Tara Brabazon

Who is Tara Brabazon?

Tara Brabazon is the Professor of Education and the Head of School of Teacher Education at Charles Sturt University, Australia. Born in Perth, Western Australia, she was previously the Professor of Creative Media and Head of Photography and Creative Media at the University of Bolton, Professor of Media at the University of Brighton, Professor of Communication at the University of Ontario Institute of Technology, Associate Professor of Media, Communication and Culture at Murdoch University in Australia and held lectureships at the Victoria University of Wellington in Aotearoa/New Zealand.

A specialist in media literacies, online learning, the knowledge economy, city imaging, creative industries, sonic media, popular culture, popular memory and cultural history, she has published thirteen books. Her best known monographs are Digital Hemlock: internet education and the poisoning of teaching and The University of Google, which both focus on building an information scaffold for students managing the information age. Brabazon explored the consequences of the online 'revolution' on social change through her edited collection, Digital Dialogues and Community 2.0: After Avatars Trolls and Puppets.