Dr Robert Bloomfield |
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| Position: | Lecturer Level b: Learning and Research Adviser |
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| Division/Portfolio: | Academic Portfolio | |
| School/Unit: | Learning and Teaching Unit | |
| Group: | Teaching & Learning Services | |
| Campus: | Magill Campus | |
| Office: | Q1-11 | |
| Telephone: | +61 8 830 24655 | |
| Fax: | +61 8 830 24390 | |
| Email: | Robert_dot_Bloomfield_at_unisa_dot_edu_dot_au | |
| URL for Business Card: | http://people.unisa.edu.au/Robert.Bloomfield | |
Teaching interests
- I am interested in all aspects of professional and creative communication
I teach the following courses
| COMM 1051 | Professional and Technical Writing: An Introduction |
| COMM 1047 | Communication: Rhetoric and Reasoning L |
Professional associations
Australian Association of Writing Programs
Friendly Street Poets
Qualifications
Bachelor of Arts (Professional Writing and Communication) 2003
Honours: First class (Professional Writing and Communication) 2004
PhD (Social Science-Communications) 2008
Research interests
- My thesis concerned collecting behaviour. I am particularly interested in the semiotic analysis of objects and in aesthetics. My philosophical standpoint derives from a synthesis of social construction and evolutionary psychology theories. I am also interested in the ways readers construct meaning in poetry.
Research publications
My undergraduate paper 'Estuary English' appeared in 'Fuse or fracture : English as a world lingua franca' / edited by Mia Stephens, Ioana Petrescu and Ann Reu.(UniSA 2005)
My undergraduate verse essay on Ken Bolton appeared in 'Heart of the matter : an introduction to eighteen South Australian poets' / edited by Ioana Petrescu and Naomi Brewer, Lythrum Press, 2004.
My poetry collection 'Deaf Elegies' was published by Friendly Street/Wakefield Press in 2005 (New Poets 10)
I have had poetry published by LiNQ, Social Alternatives, WetInk and Friendly Street, and my poem 'Sniffing' was read on the ABC 'Poetica' radio program in 2005.
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