selected Grants
2024
- FASS humanities, AI and education collaboration with University of Toronto, Gulson K, McKenzie K, Hilliard C, Lehner J, Tan J, Flew T, Weatherall K, Bello Villarino J, Gray J, Freebody K, Mockler N, Markauskaite L, Rawlings V, Office of Global Engagement/Compact Agreement Global Research Partnerships
2023
- Youth-Led Sexual Violence Prevention in NSW Schools: Co-Designing Sexuality and Gender Diversity Workshops and Resources, Wallace L, Rawlings V, NSW Department of Communities and Justice/NSW Sexual Violence Project Fund Grant
In the media
Preventing tragedy: Support services critical for kids facing bullying. The Educator Australia. September, 2024.
Female footy umpiring crisis (Podcast) Club Respect Smart Plays, September 2022
‘The AFL has some responsibility’: Author says dissent crackdown misses the point.The Age, May 2022
Segment on school uniforms and gender diversity. ABC Drive Canberra, May, 2018. (2:20- 12:00)
School uniforms: What Australian schools can do to promote acceptance of gender diversity. The Conversation, May, 2018.
Nothing uniform in debate over what kids should wear to school. Education HQ Australia, June 2017.
Catholic plan to combat homophobic bullying praised by education experts. The Guardian, June 2017.
Safe Schools. The Australian Education Reporter, May 2017.
Update on Safe Schools. 2SER, May 2016.
The student experience behind the Safe Schools furore. The Wire, March 2016.
Why Safe Schools program is not just for gay kids or straight kids. The Sydney Morning Herald, February 2016.
Crossroads program: should we teach children that gender identity is fluid? Here’s what the research says. The Conversation,September 2016.
Safe Schools review findings: Experts respond. The Conversation,March 2016.
Bullying linked to gender and sexuality often goes unchecked in schools.The Conversation, March2016.
Anti-bullying: Failing to tackle gender and sexual inequalities. Huffington Post,October 2015.
Ditching the sticks and stones: Facebook and the power of social regulation. Gender and Education Association Featured Posts,January 2013.
