Dr Ariella Van Luyn ~ Adjunct Lecturer

Dr Ariella Van Luyn is a Lecturer, Writing, in the Department of English at James Cook University. She completed her practice-led PhD in Creative Writing in 2012. Her PhD investigates the dialogue between fiction writing and oral history practice in Australia. The novel emerging from the PhD, titled Hidden Objects, was shortlisted for the Queensland Literary Awards 2012, in the Unpublished Manuscript Category.

Her peer-reviewed articles have been published in the OHAA Journal, Ejournalist and Text. Her creative writing is published in M/C Journal, Rex, The Lifted Brow and Voiceworks. Ariella is currently chair of the editorial board of the Oral History Association of Australia Journal and co-edits LiNQ. 

Interests

Professional

• Best practice in collecting oral histories in the community
• Engaging the community through book clubs

Research

• Practice-led research in Creative Writing
• The dialogue between Oral History theory and methodology and Creative Writing
• Ethnographic Fiction based on oral history interviews

Teaching

• Developing industry-relevant practices in Creative Writing, Professional Writing and Editing
• Blended learning in Literary Studies and Creative Writing

Experience

• 2012 - Research Assistant: Blended Learning in Literary Studies, Queensland University of Technology (Brisbane)
• 2012 - Student Ambassador, Widening Partcipation Program, Queensland University of Technology (Brisbane)
• 2009 to 2012 - Sessional Academic, Creative Writing, Creative Industries, Queensland University of Technology (Brisbane)
• 2009 to 2012 - Research Assistant, Digital Stories and Oral Histories, Queensland University of Technology (Brisbane)

Research Disciplines

• Social work (4409)
• Education systems (3903)
• Visual arts (3606)

Awards

• 2011 - Vice-Chancellor's Performance Award, Queensland University of Technology

Memberships

• 2013 - Blended Learning Community of Practice, JCU
• 2009 - President, Oral History Association of Australia, Queensland Branch (2011-2012) Workshop Officer, Oral History Association of Australia, Queensland Branch (2013-)

Other

• 2013 - Co-editor, LiNQ
• 2010 - Chair, Editorial Board, Oral History Association of Australia Journal

These are the most recent publications associated with this author. To see a detailed profile of all publications stored at JCU, visit ResearchOnline@JCU. Hover over Altmetrics badges to see social impact.

Journal Articles

• Van Luyn A and Glade-Wright R (2018) Changing tertiary landscapes for the artist-academic: towards a framework for nurturing creative arts research beyond the PhD. Text, 51 (Special Issue).
• Barnett A, Abrantes K, Baker R, Diedrich A, Farr M, Kuilboer A, Mahony T, McLeod I, Moscardo G, Prideaux M, Stoeckl N, Van Luyn A and Sheaves M (2016) Sportfisheries, conservation and sustainable livelihoods: a multidisciplinary guide to developing best practice. Fish and Fisheries, 17 (3), pp. 696-713, DOI:10.1111/faf.12140.
• Carter M, Van Luyn A and M'Balla-Ndi M (2016) Using student videos of fictional scenarios in the prevention of cyberbullying in higher education settings. Journal of Applied Youth Studies, 1 (2), pp. 23-40.
• Van Luyn A (2013) Artful life stories: enriching creative practice through oral history. Text, 17 (1), pp. 1-17.
• van Luyn A (2012) Jogging alongside or bumping off? Fiction and oral history in dialogue. Oral History Association of Australia Journal, 34 (1), pp. 62-70.
• Van Luyn A (2011) An obsession with storytelling: conducting oral history interviews for creative writing. Ejournalist, 11 (1), pp. 29-44.

Book Chapters

• Carter M, M'Balla-Ndi M, Van Luyn A and Goldie D (2017) Taking a stand against cyberbullying in higher education. In: Handbook of Research in Teacher Education for Ethical Professional Practice in the 21st Century. IGI Global, Hershey, PA, USA, pp. 197-235
• Gair S and Van Luyn A (2017) Introduction: showing and feeling community narratives. In: Sharing Qualitative Research: showing lived experience and community narratives. Routledge Advances in Research Methods, 21. Routledge, Abingdon, Oxon, UK, pp. 1-9
• Van Luyn A (2017) Sharing place-based stories using digital tools: locative literature and regional writing communities. In: Sharing Qualitative Research: showing lived experience and community narratives. Routledge Advances in Research Methods, 21. Routledge, Abingdon, Oxon, UK, pp. 235-252
• Van Luyn A, Gair S and Saunders V (2017) 'Transcending the limits of logic': poetic inquiry as a qualitative research method for working with vulnerable communities. In: Sharing Qualitative Research: showing lived experience and community narratives. Routledge Advances in Research Methods, 21. Routledge, Abingdon, Oxon, UK, pp. 79-95
• Van Luyn A and Klaebe H (2015) Making stories matter: using participatory new media storytelling and evaluation to serve marginalised and regional communities. In: Creative Communities: regional social inclusion in the arts. Intellect Press, Bristol, United Kingdom, pp. 157-173

Conference Papers

• Van Luyn A (2015) Treading Air: using historical fiction to explore women's criminality and sexuality in the interwar period. Proceedings of the 20th Conference of the Australasian Association of Writing Programs. In: AAWP 2016: 20th Conference of the Australasian Association of Writing Programs, 29 November-1 December 2015, Melbourne, VIC, Australia

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ResearchOnline@JCU stores 34+ research outputs authored by Dr Ariella Van Luyn from 2010 onwards.

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These Higher Degree Research projects are either current or by students who have completed their studies within the past 5 years at JCU. Linked titles show theses available within ResearchOnline@JCU.

Current

• Shadows in the Cane. Reconstructing History Through Fiction to Responsibly Reimagine and Make Accessible the 1930s History of Cassowary Coast Migrant Sugar Workers. (PhD , Secondary Advisor)

Completed

• The Narrative Possibilities of Humour in Regional Family Memoir: A Creative Writing Exploration in Australian Regional Life-Writing (2020, PhD , Secondary Advisor)
• The arachnophobe poet as natural historian: connecting poetic practice with the more-than-human world (2017, PhD , Secondary Advisor)
• Once there was a time when…: Re-imagining regional women’s lives using historical fiction, family stories and artefacts. (2021, PhD , Primary Advisor)