Dr. Michaela Jackson
Details
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Department: School - Media & Communication
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Campus: City Campus Australia
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michaela.jackson@rmit.edu.au
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ORCID:
0000-0001-6558-2652
Open to
- Collaborative projects
- Industry Projects
- Membership of an advisory committee
- Masters Research or PhD student supervision
- Join a web conference as a panellist or speaker
- Mentoring (short-term)
About
Dr Michaela Jackson is a communication and engagement professional and academic. Michaela combines full-time employment in stakeholder engagement with her honorary academic role.
In 2022 Michaela was appointed as Honorary Principal Research Fellow with RMIT University’s School if Media and Communication. Her work has been published extensively, in leading international journals and as invited book chapters. Across both professional and academic domains Michaela continues to be drawn to communication about and for complex social issues. Areas of interest include health communication, communication ethics, and communication that is controversial in its form or application. She remains active in academic research and publishing, and HDR candidate supervision.
Professionally, Michaela has more than 15 years of experience in communication-related roles across private and public sectors, in industries including energy, education and health. She remains passionate about forging closer connections between professional and academic domains.
Research fields
- 4206 Public health
- 350604 Marketing communications
- 4701 Communication and media studies
- 470101 Communication studies
- 470199 Communication and media studies not elsewhere classified
- 470108 Organisational, interpersonal and intercultural communication
- 420603 Health promotion
Academic positions
- College Human Ethics Network (CHEAN)
- RMIT University
- Media and Communication
- Melbourne, Australia
- 11 Jan 2021 – 18 Jul 2022
- School Research Committee (ECR representative)
- RMIT University
- Media and Communication
- Melbourne, Australia
- 1 Feb 2020 – 1 Feb 2021
- Lecturer
- Queensland University of Technology
- School of Advertising, Marketing and Public Relations
- Brisbane, Australia
- 5 Feb 2018 – 19 Nov 2018
- Lecturer, Communication and Public Relations
- RMIT University
- Melbourne, Australia
- 19 Nov 2018 – 11 Jul 2022
- Lecturer, tutor and research assistant (sessional)
- Queensland University of Technology
- School of Advertising, Marketing and Public Relations
- Brisbane, Australia
- 14 Jul 2014 – Present
Non-academic positions
- Please refer to my LinkedIn profile
- Various
- www.linkedin.com/in/dr-michaela-jackson
- , Australia
- 1 Feb 1999 – Present
Teaching interests
Through previous roles as lecturer Michaela has experience as a course coordinator, lectuturer and tutor at under- and post-graduate levels in courses including:
- Communication strategy and planning
- Public relations techniques
- Public relations essentials
- Issues and crisis communication
- Communication cases
- Organisational and corporate communication
Research interests
- Health communication
- Communication that is in someway controversial - in its form or application
- Commuication ethics
- Integrated Marketing Communication
- Stakeholder engagement
