ProfessorCassandra Sharp
Professor
School of Law
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Professor Sharp has expertise in teaching and researching across the intersections of law and the humanities. Recognised internationally for her contributions to shaping the field of cultural legal studies, her specilisations include social media discourse analysis, feminist legal theory, cultural studies theory, and interrogations of narrative. Understanding the motivations, expectations and values of individuals as they respond to law in key moments, is the essence of the work Cassandra endeavours to pursue, and it forms the basis for the grounding of each of her research projects
Cassandra enjoys supervising PhD students, and was recently acknowledged in the UOW HDR Supervision Best Practice publication for her empathy and mentoring PhD students. She currently supervises 3 PhD students, has had 11 PhD completions, and regularly supervises LLB Hons students.
FUNDING
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- PROJECT GRANTVoices, Listening and Law and Policy Reform on Violence Against WomenAustralian Research Council18 Jun 2025 - 17 Jun 2028People funded by this grant:
- Seuffert N,
- Sharp C,
- Ailwood S
- OTHER RESEARCH PROJECTUOW1 Jan 2024 - 31 Dec 2024People funded by this grant:
- Sharp C,
- Lythgo-Gordon P,
- Apolo Y,
- Poole K
- PROJECT GRANTTargeted Researcher SupportUniversity of Wollongong1 Jan 2024 - 31 Dec 2024People funded by this grant:
- Sharp C
- OTHER GRANTTargeted Researcher SupportUniversity of Wollongong1 Jan 2023 - 31 Dec 2023People funded by this grant:
- Sharp C
- OTHER GRANTTargeted Researcher SupportUniversity of Wollongong1 Jan 2021 - 31 Dec 2021People funded by this grant:
- Sharp C
- PROJECT GRANTWhen will the law change? Storytelling, sexual harassment and public debateUniversity of Wollongong1 Jan 2021 - 31 Dec 2021People funded by this grant:
- Ailwood S,
- Sharp C
- SEED FUNDINGHASHTAGGING TERROR and HATE: CITIZEN RESPONSES ON SOCIAL MEDIAUniversity of Wollongong1 Jan 2019 - 31 Dec 2019People funded by this grant:
- Sharp C,
- Leeson P,
- Dreyfus S,
- Abbas R,
- Woolrych T
- OTHER GRANTFear hope and justice. the shcismatic impact of law's demise in popular dystopian fictionUniversity of Wollongong1 Jan 2016 - 31 Dec 2016People funded by this grant:
- Sharp C
- PROJECT GRANTCultural Symbiosis? Public responses to the justice stories in fictional televisionUniversity of Wollongong1 Jan 2014 - 31 Dec 2014People funded by this grant:
- Sharp C
- OTHER GRANTLegal Intersections Research CentreUniversity of Wollongong1 Jan 2012 - 31 Dec 2014People funded by this grant:
- Seuffert N,
- Sharp C,
- Rix M,
- Leiboff M,
- Quilter J
- PROJECT GRANTThe Pursuit of Justice: An empirical exploration into the role of media in public perception of law and justiceUniversity of Wollongong1 Jan 2009 - 31 Dec 2009People funded by this grant:
- Sharp C
