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Dr Jon Cockburn

Lecturer in Design Theory

  • School of the Arts, English and Media
  • Faculty of the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities

Overview

Dr Jon Cockburn is a dual Australian and European Union ‘Italia’ citizen, but he was born and lived in Papua New Guinea before moving to Australia as a young adult to commence university studies. In a previous life Jon also practiced as a conceptual artist and performance poet or ‘peoples poet’ of very dubious standing. The general public embarrassment caused by his ‘artistic’ activities led to Jon being awarded the Australia Council studio abroad in Italy with the hope that he might not return. Unfortunately this very civic ploy did not work and he returned to Australia on the condition that he desist all such ‘art’ practices on pain of permanent exile: a condition also extended to the EU. Prior to joining the School of the Arts, English and Media, University of Wollongong, Jon taught design and visual arts history and theory at universities in greater Sydney, including the Western Sydney University, University of Technology, University of Sydney and the University of New South Wales

Top Publications

Research Overview

  • Dr Jon Cockburn’s research explores the impact of the early-twentieth century efficiency movement or "scientific management" on 20th century representations of women in fashion, film, media and visual communications, using methodology based on humanities models of scholarship. In support of his undergraduate teaching profile, Jon has a strong commitment to investigating issues concerning 21st century digital media theory, film, animation and sequential art and contemporary fashion. Jon blind-peer reviews for the refereed journals, including Studies in Material Thinking and Portal: Journal of Multidisciplinary International Studies. He is also an external panel member and examiner of PhD and Honours theses, examining for Art+Design UNSW, RMIT, UWS, UniNewcastle.

    ORCID ID: orcid.org/0000-0003-0916-2367

    LINKEDIN: https://au.linkedin.com/in/dr-jon-cockburn-36861a14

    ACADEMIA: https://uow.academia.edu/JonCockburn

Available as Research Supervisor

Selected Publications

  • Journal Article

    Year Title
    2018
    Gender Bias in Medical Images Affects Students’ Implicit but not Explicit Gender Attitudes
    Published In
    AERA Open
    2017
    A visual analysis of gender bias in contemporary anatomy textbooks
    Published In
    Social Science and Medicine
    2016
    A psychometric evaluation of the Gender Bias in Medical Education Scale
    Published In
    BMC Medical Education
    2015
    Olivetti and the missing third: fashion, working women and images of the mechanical-flâneuse in the 1920s and 1930s
    Published In
    Fashion Theory

  • Conference Paper

    Year Title
    2010
    The Gilbreth Archive, the undated letter and Vertov
    Published In
    AAANZ 2010: Tradition and Transformation
    2008
    In-meshed in Americanisms: Vertov, Brown and Schawinsky
    Published In
    Art Association of Australia and New Zealand Annual Conference

Available as Research Supervisor

Potential Supervision Topics

  • Fashion History
    Fashion Theory
    Fashion and Film
    Digital Media and Information Design
    Disruptive Technologies and Visual Communication Design
    Visual Communication Design

Advisees

  • Graduate Advising Relationship

    Degree Research Title Advisee
    Doctor of Philosophy Designing for the Self: A Constructive Design Research Approach to the Personalisation of iOS Graphics Watts, Jody

Top Publications

Research Overview

  • Dr Jon Cockburn’s research explores the impact of the early-twentieth century efficiency movement or "scientific management" on 20th century representations of women in fashion, film, media and visual communications, using methodology based on humanities models of scholarship. In support of his undergraduate teaching profile, Jon has a strong commitment to investigating issues concerning 21st century digital media theory, film, animation and sequential art and contemporary fashion. Jon blind-peer reviews for the refereed journals, including Studies in Material Thinking and Portal: Journal of Multidisciplinary International Studies. He is also an external panel member and examiner of PhD and Honours theses, examining for Art+Design UNSW, RMIT, UWS, UniNewcastle.

    ORCID ID: orcid.org/0000-0003-0916-2367

    LINKEDIN: https://au.linkedin.com/in/dr-jon-cockburn-36861a14

    ACADEMIA: https://uow.academia.edu/JonCockburn

Selected Publications

  • Journal Article

    Year Title
    2018
    Gender Bias in Medical Images Affects Students’ Implicit but not Explicit Gender Attitudes
    Published In
    AERA Open
    2017
    A visual analysis of gender bias in contemporary anatomy textbooks
    Published In
    Social Science and Medicine
    2016
    A psychometric evaluation of the Gender Bias in Medical Education Scale
    Published In
    BMC Medical Education
    2015
    Olivetti and the missing third: fashion, working women and images of the mechanical-flâneuse in the 1920s and 1930s
    Published In
    Fashion Theory

  • Conference Paper

    Year Title
    2010
    The Gilbreth Archive, the undated letter and Vertov
    Published In
    AAANZ 2010: Tradition and Transformation
    2008
    In-meshed in Americanisms: Vertov, Brown and Schawinsky
    Published In
    Art Association of Australia and New Zealand Annual Conference

Potential Supervision Topics

  • Fashion History
    Fashion Theory
    Fashion and Film
    Digital Media and Information Design
    Disruptive Technologies and Visual Communication Design
    Visual Communication Design

Advisees

  • Graduate Advising Relationship

    Degree Research Title Advisee
    Doctor of Philosophy Designing for the Self: A Constructive Design Research Approach to the Personalisation of iOS Graphics Watts, Jody
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