Shawna Marks
Website under construction!
I finished my PhD (!!!) and now work outside of academia in policy and advocacy.
I want to keep this site as a resource and update it over time BUT no one seems to talk about post-PhD fatigue or how stark unpaid labour feels when working in a structured, paid job.
Updates to this website, like the information below, will come slowly and eventually I’ll write new pieces.
Stay tuned!
I am still active on LinkedIn. Maybe I’ll see you there in the meantime.
I am an academic and policy specialist with particular expertise on gender and inequality, and violence.
My PhD thesis, completed in 2021, examined the broader context of sport, masculinity, and sexual violence, specifically amateur Australian football. This work considered how we construct masculinity, femininity, sex,and sexual violence as a community and the stake we all have in preventing sexual violence.
The work presented on this website is meant to be accessible and educational, and draws on academic sources, community leaders and educators, personal experience, and the people around me. My expertise is reflective of a collective expertise, just as much as my own experience, education, and research.
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